HaxeFoundation · nspitko · Sep 18, 2025 · Sep 18, 2025 · Sep 18, 2025 · Sep 18, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -128,11 +128,39 @@ jobs:
               libmbedtls-dev \
               libopenal-dev \
               libpng-dev \
-              libsdl2-dev \
               libturbojpeg-dev \
               libuv1-dev \
               libvorbis-dev \
               libsqlite3-dev
+
+            # ref https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/docs/README-linux.md#build-dependencies
+            sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+              libasound2-dev \
+              libpulse-dev \
+              libaudio-dev \
+              libjack-dev \
+              libsndio-dev \
+              libx11-dev \
+              libxext-dev \
+              libxrandr-dev \
+              libxcursor-dev \
+              libxfixes-dev \
+              libxi-dev \
+              libxss-dev \
+              libxtst-dev \
+              libxkbcommon-dev \
+              libdrm-dev \
+              libgbm-dev \
+              libgl1-mesa-dev \
+              libgles2-mesa-dev \
+              libegl1-mesa-dev \
+              libdbus-1-dev \
+              libibus-1.0-dev \
+              libudev-dev \
+              libpipewire-0.3-dev \
+              libwayland-dev \
+              libdecor-0-dev \
+              liburing-dev
             ;;
 
           darwin*)
@@ -143,10 +171,10 @@ jobs:
             ;;
 
           windows*)
-            curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o /tmp/sdl.zip https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.30.2-VC.zip
+            curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o /tmp/sdl.zip https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-3.2.22/SDL3-devel-3.2.22-VC.zip
             curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o /tmp/openal.zip https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/releases/download/1.23.1/openal-soft-1.23.1-bin.zip
             curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o /tmp/ffmpeg.zip ${{ matrix.ffmpeg_url }}
-            7z x /tmp/sdl.zip    -oinclude; mv include/SDL2*   include/sdl
+            7z x /tmp/sdl.zip    -oinclude; mv include/SDL3*   include/sdl
             7z x /tmp/openal.zip -oinclude; mv include/openal* include/openal
             7z x /tmp/ffmpeg.zip -oinclude; mv include/ffmpeg* include/ffmpeg
             ;;
@@ -174,6 +202,18 @@ jobs:
         haxelib install hashlink
         haxelib list
 
+    - name: "Build and install SDL3"
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        wget https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-3.2.22/SDL3-3.2.22.tar.gz
+        tar -xzvf SDL3-3.2.22.tar.gz 
+        cd SDL3-3.2.22/
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake ..
+        make
+        sudo make install
+
 
     - name: "Build: HashLink"
       run: |
@@ -202,7 +242,8 @@ jobs:
                   -DFLAT_INSTALL_TREE=ON
                 ;;
               linux64)
-                cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake_configuration }} ;;
+                cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake_configuration }}
+                ;;
             esac
 
             cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.cmake_configuration }}

diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 brew "cmake"
 brew "jpeg-turbo"
 brew "libpng"
-brew "sdl2"
+brew "sdl3"
 brew "libogg"
 brew "libvorbis"
 brew "openal-soft"

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ ifeq ($(MARCH),32)
 CFLAGS += -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
 CC=i686-pc-cygwin-gcc
 BUILD_DIR = Release
-VS_SDL_LIBRARY ?= include/sdl/lib/x86/SDL2.dll
+VS_SDL_LIBRARY ?= include/sdl/lib/x86/SDL3.dll
 VS_OPENAL_LIBRARY ?= include/openal/bin/Win32/soft_oal.dll
 else
 BUILD_DIR = x64/Release
-VS_SDL_LIBRARY ?= include/sdl/lib/x64/SDL2.dll
+VS_SDL_LIBRARY ?= include/sdl/lib/x64/SDL3.dll
 VS_OPENAL_LIBRARY ?= include/openal/bin/Win64/soft_oal.dll
 endif
 
