Mesa

free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering

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Mesa was established in August 1993.^[1]

Key Facts

Creator: Brian Paul^[3]
Instance of: graphics library^[4], software library^[5], C library^[6]
Founder: Brian Paul^[7]
Developer: Intel^[8], Red Hat^[9], Tungsten Graphics^[10], VMware^[11], AMD^[12], Collabora^[13], Valve Corporation^[14], Kenneth William Graunke^[15], Ian Damian Romanick^[16], Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho^[17], Timothy Arceri^[18], José R Fonseca^[19]
Copyright license: MIT License^[20]
Programmed in: C^[21], C++^[22], assembly language^[23]
Operating system: Linux^[24], FreeBSD^[25], NetBSD^[26], OpenBSD^[27], Haiku^[28], Microsoft Windows^[29]
Software version identifier: 10.3^[30], 10.3.2^[31], 9.0^[32], 1.2^[33], 1.2.1^[34], 1.2.2^[35], 1.2.3^[36], 1.2.4^[37], 1.2.5^[38], 1.2.6^[39], 1.2.7^[40], 1.2.8^[41], 2.0^[42], 2.1^[43]

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Mesa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Mesa is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

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Quick Facts

Instance of free software, graphics library, software library, C library

Inception August 1993

Founder Brian Paul

Publication date February 1995

Official website mesa3d.org, ssec.wisc.edu, www.mesa3d.org

Properties

Creator Brian Paul

Developer Intel, Red Hat, Tungsten Graphics, VMware, AMD, Collabora, Valve Corporation, Kenneth William Graunke, Ian Damian Romanick, Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho, Timothy Arceri, José R Fonseca

Different from Mesa, Mesa

Has part(s) ACO

Implementation of OpenGL, OpenGL ES, OpenMAX, Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix, Video Acceleration API, X-Video Motion Compensation, Vulkan, EGL (API), OpenCL

Issue tracker url bugs.freedesktop.org

Mailing list archive url lists.freedesktop.org

Operating system Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku, Microsoft Windows

