• sdl3_nim
  • Install
  • For Linux OS
  • Build and run examples
  • Develeopment
  • My tools version
  • Other SDL game tutorial platfromer project
  • Other examples project for Dear ImGui

SDL3 wrapper for Nim language with futhark converter.

• SDL3: 3.2.24 (2025/10)
• SDL_ttf: 3.2.2
• Windows OS 11
• Linux Debian / Ubuntu families
• Try to use ImGuin SDL3 example

First delete old version

nimble uninstall sdl3_nim

then

nimble install sdl3_nim 

• If the package manager of the OS has SDL3 and SDL_ttf packages, install them with the package manager
• Otherwise, install them from source code as follows (on Debian12 / Ubuntu families),

  1. Download source code from SDL3 and SDL3_ttf

  2. Install build tool Ninja

     sudo apt install ninja-build

  3. Extract SDL3 zip file and

     cd SDL-release-3.2.16 
     mkdir build
     cd build 
     cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
     ninja
     sudo ninja install
     sudo ldconfig

  4. Extract SDL3_ttf zip file and

     cd SDL_ttf-release-3.2.2 
     mkdir build
     cd build 
     cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
     ninja
     sudo ninja install
     sudo ldconfig

Download SDL3.dll from here, SDL3-3.x.xx-win32-x64.zip
then copy SDL3.dll to your application folder.

git clone https://github.com/dinau/sdl3_nim

cd sdl3_nim
make 

or

pwd sdl3_nim
cd examples/basic
make run

or

pwd 
sdl3_nim
cd examples/platformer
make run

Generating SDL3 Nim header files with Futhark.

The definition file of SDL3 can be updated by yourself as follows,

1. Replace src/private/SDL3 with latest officail SDL3 library

2. Install Futhark

3. Generate definition file

   pwd 
   sdl3_nim
   make gen

   src/sdl3_defs.nim updated will be generated.

• Futhark 0.15.0
• nim-2.2.4
• Gcc.exe (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 15.2.0