dbuenzli/tsdl

Thin bindings to SDL for OCaml

115

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222

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OCaml

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Aug 13, 2026

updated

erratique.ch/software/tsdl/

README

Tsdl β€” Thin bindings to SDL for OCaml

Tsdl is an OCaml library providing thin bindings to the cross-platform SDL library.

Tsdl depends on the C library SDL 2.0.18 (or later), ocaml-ctypes. Tsdl is distributed under the ISC license.

Home page: http://erratique.ch/software/tsdl

Installation

Tsdl needs the C library SDL 2.0.18 or later installed on your system. Tsdl can be installed with opam:

opam install tsdl

If you don't use opam consult the opam file for build instructions and a complete specification of the dependencies.

Documentation

The documentation can be consulted online or via odig doc tsdl.

Questions are welcome but better asked on the OCaml forum than on the issue tracker.

Sample programs

Sample programs are located in the test directory of the distribution. They can be built with:

./pkg/pkg.ml build --tests true

and listed with

./pkg/pkg.ml test --list

The resulting binaries are in _build/test :

  • test_tsdl.native, tests the bindings, the executable should exit with 0.
  • sdlevents.native, traces SDL events.
  • min.native a minimal SDL example.

Contributors

dbuenzli

165 commits

Octachron

11 commits

zoggy

9 commits

pirbo

5 commits

dbuenzli/tsdl

Thin bindings to SDL for OCaml

115

stars

222

commits

OCaml

primary language

Aug 13, 2026

updated

erratique.ch/software/tsdl/

README

Tsdl β€” Thin bindings to SDL for OCaml

Tsdl is an OCaml library providing thin bindings to the cross-platform SDL library.

Tsdl depends on the C library SDL 2.0.18 (or later), ocaml-ctypes. Tsdl is distributed under the ISC license.

Home page: http://erratique.ch/software/tsdl

Installation

Tsdl needs the C library SDL 2.0.18 or later installed on your system. Tsdl can be installed with opam:

opam install tsdl

If you don't use opam consult the opam file for build instructions and a complete specification of the dependencies.

Documentation

The documentation can be consulted online or via odig doc tsdl.

Questions are welcome but better asked on the OCaml forum than on the issue tracker.

Sample programs

Sample programs are located in the test directory of the distribution. They can be built with:

./pkg/pkg.ml build --tests true

and listed with

./pkg/pkg.ml test --list

The resulting binaries are in _build/test :

  • test_tsdl.native, tests the bindings, the executable should exit with 0.
  • sdlevents.native, traces SDL events.
  • min.native a minimal SDL example.

Contributors

dbuenzli

165 commits

Octachron

11 commits

zoggy

9 commits

pirbo

5 commits

Languages

OCaml

93.1%

C

6.9%