diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index d0efd74b..2c1f4a1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: 1.54.0
           override: true
       - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libspeechd-dev
-      - run: cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium --lib --no-deps --all-features
+      - run: cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium -p egui_glow --lib --no-deps --all-features
 
   doc_web:
     name: cargo doc web
diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 110c062b..410b648c 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Also see [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/blob/master/CONTRIBUT
 
 
 ## Crate overview
-The crates in this repository are: `egui, emath, epaint, egui, epi, egui-winit, egui_web, egui_glium, egui_demo_lib, egui_demo_app`.
+The crates in this repository are: `egui, emath, epaint, egui, epi, egui-winit, egui_web, egui_glium, egui_glow, egui_demo_lib, egui_demo_app`.
 
 ### `egui`: The main GUI library.
 Example code: `if ui.button("Click me").clicked() { … }`
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Puts an egui app inside a native window on your laptop. Paints the triangles tha
 
 ### `egui_glow`
 Puts an egui app inside a native window on your laptop. Paints the triangles that egui outputs using [glow](https://github.com/grovesNL/glow).
-An alternative to `egui_glium`, not used by `eframe` at this time.
 
 ### `eframe`
 A wrapper around `egui_web` + `egui_glium`, so you can compile the same app for either web or native.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64516f28..54262bde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to the egui crate will be documented in this file.
 
-NOTE: [`epaint`](epaint/CHANGELOG.md), [`eframe`](eframe/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui_web`](egui_web/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui-winit`](egui-winit/CHANGELOG.md) and [`egui_glium`](egui_glium/CHANGELOG.md) have their own changelogs!
+NOTE: [`epaint`](epaint/CHANGELOG.md), [`eframe`](eframe/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui_web`](egui_web/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui-winit`](egui-winit/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui_glium`](egui_glium/CHANGELOG.md), and [`egui_glow`](egui_glow/CHANGELOG.md) have their own changelogs!
 
 
 ## Unreleased
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adbfcf98..d498ad75 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "egui",
  "egui_glium",
+ "egui_glow",
  "egui_web",
  "epi",
  "image",
@@ -905,6 +906,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "egui_glow"
+version = "0.14.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "directories-next",
+ "egui",
+ "egui-winit",
+ "epi",
+ "glow",
+ "glutin",
+ "image",
+ "memoffset",
+ "ron",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "egui_web"
 version = "0.14.1"
@@ -1174,6 +1192,18 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glow"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f04649123493bc2483cbef4daddb45d40bbdae5adb221a63a23efdb0cc99520"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "slotmap",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glutin"
 version = "0.27.0"
@@ -2300,6 +2330,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43b2853a4d09f215c24cc5489c992ce46052d359b5109343cbafbf26bc62f8a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slotmap"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1e08e261d0e8f5c43123b7adf3e4ca1690d655377ac93a03b2c9d3e98de1342"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6cb7a094..53b381e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ members = [
     "egui_demo_app",
     "egui_demo_lib",
     "egui_glium",
+    "egui_glow",
     "egui_web",
     "egui-winit",
     "egui",
@@ -12,11 +13,6 @@ members = [
     "epi",
 ]
 
-[patch.crates-io]
-egui = { path = 'egui' }
-egui_glium = { path = 'egui_glium' }
-egui_web = { path = 'egui_web' }
-
 [profile.dev]
 split-debuginfo = "unpacked" # faster debug builds on mac
 
diff --git a/eframe/CHANGELOG.md b/eframe/CHANGELOG.md
index 05c99734..6b9eea7d 100644
--- a/eframe/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/eframe/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog for eframe
 All notable changes to the `eframe` and `epi` crates.
 
-NOTE: [`egui_web`](egui_web/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui-winit`](egui-winit/CHANGELOG.md) and [`egui_glium`](egui_glium/CHANGELOG.md) have their own changelogs!
+NOTE: [`egui_web`](egui_web/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui-winit`](egui-winit/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui_glium`](egui_glium/CHANGELOG.md), and [`egui_glow`](egui_glow/CHANGELOG.md) have their own changelogs!
 
