reorganize other_libs by category

docs/other_libs.md

@@ -4,100 +4,99 @@ In addition to all of [my libraries](https://github.com/nothings/stb), there are
 
 People have told me about quite a few of these. However, I haven't used most of these libraries
 and can't comment on their quality. (If you use them and aren't their author, feel
-free to tell me about their quality.) _Newest additions are in italics._
+free to tell me about their quality.
-
+
-- **images** [jo_gif.cpp](http://www.jonolick.com/home/gif-writer): animated GIF writer (public domain)
+**Public domain single-file libraries are in bold.**
-- **images** [gif.h](https://github.com/ginsweater/gif-h): animated GIF writer (public domain)
+
-- **images** [tiny_jpeg.h](https://github.com/serge-rgb/TinyJPEG/blob/master/tiny_jpeg.h): JPEG encoder (public domain)
+
-- **images** [miniexr](https://github.com/aras-p/miniexr): OpenEXR writer (public domain)
+category | library | license | # files | description
-- **geometry** [nv_voronoi.h](http://www.icculus.org/~mordred/nvlib/): find voronoi regions on lattice w/ integer inputs (public domain)
+-------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | -----------
-- **geometry** [sobol.h](https://github.com/Marc-B-Reynolds/Stand-alone-junk/blob/master/src/SFH/Sobol.h): sobol & stratified sampling sequences (public domain)
+2D | [blendish](https://bitbucket.org/duangle/oui-blendish/src) | MIT | **1** | blender-style widget rendering
-- **network** [zed_net](https://github.com/ZedZull/zed_net): cross-platform socket wrapper (public domain)
+2D | [tigr](https://bitbucket.org/rmitton/tigr/src) | **public domain** | 2 | quick-n-dirty window text/graphics for Windows
-- **strings**; **files & filenames** [DG_misc.h](https://github.com/DanielGibson/Snippets/): Daniel Gibson's stb.h-esque cross-platform helpers: path/file, strings (public domain)
+2D | [noc_turtle](https://github.com/guillaumechereau/noc) | **public domain** | 2 | procedural graphics generator
-- **strings** [utf8](https://github.com/sheredom/utf8.h): utf8 string library (public domain)
+3D | [tinyobjloader](https://github.com/syoyo/tinyobjloader) | BSD | **1** | wavefront OBJ file loader
-- **strings** [strpool.h](https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson/libs): string interning (public domain/MIT)
+3D | [mikktspace](https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/blender/intern/mikktspace/) | zlib | 2 | compute tangent space for normal mapping
-- **misc** [MakeID.h](http://www.humus.name/3D/MakeID.h): allocate/deallocate small integer IDs efficiently (public domain)
+AI | [micropather](http://www.grinninglizard.com/MicroPather/) | zlib | 2 | pathfinding with A*
-- **misc** [gb_string.h](https://github.com/gingerBill/gb): dynamic strings for C (public domain)
+audio | [aw_ima.h](https://github.com/afterwise/aw-ima/blob/master/aw-ima.h) | MIT | **1** | IMA-ADPCM audio decoder
-- **misc** [loguru](https://github.com/emilk/loguru): flexible logging for C++ (public domain)
+compression | [miniz.c](https://github.com/richgel999/miniz) | **public domain** | 2 | zlib compression,decompression, zip file, png writing
-- **hardware** [EasyTab](https://github.com/ApoorvaJ/EasyTab): multi-platform tablet input (public domain)
+compression | [lz4](https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4) | BSD | 2 | fast but larger LZ compression
-
+compression | [fastlz](https://code.google.com/p/fastlz/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk) | MIT | 2 | fast but larger LZ compression
-Not public domain:
+compression | [pithy](https://github.com/johnezang/pithy) | BSD | 2 | fast but larger LZ compression
-
+crypto | [TweetNaCl](http://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/software.html) | **public domain** | 2 | high-quality tiny cryptography library
-- **images** [tinyexr](https://github.com/syoyo/tinyexr): EXR image read/write (BSD license)  *uses miniz internally*
