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Top 23 C++ DirectX Projects
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bgfx
Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
Project mention: Bgfx: Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-08 -
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The-Forge
The Forge Cross-Platform Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2
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xray-16
Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)
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DirectXTK
The DirectX Tool Kit (aka DirectXTK) is a collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 11.x code in C++
Are there any benchmarks of Windows EH? The implementation is very different from DWARF/SJLJ EH and it would be interesting to see how they fare. I've seen some pretty exceptional claims for both sides of the argument (e.g. "[...] has no code impact for x64 native, ARM, or ARM64 platforms" [1]), but there's rarely if ever any data to back this up.
[1] https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK/wiki/throwIfFailed
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LLGL
Low Level Graphics Library (LLGL) is a thin abstraction layer for the modern graphics APIs OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan, and Metal
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Project mention: ShaderGlass – Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-03
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DirectXMath
DirectXMath is an all inline SIMD C++ linear algebra library for use in games and graphics apps
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DirectXTK12
The DirectX Tool Kit (aka DirectXTK12) is a collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 12 code in C++
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HyperHDR
Highly optimized open source ambient lighting implementation based on modern digital video and audio stream analysis for Windows, macOS and Linux (x86 and Raspberry Pi / ARM).
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goverlay
DirectX hook and game overlay solution for Electron, Qt and CEF, just like discord/steam game overlay,inject any app to overlay in your game (by hiitiger)
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DirectStorage
DirectStorage for Windows is an API that allows game developers to unlock the full potential of high speed NVMe drives for loading game assets.
Project mention: Asynchronous IO: the next billion-dollar mistake? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-06Correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft's DirectStorage seems to me something like what the author is writing about. AFAIK it lets you do massively parallel NVME file io ops from the GPU itself, avoiding the delay of the path through the CPU, extra thread saturation on the CPU/context switches, and even lets you do eg decompression of game assets on the GPU itself. This demo benchmark shows DEFLATE going from 1 GB/s on CPU to 7 GBs/ on GPU https://github.com/microsoft/DirectStorage/tree/main/Samples...
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GOESP
Cross-platform streamproof ESP hack for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, written in modern C++. Rendering and GUI powered by Dear ImGui + FreeType.
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GPU-Reshape
GPU Reshape (GRS) is an API & vendor agnostic instrumentation framework, with instruction level validation.
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supernova
Game engine for 2D and 3D projects with entity component system (ECS) and data-oriented design
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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).
C++ DirectX discussion
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Bgfx: Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library
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A 94x speed improvement demonstrated using handwritten assembly
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ShaderGlass – Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop
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Index
What are some of the best open-source DirectX projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | bgfx | 15,621 |
| 2 | renderdoc | 9,540 |
| 3 | The-Forge | 5,067 |
| 4 | Ogre 3D | 4,193 |
| 5 | xray-16 | 3,169 |
| 6 | DirectXTK | 2,655 |
| 7 | LLGL | 2,242 |
| 8 | ShaderGlass | 2,124 |
| 9 | DirectXTex | 1,917 |
| 10 | DirectXMath | 1,637 |
| 11 | DirectXTK12 | 1,584 |
| 12 | Effekseer | 1,540 |
| 13 | Bonzomatic | 1,398 |
| 14 | HyperHDR | 1,389 |
| 15 | d912pxy | 1,003 |
| 16 | D3D12MemoryAllocator | 824 |
| 17 | goverlay | 823 |
| 18 | DirectStorage | 758 |
| 19 | harfang3d | 597 |
| 20 | d8vk | 489 |
| 21 | GOESP | 436 |
| 22 | GPU-Reshape | 413 |
| 23 | supernova | 338 |
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