 
 ## Unreleased
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ NOTE: [`egui_web`](egui_web/CHANGELOG.md), [`egui-winit`](egui-winit/CHANGELOG.m
 * Remove "http" feature (use https://github.com/emilk/ehttp instead!).
 * Increase native scroll speed.
 * Add `App::persist_native_window` and `App::persist_egui_memory` to control what gets persisted.
-* Add new backend `egui_glow` as an alternative to `egui_glium` (not yet exposed as a feature flag)
+* Add new backend `egui_glow` as an alternative to `egui_glium`. Enable with `default-features = false, features = ["default_fonts", "egui_glow"]`.
 
 
 ## 0.14.0 - 2021-08-24
diff --git a/eframe/Cargo.toml b/eframe/Cargo.toml
index fcc12277..75b1286e 100644
--- a/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ epi = { version = "0.14.0", path = "../epi" }
 
 # For compiling natively:
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-egui_glium = { version = "0.14.0", path = "../egui_glium", default-features = false, features = ["clipboard", "links"] }
+egui_glium = { version = "0.14.0", path = "../egui_glium", default-features = false, features = ["clipboard", "links"], optional = true }
+egui_glow = { version = "0.14.0", path = "../egui_glow", default-features = false, features = ["clipboard", "links"], optional = true }
 
 # For compiling to web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ image = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
 rfd = "0.5.0"
 
 [features]
-default = ["default_fonts"]
+default = ["default_fonts", "egui_glium"]
 
 # If set, egui will use `include_bytes!` to bundle some fonts.
 # If you plan on specifying your own fonts you may disable this feature.
diff --git a/eframe/README.md b/eframe/README.md
index 3502dc0d..530d79ff 100644
--- a/eframe/README.md
+++ b/eframe/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To get started, go to <https://github.com/emilk/eframe_template/> and follow the
 
 `eframe` is a very thin crate that re-exports [`egui`](https://github.com/emilk/egui) and[`epi`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/epi) with thin wrappers over the backends.
 
-`eframe` uses [`egui_web`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_web) and [`egui_glium`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_glium).
+`eframe` uses [`egui_web`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_web) for web and [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium) or [`egui_glow`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glow) for native.
 
 To use on Linux, first run:
 
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ sudo apt-get install libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev lib
 
 
 ## Alternatives
+The default native backend for `eframe` is currently [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium), but you can try out the new [`egui_glow`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glow) backend by putting this in your `Cargo.toml`:
+
+``` toml
+eframe = { version = "*", default-features = false, features = ["default_fonts", "egui_glow"] }
+```
+
 `eframe` is not the only way to write an app using `egui`! You can also try [`egui-miniquad`](https://github.com/not-fl3/egui-miniquad) and [`egui_sdl2_gl`](https://github.com/ArjunNair/egui_sdl2_gl).
 
 
diff --git a/eframe/src/lib.rs b/eframe/src/lib.rs
index 19bb1a41..4015feb8 100644
--- a/eframe/src/lib.rs
+++ b/eframe/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 //! You write your application code for [`epi`] (implementing [`epi::App`]) and then
 //! call from [`crate::run_native`] your `main.rs`, and/or call `eframe::start_web` from your `lib.rs`.
 //!
-//! `eframe` is implemented using [`egui_web`](https://docs.rs/egui_web) and [`egui_glium`](https://docs.rs/egui_glium).
+//! `eframe` is implemented using [`egui_web`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_web) for web and
+//! [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium) or [`egui_glow`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glow) for native.
 
