# OpenCL shared context?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/opencl-shared-context/566>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [July 27, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/opencl-shared-context/566 "2013-07-27T01:13:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/opencl-shared-context/566/1 "2013-07-27T01:13:53Z")

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**[panicnot42](https://sourceforge.net/u/panicnot42/)** wrote on [Saturday, July 27, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/4c3f82f0/#b98a):

Is it possible to open an OpenCL shared context with GLFW3?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/opencl-shared-context/566/2 "2013-07-28T22:24:32Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Sunday, July 28, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/4c3f82f0/#a43c):

Yes, you can access the native handles through the native API.