Bgfx Alternatives

bgfx reviews and mentions

• Bgfx: Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jan 2025
• SDL3 new GPU API merged
  25 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Aug 2024

  I previously integrated bgfx [1], which allows you to write graphics code and shaders once and supports consoles, with SDL2 stack and Swift [2]. It was quite a nice experience, especially for someone who had never worked with any of these tools before. I'm excited for SDL3 as it introduces console abstractions, eliminating the need for additional dependencies for the GPU API, especially for someone who casually experiments with graphics. Moreover, Godot officially supports the Steam Deck, and hopefully, more consoles will be supported in the future. On a related note, Miguel de Icaza is advocating for Swift adoption in Godot, and he is working on porting the editor to SwiftUI on iPad, which is quite interesting to see the progress [3].

  [1] https://bkaradzic.github.io/bgfx/overview.html

  [2] https://github.com/bgbernovici/myndsmith

  [3] https://blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-code-editing/

• I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it (in 3 months)
  17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jun 2024

  I'm curious why webgpu is receiving so much attention. There have been many low-level cross-platform graphics abstractions over the years. The bgfx [1] project had its first commit ~12 years ago and it's still going! It's much more mature than webgpu. I'm guessing being W3C backed is what's propelling it?

  [1] https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx

• Orthodox C++
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 May 2024

  I don't use orthodox C++, but the author of this is also the author of bgfx, which is a very popular graphics api abstraction. It runs on (and has commercial products on) Android, ios, Playstation, Xbox, PC, Mac, Linux, and wasm. While the coding style might be unpopular, it has successful projects.

  https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx

• WebKit Switching to Skia for 2D Graphics Rendering
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2024
• Is it possible and realistic to learn independent of an API?
  3 projects | /r/GraphicsProgramming | 6 Dec 2023

  Sort of, I'd recommend a modern higher level API. I'm not sure what the current recommended ones are (probably bgfx), but assuming the wrapper is "low level enough", then the concepts you learn are still going to apply.

• Ask HN: Released games built on FOSS engines?
  12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Oct 2023

  https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx for just that FOSS intermediate rendering library (includes Minecraft)

• Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, There Aren't Enough Players
  7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Oct 2023
• The Ultimate Cross-Platform Rendering Engine?
  3 projects | /r/GraphicsProgramming | 18 Aug 2023

  BGFX: Pretty mature and easy to use with many backends.

• Cairo – Open-Source 2D Graphics Layer/API with Fonts and Many Back-Ends
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2023
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