Programmed in C, C++, assembly language

Software quality assurance continuous integration

Software version identifier 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.5, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.3, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.4, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.6, 7.6.1, 7.7, 7.7.1, 7.8, 7.8.1, 7.8.2, 7.8.3, 7.9, 7.9.1, 7.9.2, 7.10.1, 7.10.2, 7.10.3, 7.11, 7.11.1, 7.11.2, 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.2.5, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4, 10.1.5, 10.1.6, 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 10.2.5, 10.2.6, 10.2.7, 10.2.8, 10.2.9, 10.3.1, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.4.0, 10.4.1., 10.3.6, 10.3.7, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5, 10.4.6, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.4.7, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.5.5, 10.5.6, 10.5.7, 10.6.0, 10.5.8, 10.6.1, 10.5.9, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5, 10.6.6, 10.6.7, 11.0.0, 10.6.8, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 10.6.9, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.0.5, 11.0.6, 11.0.7, 11.1.0, 11.0.8, 11.1.1, 11.0.9, 11.1.2, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.1.3, 11.2.2, 11.1.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, 13.0.0, 12.0.4, 13.0.1, 13.0.2, 13.0.3, 12.0.6, 12.0.5, 13.0.4, 17.0.0, 17.0.1, 13.0.5, 13.0.6, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4, 17.0.5, 17.1.0, 17.1.1, 17.0.7, 17.1.2, 17.1.3, 17.1.4, 17.1.5, 17.1.6, 17.1.7, 17.1.8, 17.2.0, 17.1.9, 17.2.1, 17.1.10, 17.2.2, 17.2.3, 17.2.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.6, 17.3.0, 17.2.7, 17.3.1, 17.2.8, 17.3.2, 17.3.3, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.6, 17.3.7, 18.0.0-rc5, 18.0.0, 17.3.8, 18.0.1, 17.3.9, 18.0.2, 18.0.3, 18.0.4, 18.1.0, 18.1.1, 18.1.2, 18.1.3, 18.1.4, 18.1.5, 18.1.6, 18.1.7, 18.1.8, 18.2.0, 18.2.1, 18.2.2, 18.2.3, 18.2.4, 18.2.5, 18.2.6, 18.3.0, 18.3.1, 18.2.7, 18.2.8, 18.3.2, 18.3.3, 18.3.4, 19.0.0, 18.3.5, 19.0.1, 18.3.6, 19.0.2, 19.0.3, 19.0.4, 19.0.5, 19.0.6, 19.1.0, 19.0.7, 19.1.1, 19.0.8, 19.1.0-rc5, 19.1.2, 19.1.3, 19.1.4, 19.1.5, 19.1.6, 19.1.7, 1.0, 19.2.0, 19.2.1, 19.1.8, 19.2.2, 19.2.3, 19.2.4, 19.2.5, 19.2.6, 19.2.7, 19.3.0, 19.2.8, 19.3.1, 19.3.2, 19.3.3, 19.3.4, 20.0.0, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, 19.3.5, 20.0.3, 20.0.4, 20.0.5, 20.0.6, 20.0.7, 20.1.0, 20.1.1, 20.0.8, 20.1.2, 20.1.3, 20.1.4, 20.1.5, 20.1.6, 20.1.7, 20.2.0, 20.1.8, 20.1.9, 20.2.1, 20.1.10, 20.2.2, 20.2.3, 20.3.0, 20.3.1, 20.2.6, 20.3.2, 20.3.4, 21.0.0-rc3, 21.0.0, 21.0.1, 20.3.5, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, 21.1.1, 21.1.2, 21.1.3, 21.1.4, 21.1.5, 21.1.6, 21.1.7, 21.2.1, 21.2.2, 21.2.3, 21.2.4, 21.2.5, 21.3.0, 21.3.1, 21.3.2, 21.3.3, 21.3.4, 21.3.5, 21.3.6, 21.3.7, 22.0.0, 22.0.1, 22.0.2, 22.0.3, 22.0.4, 22.1.0, 22.0.5, 22.1.1, 22.1.2, 22.1.3, 22.1.6, 22.1.7, 22.2.0, 22.2.1, 22.2.3, 22.3.0, 22.3.1, 22.3.2, 22.3.3, 23.0.0-rc1, 22.3.4, 23.0.0-rc2, 23.0.0-rc3, 23.0.0-rc4, 22.3.5, 22.3.6, 23.0.0, 23.0.1, 23.0.2, 23.1.0-rc1, 23.1.0-rc2, 23.0.3, 23.1.0-rc3, 23.1.0-rc4, 23.1.0, 23.1.1, 23.1.2, 23.1.3, 23.1.4, 23.1.5, 23.1.6, 23.1.7, 23.2.0-rc3, 23.1.8, 23.2.1, 23.3.0-rc1, 23.3.0-rc2, 23.3.0-rc3, 23.3.0-rc4, 23.3.0-rc5, 23.3.0, 23.3.1, 23.3.2, 23.3.3, 24.0.0-rc1, 24.0.0-rc2, 23.3.4, 24.0.0, 24.0.1, 24.0.2, 24.0.3, 24.0.4, 24.0.5, 24.0.6, 24.1.0-rc1, 24.1.0-rc2, 24.0.7, 24.1.0-rc3, 24.1.0-rc4, 24.0.8, 24.1.0, 24.1.1, 24.1.2, 24.1.3, 24.1.4, 24.2.0-rc1, 24.2.0-rc2, 24.1.5, 24.2.0-rc3, 24.1.6, 24.2.0-rc4, 24.2.0, 24.1.7, 24.2.1, 24.2.2, 24.2.3, 24.2.4, 24.2.5, 24.2.6, 24.2.7, 24.3.0-rc1, 24.3.0-rc2, 24.3.0, 24.3.1, 24.3.3, 24.3.4, 25.0.0-rc1, 25.0.0-rc2, 25.0.0-rc3, 25.0.0, 25.0.1, 25.0.2, 25.0.3, 25.0.4, 25.1.0-rc1, 25.0.5, 25.1.0-rc2, 25.1.0-rc3, 25.1.0, 25.1.1, 25.1.2, 25.1.3, 25.1.4, 25.1.5, 25.2.0-rc1, 25.1.6, 25.2.0-rc2, 25.2.0-rc3, 25.1.7, 25.2.0, 25.2.1, 25.2.2, 25.2.3, 25.2.4, 25.2.5, 25.3.0-rc1, 25.3.0-rc2, 25.2.6, 25.3.0-rc4, 25.2.7, 25.2.8, 25.3.1, 25.3.2, 25.3.3, 26.0.0-rc1, 25.3.4, 26.0.0-rc2, 25.3.5, 26.0.0-rc3, 26.0.0, 25.3.6, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 26.0.3, 26.0.4, 26.1.0-rc1, 26.0.5, 26.1.0, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.1.4, 26.2.0-rc1, 26.1.5, 26.2.0-rc2, 26.2.0-rc3, 26.1.6, 26.2.0, 26.2.1, 26.2.2, 26.2.3, 26.2.4

