Here you can download releases of the Allegro 5 library. Instructions on how to build Allegro for each of the supported platforms are included in the source packages, either in the README files, or in the docs/build subdirectory. Additional installation instructions can be found on the wiki. Allegro Viewer free download - FastStone Image Viewer, Free Photo Viewer, PowerPoint Viewer 2007, and many more programs. If you are using new features from the OrCAD / Allegro platform 17.2 release, you will need to download the latest OrCAD / Allegro FREE Physical Viewer 17.2 Download your FREE Physical Viewer today: Reads designs for versions to 16.x and 17.2.
Here you can download releases of the Allegro 5 library.
| Source | Windows | MacOS X | Linux | iPhone | Miscellaneous files |
Instructions on how to build Allegro for each of the supported platforms are included in the source packages, either in the README files, or in the docs/build subdirectory.
Additional installation instructions can be found on the wiki.
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Allegro 5.2 source releases
Allegro 5.2 supports Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.), Windows, macOS, Android and iPhone. Allegro 5.2 is source compatible but not binary compatible with Allegro 5.0. You can read the full change log.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allegro-5.2.7.0.zip | 8.6M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| allegro-5.2.7.0.tar.gz | 7.6M | Source code for all platforms in Unix friendly format. |
| allegro-5.2.7.0.7z | 6.3M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
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Windows Binaries
There are several official and unofficial ways to obtain Windows binaries of Allegro releases. See the wiki tutorial for installation instructions.
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
| Nuget | The Allegro package on Nuget contains the official binaries in a format that is easy to use from MSVC. |
| Allegro 5.2 binary packages | Allegro releases on GitHub also come with several binary distributions of Allegro for Windows. |
| Allegro 5 dependencies | The allegro_winpkg GitHub project has releases that come with the pre-compiled Allegro dependencies for Windows. |
| www.allegro.cc/files | Matthew Leverton hosts Windows binary packages for many different compilers. The 5.0 binaries are produced by a different process from the standard build system. Unofficial. |
| devpaks.org | Michal Molhanec mantains a Devpak repository, where you can get a package of the precompiled library for MinGW and Dev-C++. Unofficial. |
MacOS X binaries
Allegro 5 can be found in the allegro package on homebrew. See the wiki tutorial for more details.
Ubuntu PPA
For Linux distributions based on Ubuntu (and Ubuntu itself), you can download binary packages for Allegro 5 by adding the a PPA to your software sources, and then installing the relevant packages. See the wiki tutorial for more details.
IPhone binaries
Currently you need to compile Allegro from source for iPhone. These binaries allow you to avoid having to do that for the dependencies.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| freetype-iphone-2.3.12-bin.zip | 1.3M | Freetype libraries and headers compiled for IPhone. Drop these into the deps folder and CMake should pick them up. |
| physfs-1.0.2-iphone.zip | 165K | PhysFS libraries and headers compiled for IPhone. Drop these into the deps folder and CMake should pick them up. |
| vorbis-iphone.zip | 280K | Ogg Vorbis libraries and headers compiled for IPhone. Drop these into the deps folder and CMake should pick them up. |
Miscellaneous files
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sal.h | 8k | This header is necessary if you want to use the official DirectX SDK with MinGW. Place it somewhere Allegro build system can find it (e.g. MinGW’s include directory. |
Here you can find some downloads of the older 5.x releases as well as the classical Allegro 4 library (and even older versions!). Allegro 5 is not backwards compatible with Allegro 4.
Since version 3.12, Allegro has adopted this versioning scheme: The first number indicates a major version; differences here usually mean that a lot of things have changed. The second number indicates if the release is stable (even number) or unstable (odd number). Finally the third number marks smaller differences between releases. A fourth number is used if we need to fix a minor mistake found in a previous release.