+data structures | [klib](http://attractivechaos.github.io/klib/) | MIT | 2 | many 2-file libs: hash, sort, b-tree, etc
-- **images** [lodepng](http://lodev.org/lodepng/): PNG encoder/decoder (zlib license)
+data structures | [uthash](https://github.com/troydhanson/uthash) | BSD | 2 | several 1-header, 1-license-file libs: generic hash, list, etc
-- **images** [nanoSVG](https://github.com/memononen/nanosvg): 1-file SVG parser; 1-file SVG rasterizer (zlib license)
+data structures | [PackedArray](https://github.com/gpakosz/PackedArray) | **WTFPLv2** | 2 | memory-efficient array of elements with non-pow2 bitcount
-- **3D** [tinyobjloader](https://github.com/syoyo/tinyobjloader): wavefront OBJ file loader (BSD license)
+data structures | [minilibs](https://github.com/ccxvii/minilibs) | **public domain** | 2 | two-file binary tress (also regex, etc)
-- **2D** [blendish](https://bitbucket.org/duangle/oui-blendish/src): blender-style widget rendering (MIT license)
+files&filenames|**[DG_misc.h](https://github.com/DanielGibson/Snippets/)**|**public domain**|**1**|Daniel Gibson's stb.h-esque cross-platform helpers: path/file, strings
-- **math** [mm_vec.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx): vector math (BSD license)
+files & filenames | [whereami](https://github.com/gpakosz/whereami) | **WTFPLv2** | 2 | get path/filename of executable or module
-- _**math** [ShaderFastLibs](https://github.com/michaldrobot/ShaderFastLibs): approximate transcendental functions optimized for shaders (esp. GCN) (MIT license)_
+geometry | **[nv_voronoi.h](http://www.icculus.org/~mordred/nvlib/)**|**public domain**|**1**|find voronoi regions on lattice w/ integer inputs
-- **geometry** [sdf.h](https://github.com/memononen/SDF): compute signed-distance field from antialiased image (MIT license)
+geometry | **[sobol.h](https://github.com/Marc-B-Reynolds/Stand-alone-junk/blob/master/src/SFH/Sobol.h)**|**public domain**|**1**|sobol & stratified sampling sequences
-- **geometry** [nanoflann](https://github.com/jlblancoc/nanoflann): build KD trees for point clouds (BSD license)
+geometry | [sdf.h](https://github.com/memononen/SDF) | MIT | **1** | compute signed-distance field from antialiased image
-- **geometry** [jc_voronoi](https://github.com/JCash/voronoi): find voronoi regions on float/double data (MIT license)
+geometry | [nanoflann](https://github.com/jlblancoc/nanoflann) | BSD | **1** | build KD trees for point clouds
-- **geometry** [par_msquares](https://github.com/prideout/par): convert (binarized) image to triangles (MIT license)
+geometry | [jc_voronoi](https://github.com/JCash/voronoi) | MIT | **1** | find voronoi regions on float/double data
-- **geometry** [tk_objfile](https://github.com/joeld42/tk_objfile): OBJ file loader (MIT license)
+geometry | [par_msquares](https://github.com/prideout/par) | MIT | **1** | convert (binarized) image to triangles
-- **geometry** [par_shapes](http://github.prideout.net/shapes/): generate various 3d geometric shapes (MIT license)
+geometry | [tk_objfile](https://github.com/joeld42/tk_objfile) | | **1** | OBJ file loader
-- **network** [mm_web.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx): lightweight webserver, fork of webby (BSD license)
+geometry | [par_shapes](http://github.prideout.net/shapes/) | MIT | **1** | generate various 3d geometric shapes
-- **network** [par_easycurl.h](https://github.com/prideout/par): curl wrapper (MIT license)
+geometry | [Tomas Akenine-Moller snippets](http://fileadmin.cs.lth.se/cs/Personal/Tomas_Akenine-Moller/code/) | **public domain** | 2 | various 3D intersection calculations, not lib-ified
-- **audio** [aw_ima.h](https://github.com/afterwise/aw-ima/blob/master/aw-ima.h): IMA-ADPCM audio decoder (MIT license)
+geometry | [Clipper](http://www.angusj.com/delphi/clipper.php) | Boost | 2 | line & polygon clipping & offsetting
