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Awesome Vulkan !Awesome (https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg) (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
A curated list of awesome Vulkan libraries, debuggers and resources. Inspired by awesome-opengl (https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl) and other awesome-... stuff.
⟡ Hardware Support (#hardware-support)
⟡ SDK (#sdk)
⟡ IHV Document (#document)
⟡ Tutorial (#tutorial)
⟡ Apps (#apps)
⟡ Samples (#samples)
⟡ Libraries (#libraries)
⟡ Bindings (#bindings)
⟡ Tools (#tools)
⟡ Books (#books)
⟡ Papers (#papers)
⟡ Khronos (#khronos)
⟡ Community (#community)
Hardware Support
⟡ gpuinfo (http://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/) - Vulkan Hardware Database by Sascha Willems
⟡ Khronos (https://www.khronos.org/vulkan)
⟡ NVIDIA (https://developer.nvidia.com/Vulkan)
* **Driver for Desktop** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver)
* **Driver for Android** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-android)
* **Driver for Linux for Tegra (L4T)** (https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/vulkan)
⟡ AMD (http://www.amd.com/en-gb/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/vulkan)
* **Open-source Driver** (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK)
⟡ Imagination (https://www.imgtec.com/developers/powervr-sdk-tools/)
⟡ Intel
* **Open-source Driver** (https://01.org/linuxgraphics/blogs/jekstrand/2016/open-source-vulkan-drivers-intel-hardware/)
* **Driver for Windows** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2016/03/14/new-intel-vulkan-beta-1540204404-graphics-driver-for-windows-78110-1540)
⟡ Qualcomm (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/gpu)
⟡ Arm
* **Mali GPU Best Practices** (https://developer.arm.com/solutions/graphics/developer-guides/mali-gpu-best-practices)
SDK
⟡ For Windows & Linux (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/signin)
⟡ For Android (https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/graphics/index.html)
Document
⟡ AMD (http://gpuopen.com/tag/vulkan/)
* **Vulkan barriers explained** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-barriers-explained/)
* **Vulkan Fast Paths** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/VulkanFastPaths.pdf)
* **Let Your Game Shine – Optimizing DirectX 12 and Vulkan Performance with AMD CodeXL ** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Let_your_game_shine_optimizing_DirectX-12_and_Vulkan-
performance_with_AMD_CodeXL.pdf)
* **D3D12 & Vulkan: Lessons Learned ** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/d3d12_vulkan_lessons_learned.pdf)
* **Say Hello to a New Rendering API in Town!** (http://gpuopen.com/say-hello/)
* **Vulkan Renderpasses** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-renderpasses/)
* **Performance tweets series: Barriers, fences, synchronization** (http://gpuopen.com/performance-tweets-series-barriers-fences-synchronization/)
* **Using the Vulkan™ Validation Layers** (http://gpuopen.com/using-the-vulkan-validation-layers/)
* **Most common mistakes in Vulkan apps** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Most-common-mistakes-in-Vulkan-apps.pdf)
* **Vulkan Device Memory** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-device-memory/)
⟡ NVIDIA (https://developer.nvidia.com/taxonomy/term/586)
* **Vulkan Device-Generated Commands** (https://developer.nvidia.com/device-generated-commands-vulkan)
* **Getting Vulkan Ready For VR** (https://developer.nvidia.com/getting-vulkan-ready-vr)
* **GPU-Driven Rendering** (http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2016/presentation/s6138-christoph-kubisch-pierre-boudier-gpu-driven-rendering.pdf)
* **GDC 16 - High-performance, Low-Overhead Rendering with OpenGL and Vulkan** (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/gameworks/events/GDC2016/mschott_lbishop_gl_vulkan.pdf)
* **GDC 16 - Vulkan and NVIDIA – The Essentials** (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/gameworks/events/GDC2016/Vulkan_Essentials_GDC16_tlorach.pdf)
* **Engaging the Voyage to Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/engaging-voyage-vulkan)
* **Vulkan Shader Resource Binding** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-shader-resource-binding)
* **Vulkan Memory Management** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-memory-management)
* **OpenGL like Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-vulkan)
* **Transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/transitioning-opengl-vulkan)
* **Siggraph 15 talk - Vulkan on NVIDIA GPUs** (http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/siggraph/2015/presentation/SIG1501-Piers-Daniell.pdf)
⟡ Arm (https://developer.arm.com/solutions/graphics/apis/vulkan)
* **Vulkan Best Practice for Mobile Developers Tutorials** (https://github.com/ARM-software/vulkan_best_practice_for_mobile_developers)
* **Vulkan's Key Features on Arm Architecture** (https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/pdf/graphics-and-multimedia/Vulkan%20API%20key%20features%20on%20ARM%20architecture.pdf)
* **Porting a Graphics Engine to the Vulkan API** (https://community.arm.com/groups/arm-mali-graphics/blog/2016/02/16/porting-a-graphics-engine-to-the-vulkan-api)
* **Get Your Engine Ready for Vulkan on Mobile** (https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/pdf/graphics-and-multimedia/Get%20Your%20Engine%20Ready%20for%20Vulkan%20on%20Mobile.pdf)
* **Multi-Threading in Vulkan** (https://community.arm.com/groups/arm-mali-graphics/blog/2016/04/19/massively-multi-thread-for-vulkan)
* **Mali Vulkan SDK Tutorials** (https://developer.arm.com/products/software/mali-sdks/vulkan) and **Slides** (https://developer.arm.com/graphics/vulkan/vulkan-tutorials)
⟡ Intel
* **API without Secrets: Introduction to Vulkan** (https://github.com/GameTechDev/IntroductionToVulkan) ****LICENSE** (https://github.com/GameTechDev/IntroductionToVulkan/blob/master/license.
