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Top 19 C++ vulkan-api Projects
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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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MethaneKit
🎲 Modern 3D graphics made simple with C++20 cross-platform framework and rendering abstraction API on top of DirectX 12, Vulkan & Metal
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GPU-Reshape
GPU Reshape (GRS) is an API & vendor agnostic instrumentation framework, with instruction level validation.
Project mention: .NET MAUI Is Coming to Linux and the Browser, Powered by Avalonia | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-11I don't think that's a problem? The .NET library this is about, that now supports MAUI code unchanged, is already used in programs like https://github.com/sourcegit-scm/sourcegit/blob/master/scree... and https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/GPU-Reshape/blob/main/Docum...
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Project mention: AMDVLK (AMD Open Source Driver For Vulkan) project is discontinued | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-16
ROCm is a mess. I gave up on it and decided to run OpenCL on Vulkan: https://github.com/kpet/clvk
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Render Engine Infrastructure (REI)
REI is a cross-platform rendering framework and a comprehensive graphics API. Adaptable to various platforms, including PC, consoles, and mobile. It simplifies porting, especially for games developed on custom or proprietary engines. Functions as a cross-platform API as well as a helper library for platform-specific API. (by Room-8-Group-LTD)
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Project mention: Show HN: Vrhi: AI Slop DX9/DX11-Style Immediate API on Vulkan | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-08
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shaderc-vkrunner-mcp
A toy MCP to let AI agents do SW-emulated Vulkan through Mesa, VkRunner, shaderc, and Docker
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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++ vulkan-api discussion
C++ vulkan-api related posts
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Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan
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Forge Cross-Platform Framework
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AMDVLK (AMD Open Source Driver For Vulkan) project is discontinued
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A Taxonomy for Rendering Engines
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ConfettiFX the Forge 1.63 Released
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The Forge: cross-platform graphics framework from SW Bounty Hunter and Warzone
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit: Architecture
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Index
What are some of the best open-source vulkan-api projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | renderdoc | 10,753 |
| 2 | The-Forge | 5,560 |
| 3 | Vulkan-Samples | 5,274 |
| 4 | MethaneKit | 961 |
| 5 | liblava | 884 |
| 6 | DiligentCore | 740 |
| 7 | Yave | 499 |
| 8 | GPU-Reshape | 487 |
| 9 | clvk | 433 |
| 10 | VulkanCapsViewer | 423 |
| 11 | magma | 358 |
| 12 | VulkanExamples | 357 |
| 13 | KDGpu | 158 |
| 14 | Render Engine Infrastructure (REI) | 71 |
| 15 | Vulkan-Guide | 31 |
| 16 | vrhi | 13 |
| 17 | VulkanHelper | 7 |
| 18 | shaderc-vkrunner-mcp | 6 |
| 19 | ZeroVulkan | 0 |
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