https://github.com/crocdialer/vierkant

vierkant is a Vulkan based rendering library written in C++20
https://github.com/crocdialer/vierkant

imgui meshlets meshoptimizer raytracing vulkan

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vierkant is a Vulkan based rendering library written in C++20

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/crocdialer/vierkant
• Owner: crocdialer
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-03-08T11:11:00.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-01-26T17:03:23.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-26T22:46:20.617Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: imgui, meshlets, meshoptimizer, raytracing, vulkan
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.22 MB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# vierkant

![Preview](https://crocdialer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_02_24_pbr_viewer_cover.png)

- vierkant is a Vulkan 1.3 based rendering library written in C++20.

- win64: ![example workflow](https://github.com/crocdialer/vierkant/actions/workflows/cmake_build_windows.yml/badge.svg) linux: ![example workflow](https://github.com/crocdialer/vierkant/actions/workflows/cmake_build.yml/badge.svg)

rendering backends

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- gpu-driven rasterizer with compute-based frustum/occlusion-culling

- optional support for meshlet-based pipelines (using [VK_EXT_mesh_shader](https://www.khronos.org/blog/mesh-shading-for-vulkan))

- pathtracer using [VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline](https://www.khronos.org/blog/vulkan-ray-tracing-final-specification-release), useful for comparing against a groundtruth

features

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- load .hdr panoramas as mip-mapped cubemaps

- utils for lambert- and GGX-convolutions used by rasterizer

- glTF 2.0 via [tinygltf](https://github.com/syoyo/tinygltf)

  - supports the entire feature-set and all existing glTF2-extensions (transmittance, volumes, irridescence, ...) 

- optional/additional support for: [assimp](https://github.com/assimp/assimp)

- pragmatic+easy interface, thanks [imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui)

- entity-component-system (registry/entity) provided by [entt](https://github.com/skypjack/entt)

submodules:

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- https://github.com/crocdialer/crocore

- https://github.com/nothings/stb (stb_truetype.h)

- https://github.com/glfw/glfw

- https://github.com/syoyo/tinygltf

- https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

- https://github.com/zeux/meshoptimizer

- https://github.com/skypjack/entt