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ LIBEXT=dylib
 BREW_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix)
 # prefixes for keg-only packages
 BREW_OPENAL_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix openal-soft)
-BREW_SDL_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix sdl2)
+BREW_SDL_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix sdl3)
 
-CFLAGS += -m$(MARCH) -I include -I $(BREW_PREFIX)/include -I $(BREW_OPENAL_PREFIX)/include -I $(BREW_SDL_PREFIX)/include/SDL2 -Dopenal_soft -DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
+CFLAGS += -m$(MARCH) -I include -I $(BREW_PREFIX)/include -I $(BREW_OPENAL_PREFIX)/include -Dopenal_soft -DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
 LFLAGS += -Wl,-export_dynamic
 
 ifdef OSX_SDK
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ CFLAGS += -isysroot $(ISYSROOT)
 LFLAGS += -isysroot $(ISYSROOT)
 endif
 
-SDL_LINK_FLAGS = -L$(BREW_SDL_PREFIX)/lib -lSDL2
+SDL_LINK_FLAGS = -L$(BREW_SDL_PREFIX)/lib -lSDL3
 LIBFLAGS += -L$(BREW_PREFIX)/lib -L$(BREW_OPENAL_PREFIX)/lib
 LIBOPENGL = -framework OpenGL
 LIBOPENAL = -lopenal
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ LHL_LINK_FLAGS += -install_name @rpath/libhl.dylib
 else
 
 # Linux
-CFLAGS += -m$(MARCH) -fPIC -pthread -fno-omit-frame-pointer $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl2)
+CFLAGS += -m$(MARCH) -fPIC -pthread -fno-omit-frame-pointer $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl3)
 LFLAGS += -lm -Wl,-rpath,.:'$$ORIGIN':$(INSTALL_LIB_DIR) -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--no-undefined
 
 ifeq ($(MARCH),32)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ else
 LIBFLAGS += -L/opt/libjpeg-turbo/lib64
 endif
 
-SDL_LINK_FLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl2)
+SDL_LINK_FLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl3)
 LIBOPENAL = -lopenal
 LIBOPENGL = -lGL
 RELEASE_NAME = linux

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ Here's the dependencies that you install in order to compile all the libraries:
 
 * fmt: libpng-dev libturbojpeg-dev libvorbis-dev
 * openal: libopenal-dev
-* sdl: libsdl2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
+* sdl: libsdl3-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
 * ssl: libmbedtls-dev
 * uv: libuv1-dev
 * sqlite: libsqlite3-dev
 
 To install all dependencies on the latest **Ubuntu**, for example:
 
-`sudo apt-get install libpng-dev libturbojpeg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libsdl2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libmbedtls-dev libuv1-dev libsqlite3-dev`
+`sudo apt-get install libpng-dev libturbojpeg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libsdl3-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libmbedtls-dev libuv1-dev libsqlite3-dev`
 
 For 16.04, see [this note](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hashlink/issues/147).
 
 To install all dependencies on the latest **Fedora**, for example:
 
-`sudo dnf install libpng-devel turbojpeg-devel libvorbis-devel openal-soft-devel SDL2-devel mesa-libGLU-devel mbedtls-devel libuv-devel  sqlite-devel`
+`sudo dnf install libpng-devel turbojpeg-devel libvorbis-devel openal-soft-devel SDL3-devel mesa-libGLU-devel mbedtls-devel libuv-devel  sqlite-devel`
 
 **And on OSX:**
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To build all of HashLink libraries it is required to download several additional
 
 In short you'll probably need:
 
-- [SDL2-devel](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-2.30.12/SDL2-devel-2.30.12-VC.zip), extract to `<hashlink>/include/sdl`
+- [SDL3-devel](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-3.2.22/SDL3-devel-3.2.22-VC.zip), extract to `<hashlink>/include/sdl`
 - [openal-soft](https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/releases/download/1.23.1/openal-soft-1.23.1-bin.zip), extract to `<hashlink>/include/openal`
 
