---
name: "al_get_allegro_version"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro"
version: "5.2.11.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/al_get_allegro_version"
---

# al\_get\_allegro\_version(3)

Allegro 5 API

## NAME

al\_get\_allegro\_version - Allegro 5 API

## SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
  uint32_t al_get_allegro_version(void)
  ```

## DESCRIPTION

Returns the (compiled) version of the Allegro library, packed into a single integer as groups of 8 bits in the form `(major << 24) | (minor << 16) | (revision << 8) | release`.

You can use code like this to extract them:

-

  ```
  uint32_t version = al_get_allegro_version();
  int major = version >> 24;
  int minor = (version >> 16) & 255;
  int revision = (version >> 8) & 255;
  int release = version & 255;
  ```

The `release` number is 0 for an unofficial version and 1 or greater for an official release. For example “5.0.2\[1\]” would be the (first) official 5.0.2 release while “5.0.2\[0\]” would be a compile of a version from the “5.0.2” branch before the official release.