https://github.com/kvark/blade

Sharp and simple graphics library
https://github.com/kvark/blade

graphics rust-library

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Sharp and simple graphics library

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kvark/blade
• Owner: kvark
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-11-18T08:13:41.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-27T03:52:59.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-12T12:08:24.923Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: graphics, rust-library
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.98 MB
• Stars: 604
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 46
• Open Issues: 39
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: docs/README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Blade

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[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/blade-graphics.svg?label=blade-graphics)](https://crates.io/crates/blade-graphics)

[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/blade-render.svg?label=blade-render)](https://crates.io/crates/blade-render)

![](logo.png)

Blade is an innovative rendering solution for Rust. It starts with a lean low-level GPU abstraction focused at ergonomics and fun. It then grows into a high-level rendering library that utilizes hardware ray-tracing. It's accompanied by a [task-parallel asset pipeline](https://youtu.be/1DiA3OYqvqU) together with [egui](https://www.egui.rs/) support, turning into a minimal rendering engine. Finally, the top-level Blade engine combines all of this with Rapier3D-based physics and hides them behind a concise API. Talks:

- [In GPU we Rust](https://youtu.be/92mwRCXvMVk) (Rust AI meetup, 2024)

- [Blade - lean and mean graphics library](https://youtu.be/63dnzjw4azI?t=623) (Rust Graphics meetup, 2023)

- [Blade asset pipeline](https://youtu.be/1DiA3OYqvqU) (Rust Gamedev meetup, 2023)

- [Blade scene editor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5IUOvuXoC8) (Rust Gamedev meetup, 2023)

![architecture](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kvark/blade/main/docs/architecture2.png)

## Examples

![scene editor](../blade-egui/etc/scene-editor.jpg)

![particle example](../blade-graphics/etc/particles.png)

![vehicle example](vehicle-colliders.jpg)

![sponza scene](../blade-render/etc/sponza.jpg)

## Instructions

Just the usual :crab: workflow. E.g. to run the bunny-mark benchmark run:

```bash

cargo run --release --example bunnymark

```

## Platforms

The full-stack Blade Engine can only run on Vulkan with hardware Ray Tracing support.

However, on secondary platforms, such as Metal and GLES/WebGL2, one can still use Blde-Graphics and Blade-Egui.