Source code repository url gitlab.freedesktop.org, git://anongit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa, anongit.freedesktop.org, github.com

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com

External References (18)

Alpine linux package mesa

Arch linux package mesa, lib32-mesa, vulkan-radeon, opencl-mesa, lib32-libva-mesa-driver, lib32-vulkan-intel, mesa-vdpau, lib32-mesa-vdpau, lib32-vulkan-radeon, libva-mesa-driver, vulkan-intel, lib32-opencl-mesa, vulkan-mesa-layers, lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers, vulkan-mesa

Aur package lib32-vulkan-radeon-noglvnd, vulkan-radeon-noglvnd, mesa-libgl-noglvnd, opencl-mesa-noglvnd, lib32-vulkan-intel-noglvnd, libva-mesa-driver-noglvnd, mesa-hybris-wayland-egl, lib32-mesa-libgl-noglvnd, lib32-libva-mesa-driver-noglvnd, mesa-vdpau-noglvnd, lib32-mesa-nowayland, mesa-git, lib32-mesa-git, vulkan-intel-noglvnd, mesa-nowayland, mesa-hybris, mesa-noglvnd, lib32-mesa-vdpau-noglvnd, mesa-hybris-libgl, lib32-mesa-noglvnd

Debian source package mesa

Debian stable package libgl1-mesa-glx

Fedora package mesa

Free software directory entry Mesa

Freebase id /m/05622k

Freebsd port graphics/mesa-libs, graphics/mesa-dri, graphics/libosmesa

Gentoo package media-libs/mesa, x11-apps/mesa-progs

Homebrew formula name mesa

Macports port glxgears

Netbsd package id graphics/MesaLib

Open hub id mesa

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 9531

Repology project name mesa

Sourceforge project mesa3d

Ubuntu package libgl1-mesa-glx

🌐 Available in 17 languages

enMesa (computer graphics) csMesa 3D deMesa 3D esMesa 3D fiMesa 3D frMesa 3D itMesa 3D jaMesa 3D ko메사 (컴퓨터 그래픽스) nlMesa (software) noMesa (datagrafikk) plMesa 3D ptMesa 3D roMesa 3D ruMesa 3D ukMesa 3D zhMesa 3D

🏷️ Also known as

en Mesa en Mesa library ar ميسا hu Mesa 3D hu Mesa3D ko 메사

🔗 Connections

Developer 6

Intel, AMD, Valve Corporation, Red Hat, VMware, Collabora

Implementation of 6

OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenMAX, Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix

Operating system 5

Linux, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku

Instance of 3

free software, software library, graphics library

Different from 2

Mesa, Mesa

Programmed in 2

C++, assembly language

← Different from 2

Mesa, Mesa

MIT License

Creator 1

Brian Paul

Founder 1

Brian Paul

Has part(s) 1

ACO

Software quality assurance 1

continuous integration

← Depends on software 1

sway

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3d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

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"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.2.4"
14d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ml', 'n

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"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.2.3"
4w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 25.3.6"
6w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.2.1"
10w ago · S8321414 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.1.5"
11w ago · S8321414 · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.2.0-rc1"
14w ago · Dexxor · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.1.4"
19w ago · S8321414 · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 10.3, 10.3.2, 9.0 +514

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.1.1"
23w ago · Lokiretro · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Copyright status → copyrighted

Publication date → +1995-02-00T00:00:00Z

Inception → —

License → —

+ 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 26.1.0"

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