Helix Toolkit vs NGraphics

Helix Toolkit

Helix Toolkit is a collection of 3D components for .NET. (by helix-toolkit)

Graphics Sharpdx C# WPF helix-toolkit Uwp 3D 3d-engine Data Visualization .NET DirectX

NGraphics is a cross platform library for rendering vector graphics on .NET. It provides a unified API for both immediate and retained mode graphics using high quality native renderers. (by praeclarum)

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Helix Toolkit		NGraphics
	Project
1	Mentions	-
1,769	Stars	703
2.5%	Growth	-
7.7	Activity	0.0
14 days ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Helix Toolkit

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Will WPF and Unity fit togehter?
1 project | /r/csharp | 20 Mar 2022

About ditching WPF and using Unity: it should be possible without any problems, maybe outside of the license but that of course depends on the use case. You could also probably use helix, it's whole thing is supporting 3D in WPF.

NGraphics

Posts with mentions or reviews of NGraphics. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Helix Toolkit and NGraphics you can also consider the following projects:

OpenTK - The Open Toolkit library is a fast, low-level C# wrapper for OpenGL, OpenAL & OpenCL. It also includes windowing, mouse, keyboard and joystick input and a robust and fast math library, giving you everything you need to write your own renderer or game engine. OpenTK can be used standalone or inside a GUI on Windows, Linux, Mac.

Oxyplot - A cross-platform plotting library for .NET

Silk.NET - The high-speed OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX bindings library your mother warned you about.

LibTessDotNet - C# port of the famous GLU Tessellator - prebuilt binaries now available in "releases" tab

LiveCharts2 - Simple, flexible, interactive & powerful charts, maps, and gauges for .Net, LiveCharts2 can now practically run everywhere WPF, WinForms, Xamarin, Avalonia, WinUI, UWP.

AssimpNet

Aspose.Drawing-for-.NET - Aspose.Drawing for .NET Examples

SciChart - Highest rated & Fastest WPF Charts, used by F1, NASA and more

Win2D - Win2D is an easy-to-use Windows Runtime API for immediate mode 2D graphics rendering with GPU acceleration. It is available to C#, C++ and VB developers writing apps for the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). It utilizes the power of Direct2D, and integrates seamlessly with XAML and CoreWindow.