txt)**
* **Part 1: The Beginning** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-1)
* **Part 2: Swap Chain** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-2)
* **Part 3: First Triangle** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-3)
* **Part 4: Vertex Attributes** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-4)
⟡ Imagination (http://blog.imgtec.com/tag/vulkan)
* **Efficient Rendering with Vulkan on PowerVR** (https://imagination-technologies-cloudfront-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/idc-docs/gdc16/6_Efficient%20rendering%20with%20Vulkan%20on%20PowerVR.pdf
)
* **Migrating to Vulkan with the New PowerVR Graphics Framework** (https://www.imgtec.com/webinar/migrating-to-vulkan-with-the-powervr-framework/)
* **Migrating from OpenGLES to Vulkan** (https://www.imgtec.com/downloads/download-info/migrating-from-opengl-es-to-vulkan/)
⟡ Samsung
* **Siggraph 2016 - Best Practices for Mobile** (https://community.arm.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-05/2_2D00_mmg_2D00_siggraph2016_2D0
0_best_2D00_practice_2D00_andrew.pdf)
* **Vulkan Usage Recommencation** (https://developer.samsung.com/game/usage) (for mobile)
⟡ Epic
* **Efficient use of Vulkan on UE4 Mobile** (https://community.arm.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-05/6_2D00_mmg_2D00_siggraph2016_2D00_vu
lkan_2D00_smedis.pdf)
⟡ Khronos
⟡ Vulkan Guide (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Guide)
⟡ LunarG (https://lunarg.com)
* **Vulkan SDK** (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/)
* **Vulkan SDK Version Compatibility** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-sdk-version-compatibility/)
* **Introducing the New Vulkan Configurator** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-validation-layers/)
* **Unified Validation Layer for Vulkan** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/unified-validation-layer-for-vulkan/)
* **Vulkan Synchronization Validation Quick Start Guide** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-synchronization-validation-quick-start-guide/)
* **Guide to Vulkan Synchronization Validation** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/guide-to-vulkan-synchronization-validation/)
* **Vulkan GPU-Assisted Validation** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-gpu-assisted-validation/)
* **Automatic RelaxedPrecision Decoration and Conversion in Spirv-Opt** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/automatic-relaxedprecision-decoration-and-conversion-in-spirv-opt/)
* **SPIR-V Legalization and Size Reduction with spirv-opt** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/spir-v-legalization-and-size-reduction-with-spirv-opt/)
* **All White Papers** (https://www.lunarg.com/vulkan-white-papers/)
Tutorial
⟡ How to Learn Vulkan (https://www.jeremyong.com/c++/vulkan/graphics/rendering/2018/03/26/how-to-learn-vulkan.html) - Meta post on how to learn Vulkan
⟡ I Am Graphics And So Can You (https://www.fasterthan.life/blog/2017/7/11/i-am-graphics-and-so-can-you-part-1) - Blog post style tutorial for those new to graphics learning Vulkan.
⟡ Vulkan Game Engine Tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9U9IE0gVHA) - Tutorial series on making a vulkan game engine by Brendan Galea on YouTube.
⟡ Kohi Game Engine Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPuU-DJoBM&list=PLv8Ddw9K0JPg1BEO-RS-0MYs423cvLVtj) - "Vulkan Game Engine series, where we make a game engine from the ground up
using C and Vulkan".
