Andy Li’s Blog

Sometimes I find it a bit difficult to find a haXe library quickly. Before lib.haxe.org is improved, I think it would be good to have a list of haXe libraries organized in some way to let the new-comers to find a suitable library.

So here below is my very own list. My criteria is open-source, free to use (but of course you should check their web page for details) and “good-to-know-before-starting-any-haXe-project”. Surely it is more or less biased and incomplete, feel free to comment.

GUI

• NME (former nme + neash. Usage please refer to [C++ docs on haxe.org][])
  Re-implementing the Flash API for use in C++/Neko target. Also usable on iOS/Android/Palm(WebOS).
• Jeash (former canvas-nme + neash)
  Re-implementing the Flash API for use in JS target, rendering in HTML5 canvas.
• Arctic
  GUI for Flash(7,8,9+) target.
• haxegui
  GUI for the Flash(9+) target.
• openpyrohx
  HaXe port of OpenPyro(Flash GUI framework).
• waxe
  HaXe binding of wxWidgets. Can be used in C++/Neko target.
• haXe-titanium-desktop
  JS extern classes for use of Appcelerator‘s [Titanium Desktop][].

Web development

Server side

• haXigniter
  Inspired by PHP web framework CodeIgniter. Targeting PHP/Neko.
• Poko
  A web framework and data-centric CMS. Targeting PHP.
• Hails
  A MVC web framework inspired by Ruby on Rails. Targeting PHP.
• Toolkat
  Object-oriented web application toolkit. Targeting PHP/Neko.
• haxetacy
  Lets you works on non-browser JS, like ASP, HTA and WSH. Also lots of useful features for client-side JS.
• bdog-node (former hxNode)
  Using JS target to work on node.js.
• hxasc
  Flash Media Server’s ASC target making use of JS target.
• htemplate
  A template engine with hscript(haXe-like scripting language) interpreter integrated. Note that it can be used in client-side too (multi-target)!
• templo
  A template engine with a compiler written in NekoML. Targeting PHP/Neko.

Client side

• jQueryExtern (blog post)
  JS extern files for jQuery. There are also wrappers for some jQuery plug-ins.
• bdog-dojo
  JS extern files for Dojo Toolkit.
• Tsunami
  Tiny framework to create refresh-free web site.
• haXe-modernizr
  JS extern classes for use of  Modernizr, which detects browser features in runtime.

Art/Creative coding

• hxOpenFrameworks
  HaXe/C++ binding of the C++ creative coding toolkit OpenFrameworks.
• udraw
  Cross-platform drawing API for Flash/JS(Canvas)/C++/Neko target.
• hxColorToolkit
  Toolkit for color conversion and color scheme generation. Based on AS3 library colortoolkit. Multi-target.

Game development

Generic

• gm2d
  Library for cross platform 2D game making. Targeting Flash/C++/Neko.
• polygonal (blog)
  Data structures, 2D physic simulation and many useful stuffs in a single lib.

Physics simulation

• Physaxe
  2D physic engine. Multi-target.
• Nape
  2D physic engine. Highly-optimised. Targeting Flash 9+.
• Box2Dhx
  HaXe port of 2D physic engine Box2DFlash, which in turn is ported from Box2D. Multi-target.
• JiglibHaxe
  HaXe port of 3D physic engine JiglibFlash, which in turn is ported from Jiglib. Multi-target.

3D rendering

• Sandy3D (git repo for haXe branch)
  Cross-platform 3D engine targeting Flash/JS(Canvas)/C++.
• Away3D (svn repo of haXe branch)
  Away3D lite is ported to haXe and it is available from [SVN][svn repo of haXe branch]. Multi-target.

Mobile App development

• NME (former nme + neash. Usage please refer to [C++ docs on haxe.org][])
  Re-implementing the Flash API for use in C++/Neko target. Also usable on iOS/Android/Palm(WebOS).
• hxSL4A
  JS extern classes of SL4A. For targeting Android.

Misc.

• HSL
  Signal-based event library. Something like as3-signals being re-designed in a haXe way. Multi-target.
• Stax
  Adding lots of functional goodness into the haXe std lib. Multi-target.
• More
  Again lots of useful stuff are added into the haxe std lib. Multi-target.
• CasaHx (blog post)
  HaXe port of CASALib. A collection of utilities. Multi-target.