awesome-vulkan

Awesome Vulkan ecosystem
https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-vulkan

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Apps
- The Talos Principle - by Croteam.
- GFXBench 5 - by Kishonti.
- ProtoStar - by Epic, built with Unreal Engine 4 technology.
- 3DMark - 3DMark API Overhead test.
- ProtoStar - by Epic, built with Unreal Engine 4 technology.
- Dota2 - by Valve.
- vkQuake - Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm. [GPL]
- vkQuake2 - id Software's Quake 2 v3.21 with Vulkan support (Windows and Linux). [GPL]
- q2vkpt - Real-time path tracer VKPT integrated into q2pro Quake 2 client. [gpl]
- Linux port of SteamVR - SteamVR is built on top of the Vulkan API.
- Q2RTX - NVIDIA’s implementation of RTX ray-tracing in Quake II. [[LICENSE](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX/blob/master/license.txt)]
- The Talos Principle - by Croteam.
Bindings
- libvulkan.lua - Lua bindings for Vulkan.
- LWJGL - Lightweight Java Game Library 3 has Vulkan bindings. [BSD]
- gfx-rs - A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust. [Apache License 2.0]
- dvulkan - Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
- ErupteD - Another Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
- flextGL - Minimal Vulkan header/loader generator and [the blog post](http://blog.magnum.graphics/hacking/simple-efficient-vulkan-loading-with-flextgl/) about it.
- Silk.NET - C# bindings for Vulkan and others. [MIT]
- vulkan - Haskell bindings for Vulkan and Vulkan Memory Allocator [BSD-3-Clause]
- nvk - JavaScript bindings for Vulkan. [MIT]
- racket-vulkan - Racket bindings for Vulkan with [detailed implementation notes](https://sagegerard.com/racket-vulkan-notes-index.html). [MIT]
- Vulkan-hpp - Source Vulkan C++ API originated from NVIDIA and [the blog](https://developer.nvidia.com/open-source-vulkan-c-api) about it.
- VulkanSharp - C# bindings for Vulkan. [MIT]
- Vulkano - Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API. [MIT]
- SharpVk - C# bindings for Vulkan with Linq-to-SPIR-V & [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/SharpVk). [MIT]
- vulkan - Ultimate Python bindings for Vulkan generated with CFFI. [Apache Licence 2.0]
- vulkan-go - Go bindings for Vulkan. [MIT]
- PasVulkan - Vulkan bindings plus high-level wrapper library for Object Pascal [Zlib]
- vulkan-zig - Vulkan binding generator for Zig [MIT]
- VK²
- Vortice.Vulkan - .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET5 C# bindings [MIT]
- Deno Vulkan - Vulkan API bindings for Deno. [Apache Licence 2.0]
- Raw Node.js Vulkan API - A new Vulkan bindings for Node.JS, similar with LWJGL-3 or NVK.
Books
- Introduction to Computer Graphics and the Vulkan API - Introduce the reader to the exciting topic of computer graphics from a grounds-up practical perspective with the Vulkan API.
- Learning Vulkan - by **Parminder Singh** - Get started with the Vulkan API and its programming techniques using the easy-to-follow examples.
- Vulkan Cookbook - by **Pawel Lapinski** - Explores a wide range of graphics programming and GPU compute methods to make the best use of the Vulkan API.
- Vulkan Programming Guide - by **Graham Sellers** and **John Kessenich** - Introduces powerful 3D development techniques for many fields.
- Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan - Develop a modern rendering engine from first principles to state-of-the-art techniques, by **Marco Castorina** and **Gabriel Sassone**.
- Book's Examples
- Book's Examples
Community
Document
Hardware Support
- gpuinfo - Vulkan Hardware Database by Sascha Willems
- NVIDIA
- Driver for Desktop
- Driver for Android
- Driver for Linux for Tegra (L4T)
- AMD
- Open-source Driver
- Driver for Windows
- Mali GPU Best Practices
- Driver for Windows
- Imagination
- Open-source Driver
- gpuinfo - Vulkan Hardware Database by Sascha Willems
Khronos
- Chunked HTML - file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html))
- Vulkan 1.0 Quick Reference Sheets
- Vulkan 1.1 Quick Reference Sheets
- GDC 2016 Presentations
- 2016 UK Chapter: Moving to Vulkan
- SIGGRAPH 2016 BOF - Vulkan
- SIGGRPAH 2016 Best Practices Roundtable
- 2016 Vulkan DevDay UK
- 2016 Vulkan DevDay Seoul
- 2017 Vulkan DevU Vancouver
- 2017 Vulkan Loader Webinar
- SIGGRAPH 2017 BOF - Vulkan
- 2018 Vulkan Montreal Dev Day
- 2018 Vulkanised!
- SIGGRAPH 2018 BOF - Vulkan
- Conformance Tests (CTS)
- Chunked HTML - file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - wsi_extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Chunked HTML - extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) ([Single-file HTML](https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
- Vulkan 1.0 Quick Reference Sheets
- Vulkan 1.1 Quick Reference Sheets
Libraries
- Skia - Google's 2D graphics library has a [Vulkan](https://skia.org/user/special/vulkan) [backend](https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/src/gpu/vk), demonstrated in a cross-platform [sample application](https://skia.org/user/sample/viewer) with its own [window library](https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/tools/viewer). [BSD 3-clause] [website](https://skia.org)
- VulkanSceneGraph - Vulkan/C++17 scene graph project, successor to [OpenSceneGraph](http://www.openscenegraph.org).
- SDL - added cross-platform Vulkan graphics support in SDL_vulkan.h. [zlib]
- small3d - platform game development framework [BSD 3-clause]
- Zink - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan, part of Mesa project. [MIT]