-- **multithreading** [mm_sched.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx): cross-platform multithreaded task scheduler (zlib license)
+geometry | [PolyPartition](https://github.com/ivanfratric/polypartition) | MIT | 2 | polygon triangulation, partitioning
-- **parsing** [SLRE](https://github.com/cesanta/slre): regular expression matcher (GPL v2)
+hardware| **[EasyTab](https://github.com/ApoorvaJ/EasyTab)**|**public domain**|**1**|multi-platform tablet input
-- **parsing** [PicoJSON](https://github.com/kazuho/picojson): JSON parse/serializer for C++ (BSD license)
+images| **[jo_gif.cpp](http://www.jonolick.com/home/gif-writer)**|**public domain**|**1**|animated GIF writer
-- **parsing** [mm_json.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx): JSON parser (zlib license)
+images| **[gif.h](https://github.com/ginsweater/gif-h)**|**public domain**|**1**|animated GIF writer
-- **parsing** [mm_lexer.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx): C-esque language lexer (zlib license)
+images| **[tiny_jpeg.h](https://github.com/serge-rgb/TinyJPEG/blob/master/tiny_jpeg.h)**|**public domain**|**1**|JPEG encoder
-- **tests** [utest](https://github.com/evolutional/utest): unit testing (MIT license)
+images| **[miniexr](https://github.com/aras-p/miniexr)**|**public domain**|**1**|OpenEXR writer
-- **tests** [catch](https://github.com/philsquared/Catch): unit testing (Boost license)
+images | [tinyexr](https://github.com/syoyo/tinyexr) | BSD | **1** | EXR image read/write, uses miniz internally  
-- **tests** [SPUT](http://www.lingua-systems.com/unit-testing/): unit testing (BSD license)
+images | [lodepng](http://lodev.org/lodepng/) | zlib | **1** | PNG encoder/decoder
-- **misc** [lualite](https://github.com/janezz55/lualite/): generate lua bindings in C++ (MIT license)
+images | [nanoSVG](https://github.com/memononen/nanosvg) | zlib | **1** | 1-file SVG parser; 1-file SVG rasterizer
-- **misc** [tinyformat](https://github.com/c42f/tinyformat): C++ typesafe printf (Boost license)
+images | [picopng.cpp](http://lodev.org/lodepng/picopng.cpp) | zlib | 2 | tiny PNG loader
-
+images | [jpeg-compressor](https://github.com/richgel999/jpeg-compressor) | **public domain** | 2 | 2-file jpeg compress, 2-file jpeg decompress
-There are some that have a source file and require a separate header file (which they may
+math | [mm_vec.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | BSD | **1** | SIMD vector math
-not even supply). That's twice as many files, and we at nothings/stb cannot condone
+math | [ShaderFastLibs](https://github.com/michaldrobot/ShaderFastLibs) | MIT | **1** | approximate transcendental functions optimized for shaders (esp. GCN)
-this! But you might like them anyway:
+multithreading | [mm_sched.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | zlib | **1** | cross-platform multithreaded task scheduler
-
+network | **[zed_net](https://github.com/ZedZull/zed_net)**|**public domain**|**1**|cross-platform socket wrapper
-- **images** [picopng.cpp](http://lodev.org/lodepng/picopng.cpp): tiny PNG loader (zlib license)
+network | [mm_web.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | BSD | **1** | lightweight webserver, fork of webby
-- **images** [jpeg-compressor](https://github.com/richgel999/jpeg-compressor): 2-file jpeg compress, 2-file jpeg decompress (public domain)
+network | [par_easycurl.h](https://github.com/prideout/par) | MIT | **1** | curl wrapper
-- **3D** [mikktspace](https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/blender/intern/mikktspace/): compute tangent space for normal mapping (zlib)
+network | [yocto](https://github.com/tom-seddon/yhs) | **public domain** | 2 | non-production-use http server
-- **2D** [tigr](https://bitbucket.org/rmitton/tigr/src): quick-n-dirty window text/graphics for Windows (public domain)
+network | [happyhttp](http://scumways.com/happyhttp/happyhttp.html) | zlib | 2 | http client requests