⟡ Moving to Vulkan (Khronos UK May16) (https://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/2016-uk-chapter-moving-to-vulkan/Moving-to-Vulkan_Khronos-UK_May16.pdf)
⟡ jhenriques's tutorial (http://jhenriques.net/development.html)
⟡ Lunarg's tutorial (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.0.26.0/windows/tutorial.html)
⟡ Mike Bailey's Vulkan Page (http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/vulkan/) - Provides extensive Vulkan course slides. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
⟡ Qualcomm Video Tutorial Series (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/tutorial-videos) - Leans more towards Vulkan for mobile devices.
⟡ Raw Vulkan (https://alain.xyz/blog/raw-vulkan) - Overview on how to program a Vulkan application from the ground up.
⟡ Siggraph
* **An overview of next-generation graphics APIs** (http://nextgenapis.realtimerendering.com/) - covers Vulkan, D3D12 etc.
⟡ Tutorial by Overv (https://vulkan-tutorial.com/) and its github repository (https://github.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial). CC BY-SA 4.0
⟡ vulkan-sxs (https://github.com/philiptaylor/vulkan-sxs) - explain the Vulkan API step by step and vulkan-sync (https://github.com/philiptaylor/vulkan-sync) - rephrase Vulkan's requirements
on execution dependencies in a more precise form. MIT
⟡ Vulkan in 30 minutes (https://renderdoc.org/vulkan-in-30-minutes.html) - by baldurk.
⟡ Vulkan Demos and Tutorials (https://github.com/Z80Fan/VulkanDemos). MIT
⟡ Vulkan Guide (https://vkguide.dev). MIT
⟡ Vulkan Lecture Series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIqTlJ6KsE1Jx5HV4sd2jOe3V1KMHHgn) - University lectures by Johannes Unterguggenberger from the Research Unit of Computer
Graphics, TU Wien. Covers basic and advanced topics like: Vulkan essentials, the swap chain, resources and descriptors, commands and command buffers, pipelines and stages, real-time ray
tracing, and synchronization.
Apps
⟡ The Talos Principle (http://www.croteam.com/talos-principle-will-support-vulkan-first-screenshot-released/) - by Croteam.
⟡ Dota2 (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2-Vulkan/) - by Valve.
⟡ Basemark (https://www.basemark.com/blog/basemark-extends-its-benchmarking-lead-with-a-vulkan-performance-test/) - by Basemark.
⟡ GFXBench 5 (https://kishonti.net/news_single.jsp?id=31133884) - by Kishonti.
⟡ ProtoStar (https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/epic-games-unveils-protostar-at-samsung-galaxy-unpacked) - by Epic, built with Unreal Engine 4 technology.
⟡ DDraceNetwork (https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/) - Cooperative 2D platformer with optional Vulkan backend
(https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/blob/master/src/engine/client/backend/vulkan/backend_vulkan.cpp). - zlib (https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/blob/master/license.txt) website (https://ddnet.tw/)
⟡ Doom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(2016_video_game)) - by id Software.
⟡ vkQuake (https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake) - Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm. GPL
⟡ vkQuake2 (https://github.com/kondrak/vkQuake2) - id Software's Quake 2 v3.21 with Vulkan support (Windows and Linux). GPL
⟡ q2vkpt (https://github.com/cschied/q2vkpt/) - Real-time path tracer VKPT integrated into q2pro Quake 2 client. gpl
⟡ Linux port of SteamVR (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux) - SteamVR is built on top of the Vulkan API.
⟡ 3DMark (https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/compare-vulkan-and-directx-12-performance-with-3dmark) - 3DMark API Overhead test.
⟡ Q2RTX (https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX) - NVIDIA’s implementation of RTX ray-tracing in Quake II. LICENSE (https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX/blob/master/license.txt)
Samples
⟡ Khronos Vulkan samples (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples) LICENSE (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ Sascha Willems's samples (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan) and Deferred rendering of Sponza (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanSponza) and his talk of Khronos_meetup_munich
(https://www.saschawillems.de/blog/2016/04/11/khronos-chapter-munich-vulkan-slides/).
⟡ (Incomplete) Sascha Willems's samples port (https://github.com/jvm-graphics-labs/Vulkan) to Kotlin
⟡ Sascha Willems's Vulkan-glTF-PBR (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan-glTF-PBR) - physical based rendering with Vulkan using glTF 2.0 models. MIT
⟡ Vulkan Best Practice for Mobile Developers Samples (https://github.com/ARM-software/vulkan_best_practice_for_mobile_developers)
⟡ Google
* **Android port of LunarG samples** (https://github.com/googlesamples/vulkan-basic-samples).
* **android tutorials** (https://github.com/googlesamples/android-vulkan-tutorials).
⟡ nvpro-samples (https://github.com/nvpro-samples) - NVIDIA DesignWorks Samples. LICENSE (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_threaded_cadscene/blob/master/LICENSE)
* **gl_vk_chopper** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_chopper) - Simple vulkan rendering example.