- iMSTK - C++ toolkit for building surgical simulations with Vulkan and VTK backends. [Apache License 2.0]
- imgui - Immediate Mode Graphical User interface. [MIT]
- VKVG - Vulkan 2D graphics library, API follows the same pattern as Cairo graphics lib, but with new functions.
- libvc - Vulkan Compute for C++. [[LICENSE](https://github.com/alexhultman/libvc/blob/master/LICENSE)]
- ncnn - High-performance neural network inference framework with Vulkan based GPU inference. [BSD 3-clause]
- vuh - Vulkan-based C++ GPGPU computing framework. [MIT]
- VkFFT - Efficient Vulkan FFT library [MPL-2.0 License]
- Vulkan Memory Allocator - Easy to integrate Vulkan memory allocation library from AMD. [MIT]
- Fossilize - serialization format for various persistent Vulkan object types. [MIT]
- vk-bootstrap - C++ utility library to jump start Vulkan development by automating instance, physical device, device, and swapchain creation. [MIT]
- Google's vulkan-cpp-library - Vulkan abstraction library using C++11 for memory, resource management, type and thread safety as well as system independency. [Apache]
- FrameGraph - Vulkan abstraction layer that represent frame as a task graph. [BSD 2-clause]
- V-EZ - light-weight middleware layer for the Vulkan API targeting Professional Workstation ISVs. [MIT]
- Vookoo - Vookoo is a set of dependency-free utilities to assist in the construction and updating of Vulkan graphics data structres. [MIT]
- vpp - Modern C++ Vulkan Abstraction focused on performance and a straightforward interface. [MIT]
- Vulkan-WSIWindow - Multi-platform library to create a Vulkan window, and handle input events. [Apache License 2.0]
- Screen 13 - An easy-to-use Vulkan render graph for Rust. [MIT]
- AMD's Anvil - cross-platform framework for Vulkan. [[LICENSE](https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)]
- Auto-Vk - Vulkan convenience and productivity layer for modern C++, atop Vulkan-Hpp, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. [MIT]
- Auto-Vk-Toolkit - C++ framework around [Auto-Vk](https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk) for rapid prototyping, research, and teaching, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. [MIT for the framework's code]
- bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library. [[BSD-2-clause](https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx/blob/master/LICENSE)]
- bsf - Modern C++14 library for the development of real-time graphical applications. [MIT]
- Cinder
- DemoFramework - NXP GTEC C++11 cross-platform demo framework including lots of samples for Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenVX, OpenCL, OpenVG and OpenCV. [[BSD-3-clause](https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework/blob/master/License.md)]
- Diligent Engine - a modern cross-platform low-level graphics library that supports OpenGL/GLES, Direct3D11/12 and Vulkan. [Apache License 2.0]
- Falcor - Real-time rendering framework from NVIDIA, supporting mainly DX12, with experimental Vulkan support. [BSD 3-clause]
- glfw
- Intrinsic Engine - Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine. [Apache License 2.0]
- Introductory Vulkan sample by GPUOpen
- liblava - A modern C++ and easy-to-use framework. [MIT]
- Logi - Light-weight object oriented Vulkan abstraction framework. [BSD 2-clause]
- Lugdunum - Modern cross-platform 3D rendering engine built with Vulkan and modern C++14. [MIT]
- openFrameworks - the most famouse C++ creative coding framework. [MIT]
- PowerVR SDK - C++ cross-platform 3D graphics SDK to speed up development of Vulkan and GLES. [[LICENSE](https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK/blob/4.1/LICENSE_POWERVR_SDK.txt)]
- Pumex - cross-platform Vulkan renderer implementing frame graph and simple scene graph. Able to render on many surfaces at once [MIT]
- Spectrum - Work-in-progress framework and abstraction layer around Vulkan.
- Tephra - A modern C++17 graphics and compute library filling the gap between Vulkan and high-level APIs like OpenGL. [MIT]
- The-Forge - DirectX 12, Vulkan, macOS Metal 2 rendering framework. [Apache License 2.0]
- VKFS - Cross-platform easy-to-use C++ framework that allows you to quickly initialize Vulkan and get a ready-made environment. Provides high-level abstraction over basic Vulkan objects.
- Vulkan Launchpad - Vulkan framework for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Especially well-suited for Vulkan beginners, used in university education, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. [MIT]
- Vulkan Launchpad Starter - Starter template containing additional functionality and assets. [[LICENSE]](https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter/blob/main/LICENSE)
- visor - Vulkan Ignoble Software Rasterizer. [MIT]
- rostkatze - C++ implementation of Vulkan sitting on D3D12 🐈[Apache License 2.0]
- VK9 - Direct3D 9 compatibility layer using Vulkan
- VUDA - header-only lib that provides a CUDA Runtime API interface. [MIT]
- clspv - prototype compiler for a subset of OpenCL C to Vulkan compute shaders. [Apache License 2.0]
- glo / OpenGL Overload - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan.
- gfx-portability - Vulkan Portability implementation on Metal and D3D12, based on [gfx-rs](https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/).

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C++ 51 C 12 C# 4 Rust 2 GLSL 2 Kotlin 1 TypeScript 1 Racket 1 Haskell 1 LLVM 1

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