-- **2D** [noc_turtle](https://github.com/guillaumechereau/noc): procedural graphics generator (public domain)
+network | [mongoose](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose) | GPLv2 | 2 | http server
-- **geometry** [Tomas Akenine-Moller snippets](http://fileadmin.cs.lth.se/cs/Personal/Tomas_Akenine-Moller/code/): various 3D intersection calculations, not lib-ified (public domain)
+network | [LUrlParser](https://github.com/corporateshark/LUrlParser) | MIT | 2 | lightweight URL & URI parser RFC 1738, RFC 3986
-- **geometry** [Clipper](http://www.angusj.com/delphi/clipper.php): line & polygon clipping & offsetting (Boost license)
+parsing | [SLRE](https://github.com/cesanta/slre) | GPLv2 | **1** | regular expression matcher
-- **geometry** [PolyPartition](https://github.com/ivanfratric/polypartition): polygon triangulation, partitioning (MIT license)
+parsing | [PicoJSON](https://github.com/kazuho/picojson) | BSD | **1** | JSON parse/serializer for C++
-- **network** [yocto](https://github.com/tom-seddon/yhs): non-production-use http server (public domain)
+parsing | [mm_json.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | zlib | **1** | JSON parser
-- **network** [happyhttp](http://scumways.com/happyhttp/happyhttp.html): http client requests (zlib license)
+parsing | [mm_lexer.h](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | zlib | **1** | C-esque language lexer
-- **network** [mongoose](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose): http server (GPL v2)
+parsing | [json.h](https://github.com/sheredom/json.h) | **public domain** | 2 | JSON parser
-- _**network** [LUrlParser](https://github.com/corporateshark/LUrlParser): lightweight URL & URI parser RFC 1738, RFC 3986 (MIT license)_
+parsing | [jzon.h](https://github.com/Zguy/Jzon) | MIT | 2 | JSON parser, C++
-- **crypto** [TweetNaCl](http://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/software.html): high-quality tiny cryptography library (public domain)
+parsing | [minilibs](https://github.com/ccxvii/minilibs) | **public domain** | 2 | two-file regex (also binary tree, etc)
-- **AI** [micropather](http://www.grinninglizard.com/MicroPather/): pathfinding with A* (zlib license)
+profiling | [Remotery](https://github.com/Celtoys/Remotery) | Apache 2.0 | 2 | CPU/GPU profiler Win/Mac/Linux, using web browser for viewer
-- **compression** [miniz.c](https://github.com/richgel999/miniz): zlib compression,decompression, zip file, png writing (public domain)
+profiling | [MicroProfile](https://bitbucket.org/jonasmeyer/microprofile) | **unlicense** | 2-4 | CPU (and GPU?) profiler, 1-3 header files, uses miniz internally
-- **compression** [lz4](https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4): fast but larger LZ compression (BSD license)
+scripting | [lualite](https://github.com/janezz55/lualite/) | MIT | **1** | generate lua bindings in C++
-- **compression** [fastlz](https://code.google.com/p/fastlz/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk): fast but larger LZ compression (MIT license)
+strings | **[DG_misc.h](https://github.com/DanielGibson/Snippets/)**|**public domain**|**1**|Daniel Gibson's stb.h-esque cross-platform helpers: path/file, strings
-- **compression** [pithy](https://github.com/johnezang/pithy): fast but larger LZ compression (BSD license)
+strings | **[utf8](https://github.com/sheredom/utf8.h)**|**public domain**|**1**|utf8 string library
-- **profiling** [Remotery](https://github.com/Celtoys/Remotery): CPU/GPU profiler Win/Mac/Linux, using web browser for viewer (Apache 2.0 license)
+strings | **[strpool.h](https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson/libs)**|**public domain**/MIT|string interning
-- **profiling** [MicroProfile](https://bitbucket.org/jonasmeyer/microprofile): CPU (and GPU?) profiler, 1-3 header files (unlicense) *uses miniz internally*