* **gl_vk_threaded_cadscene** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_threaded_cadscene) - OpenGL and Vulkan comparison on rendering a CAD scene using various techniques and **the blog** (ht
tps://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-opengl-threaded-cad-scene-sample) about it.
* **gl_vk_bk3dthreaded** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_bk3dthreaded) - Vulkan sample rendering 3D with 'worker-threads'.
* **gl_vk_supersampled** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_supersampled) - Vulkan sample showing a high quality super-sampled rendering.
⟡ NVIDIA GameWorks Samples (https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/GraphicsSamples) - GameWorks cross-platform graphics API samples. LICENSE
(https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/GraphicsSamples/blob/master/license.txt)
⟡ LunarG's Samples (https://github.com/LunarG/VulkanSamples)
⟡ vkcube (https://github.com/krh/vkcube) - 'vkcube' sample from krh, works under X, wayland and VT console with
drm/kms.
⟡ Stardust from Intel (https://github.com/GameTechDev/stardust_vulkan) - The Stardust sample application uses the Vulkan graphics API to efficiently render a cloud of animated particles.
LICENSE (https://github.com/GameTechDev/stardust_vulkan/blob/master/license.txt)
⟡ Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm (https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake).
⟡ C# Samples (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk-Samples) - Port of Overv's tutorials to SharpVk (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk) MIT
⟡ Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer (https://github.com/WindyDarian/Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer) - VFPR - a Vulkan Forward Plus Renderer. MIT
⟡ Laugh Engine (https://github.com/jian-ru/laugh_engine) - Vulkan implementation of real-time PBR renderer.
⟡ tinyrenderers (https://github.com/chaoticbob/tinyrenderers) - Single header implemenations of Vulkan and D3D12 renderers.
⟡ TLVulkanRenderer (https://github.com/trungtle/TLVulkanRenderer) - Simple Vulkan-based renderer for my master thesis on real-time transparency. CC BY-SA 4.0
⟡ Vulkan-Hpp Samples (https://github.com/jherico/Vulkan) - Fork of Sascha Willems excellent Vulkan examples that uses Vulkan-Hpp.
⟡ SDF Font Demo (https://github.com/kocsis1david/font-demo) - Text rendering in Vulkan by estimating signed distance. MIT
⟡ vulkantoy (https://github.com/jpystynen/vulkantoy) - Shadertoy image shader test app with Vulkan. MIT
⟡ GL_vs_VK (https://github.com/RippeR37/GL_vs_VK) - Comparison of OpenGL and Vulkan API in terms of performance. MIT
⟡ Vulkan Basic Graphics Samples (https://github.com/vcoda/basic-graphics-samples) - Collection of simple graphics samples that are written using Magma library.
⟡ Simple RTX Vulkan raytracing tutorials (https://github.com/iOrange/rtxON). MIT
⟡ Ray Tracing In One Weekend (Vulkan RTX) (https://github.com/GPSnoopy/RayTracingInVulkan) - Implementation of Peter Shirley's Ray Tracing In One Weekend book using Vulkan and NVIDIA's RTX
extension.
⟡ Gears VK (https://github.com/jeffboody/gearsvk) - Gears VK is a heavily modified port of the famous "gears" demo to Vulkan/Android/Linux. MIT
⟡ Hello triangle, (https://github.com/maierfelix/VK_KHR_ray_tracing) based on Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions. MIT
⟡ Simple Animation Blender (https://github.com/Red1C3/Simple-Animation-Blender) - A real-time 1D animation blender and player using Vulkan as graphical back end and ImGui for GUI. MIT
Libraries
⟡ 2D
⟡ imgui (https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) - Immediate Mode Graphical User interface. MIT
⟡ Skia (https://skia.googlesource.com/skia) - Google's 2D graphics library has a Vulkan (https://skia.org/user/special/vulkan) backend
(https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/src/gpu/vk), demonstrated in a cross-platform sample application (https://skia.org/user/sample/viewer) with its own window library
(https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/tools/viewer). BSD 3-clause website (https://skia.org)
⟡ VKVG (https://github.com/jpbruyere/vkvg) - Vulkan 2D graphics library, API follows the same pattern as Cairo graphics lib, but with new functions.