Allegro 5.0 source releases (stable)
Allegro 5.0 supports Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.), Windows, MacOS X and iPhone. You can read the full change log.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allegro-5.0.11.zip | 4.0M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| allegro-5.0.11.tar.gz | 3.2M | Source code for all platforms in Unix friendly format. |
| allegro-5.0.11.7z | 2.4M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
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Allegro 5.1 source releases (unstable)
The 5.1 branch is source compatible, but not binary compatible, with the stable 5.0 branch. It contains provisional new features which are subject to change at any time. You can read the changes since 5.0.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allegro-5.1.13.1.zip | 8.1M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| allegro-5.1.13.1.tar.gz | 7.2M | Source code for all platforms in Unix friendly format. |
| allegro-5.1.13.1.7z | 6.0M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| Browse unstable files |
Allegro 4.4 source releases
Allegro 4.4 supports Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.), Windows, MacOS X and Haiku/BeOS. You can read the full change log.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allegro-4.4.3.1.zip | 4.9M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| allegro-4.4.3.1.tar.gz | 4.5M | Source code for all platforms in Unix friendly format. |
| allegro-4.4.3.1.7z | 3.1M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
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Allegro 4.2 source releases
Allegro 4.2 supports Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.), Windows, MacOS X, Haiku/BeOS, DOS and QNX.
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| all4231.zip | 3.8M | Source code for all platforms in DOS/Windows friendly format. |
| allegro-4.2.3.1.tar.gz | 3.1M | Source code for all platforms in Unix friendly format. |
| all4231_diff.zip | 139k | This file is a diff that can be installed over a clean copy of the 4.2.3 version of Allegro to update it to the current version. |
| allegro-enduser-4.2.3.1.tar.gz | 863k | This version contains the base library, without documentation or example programs. It’s targeted at those who want to run Allegro programs written by other people. If you want to develop programs yourself, you will have to download the full source code version. Only for Linux/Unix. |
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Allegro 4.2 Windows Binaries
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
| Allegro binary package | The allegro-bin directory contains several binary distributions of Allegro for Windows. For Allegro 4.2.2. |
| www.allegro.cc/files | Matthew Leverton hosts Windows binary packages for many different compilers. |
| devpaks.org | Michal Molhanec mantains a Devpak repository, where you can get a package of the precompiled library for MinGW and Dev-C++. Note that the Allegro Devpaks are also mirrored in the allegro-bin directory. If the Devpak site is down, check the previous entry’s link. |
Allegro 4.0
Allegro 4.0.0 - 10th of December, 2001.
- all400.zip (2687k)
- allegro-4.0.0.tar.gz (2332k)
- allegro-4.0.0-1.src.rpm (2313k)
- all400_bin.zip (1301k)
- allegro-enduser-4.0.0.tar.gz (576k)
See the download area.
Miscellaneous files
| Filename | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alldata.zip | 360k | This file contains the data needed by the Allegro demo game. It’s only needed if you got an old WIP version of the library, or if you updated to the current version via diffs, as these didn’t include the demo data to save space. |
| dx70_min.zip | 440k | You may have problems compiling the Allegro DLL if you don’t have the correct version of the DirectX SDK library and header files. This file contains the minimal version of the DirectX 7 SDK needed to compile the DLL yourself. Only for Windows. |
| dx70_mgw.zip | 243k | This file contains the minimal version of the DirectX 7 SDK for MinGW. Only for Windows. |
| dx80_mgw.zip | 442k | This file contains the minimal version of the DirectX 8 SDK for MinGW. Only for Windows. |
| dx70_dmc.zip | 234k | This file contains the minimal version of the DirectX 7 SDK for Digital Mars C/C++. Only for Windows. |
| dx9mgw.zip | 4180k | This file contains necessary DirectX files for compiling Allegro 5. Only for Windows. |
Ancient versions
These files are being made available for historical interest, and as reference material. They are unsupported, and for any serious programming work, you should get the most recent version instead.
Allegro Free Viewer 16.6
Allegro 1.02 (119k) - Sometime in 1995.
Allegro 2.0 (304k) - March 1996.
Allegro 2.1 (562k) - June 1996.
Allegro 2.11 (563k) - November 1996.
Allegro 2.2 (990k) - February 1997.
Allegro Free Physical Viewer 16.6
Allegro 3.0 (1225k) - December 1997.
Allegro 3.1 (1422k) - January 1999.
Allegro 3.11 (1434k) - February 1999. Patch to upgrade to version 3.12.
Allegro 3.12 (1434k) - August 1999. This is a DOS/DJGPP library, and can be obtained from your local Simtel mirror, in the directory gnu/djgpp/v2tk/allegro/, filename alleg312.zip.