This is a clone of Simple OpenGL Image Library from http://lonesock.net/soil.html which hasn't changed since July 7, 2008. I wanted to work with the code and seeing ...
Can load rectangular textures for GUI elements or splash screens (requires GL_ARB/EXT/NV_texture_rectangle) Can decompress images from RAM (e.g. via PhysicsFS or similar) into an OpenGL texture (same ...