⟡ Compute
⟡ libvc (https://github.com/alexhultman/libvc) - Vulkan Compute for C++. LICENSE (https://github.com/alexhultman/libvc/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ Vulkan Kompute (https://github.com/axsaucedo/vulkan-kompute) - Blazing fast and lightweight Vulkan Compute Framework optimized for advanced GPU processing usecases. Apache License 2.0
⟡ ncnn (https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn) - High-performance neural network inference framework with Vulkan based GPU inference. BSD 3-clause
⟡ vuh (https://github.com/Glavnokoman/vuh) - Vulkan-based C++ GPGPU computing framework. MIT
⟡ VkFFT (https://github.com/DTolm/VkFFT) - Efficient Vulkan FFT library MPL-2.0 License
⟡ Low Level
⟡ Vulkan Memory Allocator (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator) - Easy to integrate Vulkan memory allocation library from AMD. MIT
* **VulkanMemoryAllocator-Hpp** (https://github.com/malte-v/VulkanMemoryAllocator-Hpp) - C++ Bindings for VMA, like Vulkan-HPP
⟡ Fossilize (https://github.com/Themaister/Fossilize) - serialization format for various persistent Vulkan object types. MIT
⟡ vk-bootstrap (https://github.com/charles-lunarg/vk-bootstrap) - C++ utility library to jump start Vulkan development by automating instance, physical device, device, and swapchain
creation. MIT
⟡ Google's vulkan-cpp-library (https://github.com/google/vulkan-cpp-library) - Vulkan abstraction library using C++11 for memory, resource management, type and thread safety as well as
system independency. Apache
⟡ FrameGraph (https://github.com/azhirnov/FrameGraph) - Vulkan abstraction layer that represent frame as a task graph. BSD 2-clause
⟡ V-EZ (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/V-EZ) - light-weight middleware layer for the Vulkan API targeting Professional Workstation ISVs. MIT
⟡ Vookoo (https://github.com/andy-thomason/Vookoo) - Vookoo is a set of dependency-free utilities to assist in the construction and updating of Vulkan graphics data structres. MIT
⟡ vpp (https://github.com/nyorain/vpp) - Modern C++ Vulkan Abstraction focused on performance and a straightforward interface. MIT
⟡ VulkanSceneGraph (https://github.com/vsg-dev) - Vulkan/C++17 scene graph project, successor to OpenSceneGraph (http://www.openscenegraph.org).
⟡ Vulkan-WSIWindow (https://github.com/renelindsay/Vulkan-WSIWindow) - Multi-platform library to create a Vulkan window, and handle input events. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Screen 13 (https://github.com/attackgoat/screen-13) - An easy-to-use Vulkan render graph for Rust. MIT
⟡ Frameworks, Engines, Higher Level Rendering
⟡ Acid (https://github.com/Equilibrium-Games/Acid) - A high speed C++17 Vulkan game engine. MIT
⟡ AMD's Anvil (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil) - cross-platform framework for Vulkan. LICENSE
(https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
⟡ Auto-Vk (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk) - Vulkan convenience and productivity layer for modern C++, atop Vulkan-Hpp, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT
⟡ Auto-Vk-Toolkit (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk-Toolkit) - C++ framework around Auto-Vk (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk) for rapid prototyping, research, and teaching, by
the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT for the framework's code
⟡ bgfx (https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx#bgfx---cross-platform-rendering-library) - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
BSD-2-clause (https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ bsf (https://github.com/GameFoundry/bsf) - Modern C++14 library for the development of real-time graphical applications. MIT
⟡ Cinder (https://github.com/cinder/Cinder) and the story (https://libcinder.org/notes/vulkan) behind (https://forum.libcinder.org/#Topic/23286000002614007). BSD
⟡ DemoFramework (https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework) - NXP GTEC C++11 cross-platform demo framework including lots of samples for Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenVX, OpenCL, OpenVG
and OpenCV. BSD-3-clause (https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework/blob/master/License.md)
⟡ Diligent Engine (https://github.com/DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine) - a modern cross-platform low-level graphics library that supports OpenGL/GLES, Direct3D11/12 and Vulkan. Apache
License 2.0
⟡ Falcor (https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/Falcor) - Real-time rendering framework from NVIDIA, supporting mainly DX12, with experimental Vulkan support. BSD 3-clause
⟡ glfw (https://github.com/glfw/glfw) and the guide (http://www.glfw.org/docs/3.2/vulkan.html). LICENSE (https://github.com/glfw/glfw/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
⟡ Intrinsic Engine (https://github.com/begla/Intrinsic) - Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Introductory Vulkan sample by GPUOpen (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/HelloVulkan). MIT
⟡ liblava (https://github.com/liblava/liblava) - A modern C++ and easy-to-use framework. MIT
⟡ Logi (https://github.com/UL-FRI-LGM/Logi) - Light-weight object oriented Vulkan abstraction framework. BSD 2-clause
⟡ Lugdunum (https://github.com/Lugdunum3D/Lugdunum) - Modern cross-platform 3D rendering engine built with Vulkan and modern C++14. MIT
⟡ openFrameworks (https://github.com/openframeworks-vk/openFrameworks) - the most famouse C++ creative coding framework. MIT
⟡ PowerVR SDK (https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK) - C++ cross-platform 3D graphics SDK to speed up development of Vulkan and GLES. LICENSE
(https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK/blob/4.1/LICENSE_POWERVR_SDK.txt)
⟡ Pumex (https://github.com/pumexx/pumex) - cross-platform Vulkan renderer implementing frame graph and simple scene graph. Able to render on many surfaces at once MIT
⟡ SDL (https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-2-0-6-released/23109) - added cross-platform Vulkan graphics support in SDL_vulkan.h. zlib
⟡ small3d (https://www.gamedev.net/projects/515-small3d/), Tiny Vulkan based C++ cross-platform game development framework BSD 3-clause
⟡ Spectrum (https://github.com/mwalczyk/spectrum_core) - Work-in-progress framework and abstraction layer around Vulkan.
