Vulkan VS vulkano

Compare Vulkan vs vulkano and see what are their differences.

Vulkan

Examples and demos for the new Vulkan API (by SaschaWillems)

vulkano

Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API (by vulkano-rs)
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Vulkan vulkano
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GLSL Rust
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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Vulkan

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vulkan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.
  • Usages for vkCreateHeadlessSurfaceEXT
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 13 Jul 2023
    PS. I have tried to use vulkan-wsi-layer (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/vulkan-wsi-layer) to support the VK_EXT_headless_surface, and use sample in https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan to builed a headless version triange. However, it failed at acquireNextImage from the swapchain.
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 13 Jul 2023
    Samples in https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan have shown how to use vkCreateHeadlessSurfaceEXT. But these headless samples crash at acquireNextImage from the swapchain. Now I guess the problem lies in the vulkan-wsi-layer.
  • Proper way to access a read-only texture that has no sampler from an hlsl compute shader?
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 17 May 2023
    BTW, this problem can be reproduced as described below: - clone https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan.git - build the project and run it with arguments : -v - s hlsl to enable the validation layer and to use hlsl code - run ComputeShader project. The following validation error "Type mismatch on descriptor slot ..." will be shown in the console. - to fix it, as suggested above, you can replace the 3rd line of emboss.comp, sharpen.comp, and edgedetect.comp from: Texture2D inputImage : register(t0); //Creates validation errors to RWTexture2D inputImage : register(u0); //no validation errors (you'll then need to recompile the shaders to spv with a proper hlsl compiler such as Microsoft dxc)
  • Recommendations on how to start a small Vulkan project
    6 projects | /r/vulkan | 16 May 2023
    Another way I saw some projects start was by using example base classes (either Sascha Willems' implementations or the framework used by Khronos Samples).
  • I've been working on a real-time ray tracing renderer
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 24 Apr 2023
    It's not a tutorial but I'd recommend Sascha Willems examples. A good next step could be adding models and shadows (see https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan/tree/master/examples/raytracingshadows). It's a single file but you can easily understand what each function does.
  • Add a second texture to Sascha Willems glftLoading app
    3 projects | /r/vulkan | 11 Apr 2023
    Exactly as u/aerorang said. I recommend comparing your linked example with Sascha's gtTF Scene rendering example where he adds a normal map along with the base albedo texture. He also marked important parts of the code with the POI keyword, so you can search for them in the code.
    3 projects | /r/vulkan | 11 Apr 2023
  • Check out the Feb 2023 Vulkan Ecosystem Survey Results!
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 8 Apr 2023
  • With GPT-4, as a Software Engineer, this time I'm actually scared
    2 projects | /r/GPT3 | 16 Mar 2023
    Second, you need to learn the basics of Vulkan API, such as how to create instances, devices, queues, swapchains, command buffers, pipelines, shaders, etc. You can find some useful tutorials and examples on https://vulkan-tutorial.com/ , https://vkguide.dev/ , https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan34, etc.
  • Greetings. I went through the Vulkan tutorial, but I'm really stuck going beyond this point. Any word?
    2 projects | /r/vulkan | 4 Mar 2023