 ## Debugging

diff --git a/libs/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ add_library(sdl.hdll
 
 if ((NOT WIN32) AND DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES)
     FetchContent_Declare(
-        SDL2
-        URL https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-2.32.8/SDL2-2.32.8.tar.gz
-        URL_HASH SHA256=0ca83e9c9b31e18288c7ec811108e58bac1f1bb5ec6577ad386830eac51c787e
+        SDL3
+        URL https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-3.2.22/SDL3-3.2.22.tar.gz
+        URL_HASH SHA256=f29d00cbcee273c0a54f3f32f86bf5c595e8823a96b1d92a145aac40571ebfcc
         DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP true
         EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     )
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ if ((NOT WIN32) AND DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES)
             set(SDL_STATIC_PIC ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
         endif()
     endif()
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL2)
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3)
 else()
     if(WIN32)
-        set(SDL2_DIR ${INCLUDES_BASE_DIR}/sdl/cmake)
+        set(SDL3_DIR ${INCLUDES_BASE_DIR}/sdl/cmake)
     endif()
 
-    find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(SDL3 REQUIRED CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS SDL3)
 endif()
 
 set_as_hdll(sdl)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ target_include_directories(sdl.hdll
 )
 target_link_libraries(sdl.hdll
     libhl
-    SDL2::SDL2
+    SDL3::SDL3
 )
 if(APPLE)
     target_compile_definitions(sdl.hdll PRIVATE GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)

diff --git a/libs/sdl/README.md b/libs/sdl/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 hlsdl
 =====
 
-HLSDL is a SDL2 backend for HashLink 
+HLSDL is a SDL3 backend for HashLink 
 Read https://www.libsdl.org/ for more information on SDL
 
-In order to compile on Windows, download the Development Libraries from SDL2 and unzip them into the hashlink/include/sdl directory, so you have the directories hashlink/include/sdl/include and hashlink/include/sdl/lib available.
+In order to compile on Windows, download the Development Libraries from SDL3 and unzip them into the hashlink/include/sdl directory, so you have the directories hashlink/include/sdl/include and hashlink/include/sdl/lib available.
 
 
diff --git a/libs/sdl/gl.c b/libs/sdl/gl.c
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 #include "hlsystem.h"
 
 #if defined(HL_IOS) || defined (HL_TVOS)
-#	include <SDL.h>
-#	include <SDL_syswm.h>
+#	include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 #	include <OpenGLES/ES3/gl.h>
 #	define HL_GLES
 #elif defined(HL_MAC)
-#	include <SDL.h>
+#	include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 #	include <OpenGL/gl3.h>
 #	define glBindImageTexture(...) hl_error("Not supported on OSX")
 #	define glDispatchCompute(...) hl_error("Not supported on OSX")
 #	define glMemoryBarrier(...) hl_error("Not supported on OSX")
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
-#	include <SDL.h>
+#	include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 #	include <GL/GL.h>
 #	include <glext.h>
 #elif defined(HL_CONSOLE)
@@ -24,12 +23,12 @@
 #	include <GL/osmesa.h>
 #	define HL_GLES
 #elif defined(HL_ANDROID)
-#	include <SDL.h>
+#	include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 #	include <GLES3/gl32.h>
 #	include <GLES3/gl3ext.h>
 #	define HL_GLES
 #else
-#	include <SDL.h>
+#	include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 #	include <GL/glcorearb.h>
 #endif
 

diff --git a/libs/sdl/haxelib.json b/libs/sdl/haxelib.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"license" : "BSD",
 	"contributors" : ["ncannasse"],
 	"description" : "SDL/GL support for Haxe/HL.",
-	"version" : "1.16.0",
+	"version" : "1.17.0",
 	"releasenote" : "",
 	"dependencies": {}
 }