⟡ Tephra (https://github.com/Dolkar/Tephra) - A modern C++17 graphics and compute library filling the gap between Vulkan and high-level APIs like OpenGL. MIT
⟡ The-Forge (https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge) - DirectX 12, Vulkan, macOS Metal 2 rendering framework. Apache License 2.0
⟡ VKFS (https://github.com/MHDtA-dev/VKFS) - Cross-platform easy-to-use C++ framework that allows you to quickly initialize Vulkan and get a ready-made environment. Provides high-level
abstraction over basic Vulkan objects.
⟡ VkHLF (https://github.com/nvpro-pipeline/VkHLF) - Vulkan High Level Framework. LICENSE (https://github.com/nvpro-pipeline/VkHLF/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
⟡ Vulkan Launchpad (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpad) - Vulkan framework for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Especially well-suited for Vulkan beginners, used in university
education, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT
* **Vulkan Launchpad Starter** (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter) - Starter template containing additional functionality and assets. ****LICENSE** ** (https://github.com
/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter/blob/main/LICENSE)
⟡ Other API Interop and Implementations
⟡ visor (https://github.com/baldurk/visor) - Vulkan Ignoble Software Rasterizer. MIT
⟡ VulkanOnD3D12 (https://github.com/Chabloom/VulkanOnD3D12) - Vulkan API for D3D12. Apache License 2.0
⟡ rostkatze (https://github.com/msiglreith/rostkatze) - C++ implementation of Vulkan sitting on D3D12 🐈Apache License 2.0
⟡ VK9 (https://github.com/disks86/VK9) - Direct3D 9 compatibility layer using Vulkan
⟡ VUDA (https://github.com/jgbit/vuda) - header-only lib that provides a CUDA Runtime API interface. MIT
⟡ clspv (https://github.com/google/clspv) - prototype compiler for a subset of OpenCL C to Vulkan compute shaders. Apache License 2.0
⟡ MoltenVK (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/) - run Vulkan on iOS and macOS. Apache-2.0
⟡ Zink (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/kusma/mesa/tree/zink) - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan, part of Mesa project. MIT
⟡ glo / OpenGL Overload (https://github.com/g-truc/glo) - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan.
⟡ gfx-portability (https://github.com/gfx-rs/portability) - Vulkan Portability implementation on Metal and D3D12, based on gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/).
⟡ Raytracing
⟡ Quartz (https://github.com/Nadrin/Quartz) - Physically based Vulkan RTX path tracer with a declarative ES7-like scene description language. LGPL-3.0
⟡ Scientific
⟡ datoviz (https://github.com/datoviz/datoviz) - High-performance GPU interactive scientific data visualization with Vulkan. MIT
⟡ iMSTK (https://gitlab.kitware.com/iMSTK/iMSTK) - C++ toolkit for building surgical simulations with Vulkan and VTK backends. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Shaders
⟡ glslang (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang) - Library for compiling glsl to spirv BSD 3-Clause
⟡ SPIRV-Cross (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross) - Library for reflection of spirv, simplify the creation of Vulkan pipeline layouts Apache-2.0 License
Bindings
⟡ ash (https://github.com/MaikKlein/ash) - Vulkan bindings for Rust. MIT
⟡ gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx) - A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust. Apache License 2.0
⟡ libvulkan.lua (https://github.com/CapsAdmin/ffibuild/blob/master/vulkan/vulkan.lua) - Lua bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ dvulkan (https://github.com/ColonelThirtyTwo/dvulkan) - Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ ErupteD (https://github.com/ParticlePeter/ErupteD) - Another Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ flextGL (https://github.com/mosra/flextgl) - Minimal Vulkan header/loader generator and the blog post (http://blog.magnum.graphics/hacking/simple-efficient-vulkan-loading-with-flextgl/)
about it.