 // Forbid warnings in release builds:
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), deny(warnings))]
@@ -61,6 +62,22 @@ pub fn start_web(canvas_id: &str, app: Box<dyn epi::App>) -> Result<(), wasm_bin
 
 /// Call from `fn main` like this: `eframe::run_native(Box::new(MyEguiApp::default()))`
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "egui_glium")]
 pub fn run_native(app: Box<dyn epi::App>, native_options: epi::NativeOptions) -> ! {
     egui_glium::run(app, &native_options)
 }
+
+/// Call from `fn main` like this: `eframe::run_native(Box::new(MyEguiApp::default()))`
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "egui_glium"))] // make sure we still compile with `--all-features`
+#[cfg(feature = "egui_glow")]
+pub fn run_native(app: Box<dyn epi::App>, native_options: epi::NativeOptions) -> ! {
+    egui_glow::run(app, &native_options)
+}
+
+// disabled since we want to be able to compile with `--all-features`
+// #[cfg(all(feature = "egui_glium", feature = "egui_glow"))]
+// compile_error!("Enable either egui_glium or egui_glow, not both");
+
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "egui_glium"), not(feature = "egui_glow")))]
+compile_error!("Enable either egui_glium or egui_glow");
diff --git a/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/app.rs b/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/app.rs
index 75d777e2..8f1f3cf4 100644
--- a/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/app.rs
+++ b/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/app.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// Demonstrates how to make an app using egui.
 ///
 /// Implements `epi::App` so it can be used with
-/// [`egui_glium`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_glium) and [`egui_web`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_web).
+/// [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium), [`egui_glow`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glow) and [`egui_web`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_web).
 #[derive(Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default))]
diff --git a/epi/README.md b/epi/README.md
index bb5cba4a..f4f66b92 100644
--- a/epi/README.md
+++ b/epi/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 `epi` is a backend-agnostic interface for writing apps using `egui` (a platform agnostic GUI library).
 
-This crate provides a common interface for programming an app using egui, which can then be easily plugged into [`eframe`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/eframe) (which is a wrapper over [`egui_web`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_web) and/or [`egui_glium`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_glium)).
+This crate provides a common interface for programming an app using egui, which can then be easily plugged into [`eframe`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/eframe) (which is a wrapper over [`egui_web`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_web), [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium) and [`egui_glow`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glow)).
 
 This crate is only for those that want to write an app that can be compiled both natively and for the web.
diff --git a/epi/src/lib.rs b/epi/src/lib.rs
index fe0db566..0c69f662 100644
--- a/epi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/epi/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ pub use egui; // Re-export for user convenience
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/// Implement this trait to write apps that can be compiled both natively using the [`egui_glium`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_glium) crate,
-/// and deployed as a web site using the [`egui_web`](https://crates.io/crates/egui_web) crate.
+/// Implement this trait to write apps that can be compiled both natively using the [`egui_glium`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_glium) crate,
+/// and deployed as a web site using the [`egui_web`](https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/egui_web) crate.
 pub trait App {
     /// Called each time the UI needs repainting, which may be many times per second.
     /// Put your widgets into a [`egui::SidePanel`], [`egui::TopBottomPanel`], [`egui::CentralPanel`], [`egui::Window`] or [`egui::Area`].
diff --git a/sh/check.sh b/sh/check.sh
index d67b7950..31a1229b 100755
--- a/sh/check.sh
+++ b/sh/check.sh
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features --  -D warnings -W clippy:
 cargo test --workspace --all-targets --all-features
 cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
-cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium --lib --no-deps --all-features
+cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium -p egui_glow --lib --no-deps --all-features
 cargo doc -p egui_web --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --lib --no-deps --all-features
 
 (cd emath && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd epaint && cargo check --no-default-features --features "single_threaded")
 (cd egui && cargo check --no-default-features --features "multi_threaded")
-(cd eframe && cargo check --no-default-features)
+(cd eframe && cargo check --no-default-features --features "egui_glow")
 (cd epi && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd egui_web && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd egui-winit && cargo check --no-default-features)
diff --git a/sh/docs.sh b/sh/docs.sh
index 61da0290..1a38d228 100755
--- a/sh/docs.sh
+++ b/sh/docs.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ script_path=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" ; pwd -P )
 cd "$script_path/.."
 
 cargo doc -p egui_web --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --lib --no-deps --all-features
-cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium --lib --no-deps --all-features --open
+cargo doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui -p eframe -p epi -p egui_web -p egui-winit -p egui_glium -p egui_glow --lib --no-deps --all-features --open
 
 # cargo watch -c -x 'doc -p emath -p epaint -p egui --lib --no-deps --all-features'