Top 5 C DirectX Projects

cnc-ddraw

88 1,982 9.6 C

GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic games for better compatibility with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS) and Virtual Machines

Project mention: "LibreOffice is better at reading old Word files than Word" | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-07

https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw (fixes all issues you can have with DirectDraw, an old 2d API, can have its use for both windows users and people who use wine on linux)
dxwrapper

33 1,099 9.4 C

Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10/11 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .asi into game processes.

Project mention: SimCity Classic - Guide to Installation (Windows / DOSBox) | /r/SimCity | 2023-07-08

Then, download this and place the files inside the game directory (C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity Classic).
WorkOS

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DirectX-Headers

6 512 6.6 C

Official DirectX headers available under an open source license
dds-ktx

1 111 1.9 C

Single header "no-allocation" KTX/DDS file reader
shvulkan

1 27 7.3 C

A lightweight and flexible wrapper around the Vulkan API written in C. The library handles part of the boilerplate code expected to be set up by the Vulkan API.
InfluxDB

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-01-07.