⟡ Silk.NET (https://github.com/dotnet/Silk.NET) - C# bindings for Vulkan and others. MIT
⟡ vulkan (https://github.com/expipiplus1/vulkan) - Haskell bindings for Vulkan and Vulkan Memory Allocator BSD-3-Clause
⟡ nvk (https://github.com/maierfelix/nvk) - JavaScript bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ racket-vulkan (https://github.com/zyrolasting/racket-vulkan) - Racket bindings for Vulkan with detailed implementation notes (https://sagegerard.com/racket-vulkan-notes-index.html). MIT
⟡ Vulkan-hpp (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Hpp) Open-Source Vulkan C++ API originated from NVIDIA and the blog (https://developer.nvidia.com/open-source-vulkan-c-api) about it.
⟡ VulkanSharp (https://github.com/mono/VulkanSharp) - C# bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ Vulkano (https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano) - Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API. MIT
⟡ LWJGL (https://www.lwjgl.org/) - Lightweight Java Game Library 3 has Vulkan bindings. BSD
⟡ SharpVk (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk) - C# bindings for Vulkan with Linq-to-SPIR-V & NuGet package (https://www.nuget.org/packages/SharpVk). MIT
⟡ vulkan (https://github.com/realitix/vulkan) - Ultimate Python bindings for Vulkan generated with CFFI. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ vulkan-go (https://github.com/vulkan-go/vulkan) - Go bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ PasVulkan (https://github.com/BeRo1985/pasvulkan) - Vulkan bindings plus high-level wrapper library for Object Pascal Zlib
⟡ vulkan-zig (https://github.com/Snektron/vulkan-zig) - Vulkan binding generator for Zig MIT
⟡ VK² (https://github.com/kotlin-graphics/vkk), Kotlin Wrapper for Vulkan: code expressiveness and safety meet graphic power Apache License 2.0
⟡ Vortice.Vulkan (https://github.com/amerkoleci/Vortice.Vulkan) - .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET5 C# bindings MIT
⟡ Raw Node.js Vulkan API (https://github.com/hydra2s/node-vulkan-api) - A new Vulkan bindings for Node.JS, similar with LWJGL-3 or NVK.
⟡ Deno Vulkan (https://github.com/deno-windowing/vulkan) - Vulkan API bindings for Deno. Apache Licence 2.0
Tools
⟡ Nsight™ Visual Studio Edition 5.2+ (https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-nsight-visual-studio-edition).
⟡ LoaderAndValidationLayers (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers) - from KhronosGroup. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ renderdoc (https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc) - by baldurk, a stand-alone graphics debugging tool. MIT
* **RDCtoVkCpp** (https://github.com/azhirnov/RDCtoVkCpp) - converts RenderDoc Vulkan capture to compilable and executable C++ code. **MIT**
⟡ VulkanTools (https://github.com/LunarG/VulkanTools) - LunarG's tools including layers and configurator. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ VKtracer (https://www.vktracer.com) - universal and easy-to-use profiler for Vulkan.
⟡ CodeXL (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/CodeXL) - CodeXL goes open source. MIT
⟡ Qualcomm Adreno GPU Tools (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/tools) - samples, Adreno recommendation layer, best practice docs for Adreno GPU.
⟡ Qualcomm Snapdragon Profiler (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/snapdragon-profiler) - includes Vulkan traces and frame captures for Adreno GPU.
⟡ Arm Mobile Studio (https://www.arm.com/products/development-tools/graphics/arm-mobile-studio) - includes the Arm Graphics Analyzer to trace graphics performance issues easily, and Arm
Streamline performance analyzer, for a whole-system view of performance to determine bottlenecks quickly across both the CPU and GPU.
⟡ Open Capture and Analytics Tool (OCAT) (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/OCAT) - provides an FPS overlay and performance measurement for D3D11, D3D12, and Vulkan. MIT
⟡ gapid (https://github.com/google/gapid) - Graphics API Debugger, can trace and replay Android OpenGL ES and Vulkan applications. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Arm - PerfDoc (https://github.com/ARM-software/perfdoc) - a validation layer against the Mali Application Developer Best Practices document. MIT
⟡ glsl_trace (https://github.com/azhirnov/glsl_trace) - library for shader debugging and profiling for Vulkan and OpenGL. MIT
⟡ MangoHud (https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud) - Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load. MIT
Books
⟡ Introduction to Computer Graphics and the Vulkan API (https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computer-Graphics-Vulkan-API/dp/1548616176) by Kenwright - Introduce the reader to the exciting
topic of computer graphics from a grounds-up practical perspective with the Vulkan API.