+strings | [dfa](http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/) | MIT | 2 | fast utf8 decoder
-- **parsing** [json.h](https://github.com/sheredom/json.h): JSON parser (public domain)
+strings | **[gb_string.h](https://github.com/gingerBill/gb)**|**public domain**|**1**|dynamic strings for C
-- **parsing** [jzon.h](https://github.com/Zguy/Jzon): JSON parser, C++ (MIT license)
+tests | [utest](https://github.com/evolutional/utest) | MIT | **1** | unit testing
-- **strings** [dfa](http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/): fast utf8 decoder (MIT license)
+tests | [catch](https://github.com/philsquared/Catch) | Boost | **1** | unit testing
-- **data structures** [klib](http://attractivechaos.github.io/klib/): many 2-file libs: hash, sort, b-tree, etc (MIT license)
+tests | [SPUT](http://www.lingua-systems.com/unit-testing/) | BSD | **1** | unit testing
-- **data structures** [uthash](https://github.com/troydhanson/uthash): several 1-header, 1-license-file libs: generic hash, list, etc (BSD license)
+tests | [pempek_assert.cpp](https://github.com/gpakosz/Assert/tree/master/src) | **WTFPLv2** | 2 | flexible assertions in C++
-- **data structures** [PackedArray](https://github.com/gpakosz/PackedArray): memory-efficient array of elements with non-pow2 bitcount (WTFPL v2 license)
+user interface|[dear imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui)|MIT|_many_|an immediate-mode GUI formerly named "ImGui"
-- **data structures**; **algorithms** [minilibs](https://github.com/ccxvii/minilibs): two-file regex, binary tree (public domain)
+misc | **[MakeID.h](http://www.humus.name/3D/MakeID.h)**|**public domain**|**1**|allocate/deallocate small integer IDs efficiently
-- **files & filenames** [whereami](https://github.com/gpakosz/whereami): get path/filename of executable or module (WTFPL v2 license)
+misc | **[loguru](https://github.com/emilk/loguru)**|**public domain**|**1**|flexible logging for C++
-- **misc** [dbgtools](https://github.com/wc-duck/dbgtools): cross-platform debug util libraries (zlib license)
+misc | [tinyformat](https://github.com/c42f/tinyformat) | Boost | **1** | C++ typesafe printf
-- **misc** [stmr](https://github.com/wooorm/stmr.c): extract English word stems (MIT license)
+misc | [dbgtools](https://github.com/wc-duck/dbgtools) | zlib | 2 | cross-platform debug util libraries
-- **misc** [levenshtein](https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein.c): compute edit distance between two strings (MIT license)
+misc | [stmr](https://github.com/wooorm/stmr.c) | MIT | 2 | extract English word stems
-- **tests** [pempek_assert.cpp](https://github.com/gpakosz/Assert/tree/master/src): flexible assertions in C++ (WTFPL v2 license)
+misc | [levenshtein](https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein.c) | MIT | 2 | compute edit distance between two strings
-
+
-There is also these XML libraries, but if you're using XML, shame on you:
+
-
+There are also these XML libraries, but if you're using XML, shame on you:
-- **parsing** [tinyxml2](https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2): XML (zlib license)
+
-- **parsing** [pugixml](http://pugixml.org/): XML (MIT license)
+- parsing: [tinyxml2](https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2): XML
+- parsing: [pugixml](http://pugixml.org/): XML (MIT license)
 
 There are some libraries that are just _so_ awesome that even though they use more
 than two files we're going to give them special dispensation to appear in their own
 little list here. If you're a crazy purist, be warned, but otherwise, enjoy!
 
-- **user interface** [dear imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui): an immediate-mode GUI ("imgui") named "ImGui" (MIT license)
-
 Also you might be interested in other related, but different lists:
 
 - [clib](https://github.com/clibs/clib/wiki/Packages): list of (mostly) small single C functions (licenses not listed)