Offscreen & embeddable browsers comparison (for use in a game)

c++ 3d embedded-browser awesomium berkelium
Mr. Boy picture Mr. Boy · Feb 22, 2011 · Viewed 9.7k times · Source

We've been looking at adding decent browser support to our C++ application; this question is about GUI-independent browser libraries since our project involves 3D rendering and doesn't quite fit a normal GUI.

The two I've seen so far are Berkelium and Awesomium. Both seem to work in a similar way from my quick investigation, rendering to an offscreen-buffer which you blt into your own window/game/anything. Awesomium is proprietary and costs a fair amount ($5k), Berkelium is open-source and free. Has anyone compared these (and other) such tools? Cross-platform is a benefit but not 100% essential.

Answer

Czarek Tomczak picture Czarek Tomczak · Jul 1, 2013

Take a look at the Chromium Embedded Framework. CEF 3 supports off-screen rendering on all operating systems: Windows/Mac/Linux.

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