# What does GLFW stand for?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/what-does-glfw-stand-for/215>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [August 13, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/what-does-glfw-stand-for/215 "2012-08-13T01:46:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [August 13, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/what-does-glfw-stand-for/215/1 "2012-08-13T01:46:38Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Monday, August 13, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/df068174/#973d):

GLFW is a term for something? But what? I can’t find the answer on the  
website, the wiki, some forums, google and even chatlogs…

So what does GLFW stand for?

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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:** [August 13, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/what-does-glfw-stand-for/215/2 "2012-08-13T12:20:40Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Monday, August 13, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/df068174/#c285):

It used to stand for OpenGL framework, but nowadays it just stands for GLFW.

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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:** [August 16, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/what-does-glfw-stand-for/215/3 "2012-08-16T16:18:25Z")

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**[kribbyns](https://sourceforge.net/u/kribbyns/)** wrote on [Thursday, August 16, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/df068174/#162f):

OpenGL Framebuffer Wrangler 😉