vulkano

Posts with mentions or reviews of vulkano. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-17.
  • Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (16/2023)!
    15 projects | /r/rust | 17 Apr 2023
    There is also [Vulkano](https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano). It has a safe high level api and lower level layers, all the way down to [ash](https://github.com/ash-rs/ash) which is more or less raw vulkan. It's more explicit and verbose than [wgpu](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu) though, so maybe try wgpu first and see how you like it.
  • How to learn writing a Wayland compositor?
    6 projects | /r/rust | 25 Mar 2023
    Understand Wayland concepts: Familiarize yourself with the basic concepts and principles of Wayland. This will help you gain a solid understanding of how the system works. You can refer to the official Wayland documentation (https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/) and the Wayland book (https://wayland-book.com/). Learn Rust: If you're not already proficient in Rust, take some time to learn the language. The Rust Book (https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/) is a great place to start. Study existing Wayland compositors: Since you mentioned Anvil and smallvil, you can study their source code to gain insights into how they're designed and implemented. Try to understand the structure and how different components interact with each other. Dive into Smithay: Smithay (https://github.com/Smithay/smithay) is a Rust library for building Wayland compositors. Familiarize yourself with the library and its components. You can start by studying the provided examples and reading the API documentation. Learn graphics programming: Since you're interested in graphics effects, you'll need to learn about graphics programming concepts, such as shaders, framebuffers, and texturing. Vulkan (https://www.vulkan.org/) is a popular graphics API that you can use with Rust. Check out the following resources to learn more about Vulkan and graphics programming in Rust: Vulkan Tutorial (https://vulkan-tutorial.com/) gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx), a Rust graphics library Vulkano (https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano), a safe, pure-Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API Start small: Break down the compositor project into smaller, manageable tasks. Begin by implementing basic functionality, like setting up a window and drawing simple shapes. Gradually add more features, such as input handling and window management. Ask for help: Join the Wayland and Rust communities to ask questions and seek advice. You can find them on forums, mailing lists, and chat platforms like Discord or IRC. The Wayland mailing list (https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel) and the Rust programming subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/) are good places to start. Iterate and experiment: As you progress, keep experimenting with different graphics effects and shaders. Try to implement the features you're interested in, such as blur, window previews, and window switching.
  • I made JSON.parse() 2x faster
    4 projects | /r/programming | 6 Mar 2023
  • Is C++ still the language when entering 3D programming in 2023?
    6 projects | /r/gamedev | 1 Feb 2023
    Something like vulkano in Rust or zig-gamedev in zig might be a much more enjoyable approach: They're similarly bare metal languages but have a lot of advantages over C++ (borrow checker's safety, simpler syntax). However, they're not commonly used by big studios.
  • Silverblue loads nouveau instead of installed nvidia
    3 projects | /r/silverblue | 12 Apr 2022
    rpm-ostree install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo rpm-ostree uninstall akmod-nvidia sudo rpm-ostree install akmod-nvidia-470xx rpm-ostree kargs --append=rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau --append=modprobe.blacklist=nouveau --append=nvidia-drm.modeset=1 sudo systemctl reboot sudo rpm-ostree install nvidia-settings-470xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power sudo rpm-ostree uninstall xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda sudo rpm-ostree install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda sudo rpm-ostree install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel sudo rpm-ostree install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-devel sudo rpm-ostree install cuda-samples sudo rpm-ostree install vulkan-tools vkmark mesa-vulkan-devel sudo rpm-ostree install libshaderc-devel sudo rpm-ostree install clang clang-tools-extra libstdc++-devel sudo rpm-ostree install glib2-devel glib-devel avahi-gobject-devel sudo rpm-ostree install cairo-devel pango-devel gdk-pixbuf2-devel sudo rpm-ostree install graphene-devel gtk4-devel cairo-gobject-devel sudo systemctl reboot modinfo /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko | grep ^version find /usr/lib/modules -name nvidia.ko -exec modinfo {} \; sudo lspci -v | grep -A 20 VGA git clone https://github.com/Rust-GPU/Rust-CUDA.git git clone https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano.git git clone https://github.com/Relm4/relm4.git glxgears glxinfo glxgears glxinfo vkcube vkcubepp ./teapot ./triangle ./occlusion-query ./interactive_fractal
  • A 2D Pixel Physics Simulator with Cellular Automata written in Rust
    8 projects | /r/rust | 19 Jan 2022
    I use the awesome Vulkano for rendering and computation, and Rapier for simple physics. Contour is used for the initial shapes, but rapier forms the physics colliders from it. Hecs is used as well. And you might recognize Egui as gui :). I gotta say, I'm starting to be pretty happy with the rust ecosystem overall.
  • What do the "| |" characters do?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 14 Jan 2022
    As recently seen in: https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano/blob/master/examples/src/bin/triangle.rs several times but I've seen them arround several other times also.
  • Crate the implements Vulkano/Vulkan?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 24 Nov 2021
    Vulkano's website is terrible, yeah, and I'm not really encouraging you to use it, but fyi, the updated examples from their repo are… up-to-date. And they're exceptionally well-commented. So if you run out of options (which I have), take a look at the most recent triangle.rs.
  • Hey Rustaceans! Got an easy question? Ask here (43/2021)!
    14 projects | /r/rust | 25 Oct 2021
    There's a few ways to do it. The low-level method is to write a HLSL shader then use something like vulkan to run it (vulkano example). If you want a 100% rust method, then wgpu and rust-gpu exists to let you define your shaders directly in rust while they handle more of the boilerplate.
  • Has anyone used both Ash and Erupt for Vulkan? Why would I pick one over the other?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 22 Sep 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Vulkan and vulkano you can also consider the following projects:

wgpu - Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics api.

vulkan-guide - Introductory guide to vulkan.

vulkan-tutorial-rs - Vulkan tutorial written in Rust using Ash

vk-bootstrap - Vulkan Bootstrapping Iibrary

rust-bindgen - Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries.

tinyrenderer - A brief computer graphics / rendering course

msdf-atlas-gen - MSDF font atlas generator

vulkan-tutorial-rs - Rust version of https://github.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial

learn-wgpu - Guide for using gfx-rs's wgpu library.

chafa - 📺🗿 Terminal graphics for the 21st century.

Vulkan-Samples - One stop solution for all Vulkan samples

vulkan-tutorial-rust - Following the vulkan tutorial(https://vulkan-tutorial.com/) using the Rust programming language.