⟡ Learning Vulkan (https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Vulkan-Parminder-Singh/dp/1786469804) - by Parminder Singh - Get started with the Vulkan API and its programming techniques using the
easy-to-follow examples.
⟡ Book's Examples (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning-Vulkan)
⟡ Vulkan Cookbook (https://www.amazon.com/Vulkan-Cookbook-Pawel-Lapinski/dp/1786468158)- by Pawel Lapinski - Explores a wide range of graphics programming and GPU compute methods to make the
best use of the Vulkan API.
⟡ Book's Examples (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Vulkan-Cookbook)
⟡ Vulkan Programming Guide (https://www.amazon.com/Vulkan-Programming-Guide-Official-Learning/dp/0134464540) - by Graham Sellers and John Kessenich - Introduces powerful 3D development
techniques for many fields.
⟡ Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan
(https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Graphics-Programming-Vulkan-state/dp/1803244798/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mastering+graphics+programming+with+vulkan&qid=1678290788&sprefix=mastering+graphics+%2
Caps%2C255&sr=8-1) - Develop a modern rendering engine from first principles to state-of-the-art techniques, by Marco Castorina and Gabriel Sassone.
Papers
⟡ The Road to Vulkan: Teaching Modern Low-Level APIs in Introductory Graphics Courses (https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2022/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan) by Johannes
Unterguggenberger, Bernhard Kerbl, and Michael Wimmer, Eurographics 2022 - Education Papers
* Direct link to the **paper** (https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2022/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan-paper.pdf).
* Pre-recorded presentation on **YouTube** (https://youtu.be/ZG0ct4V6c0k).
Khronos
⟡ Specification
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.0-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.1-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.2-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.3-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
⟡ Quick Reference Sheets
* **Vulkan 1.0 Quick Reference Sheets** (https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/refguide/Vulkan-1.0-web.pdf)
* **Vulkan 1.1 Quick Reference Sheets** (https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.1/refguide/Vulkan-1.1-web.pdf)
⟡ Conformance Tests (CTS) (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-CTS)
⟡ Conferences and Presentations
* **GDC 2016 Presentations** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-gdc)
* **2016 UK Chapter: Moving to Vulkan** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-uk-chapter-moving-to-vulkan)
* **SIGGRAPH 2016 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHMiEQgrLA)
* **SIGGRPAH 2016 Best Practices Roundtable** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owuJRPKIUAg)
* **2016 Vulkan DevDay UK** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-vulkan-devday-uk)
* **2016 Vulkan DevDay Seoul** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-Vulkan-DevU-Seoul)
* **2017 Vulkan DevU Vancouver** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2017-vulkan-devu-vancouver)
* **2017 Vulkan Loader Webinar** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2017-vulkan-loader-webinar)
* **SIGGRAPH 2017 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0u-9ZwrmQ)
* **2018 Vulkan Montreal Dev Day** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2018-vulkan-montreal-dev-day)
* **2018 Vulkanised!** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2018-vulkanised)
* **SIGGRAPH 2018 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCAM-3aAzXg&t=18350s)
Community
⟡ Freenode IRC (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Vulkan)
⟡ Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/communities/108983304183191634377)
⟡ Khronos Forum (https://forums.khronos.org/forumdisplay.php/114-Vulkan)
⟡ Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/vulkan/)
⟡ Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vulkan)
⟡ Discord (https://discord.com/invite/tFdvbEj)
Related lists
⟡ awesome (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) - Curated list of awesome lists.
⟡ awesome-opengl (https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl) - Curated list of awesome OpenGL libraries, debuggers and resources.
⟡ gamedev (https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools) - Awesome list about game development.
⟡ graphics-resources (https://github.com/mattdesl/graphics-resources) - List of graphic programming resources.
⟡ awesome-d3d12 (https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-d3d12) - Curated list of awesome D3D12 libraries, debuggers and resources.
License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING (https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-vulkan/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
A curated list of awesome Vulkan libraries, debuggers and resources. Inspired by awesome-opengl (https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl) and other awesome-... stuff.
⟡ Hardware Support (#hardware-support)
⟡ SDK (#sdk)
⟡ IHV Document (#document)
⟡ Tutorial (#tutorial)
⟡ Apps (#apps)
⟡ Samples (#samples)
⟡ Libraries (#libraries)
⟡ Bindings (#bindings)
⟡ Tools (#tools)
⟡ Books (#books)
⟡ Papers (#papers)
⟡ Khronos (#khronos)
⟡ Community (#community)
Hardware Support
⟡ gpuinfo (http://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/) - Vulkan Hardware Database by Sascha Willems
⟡ Khronos (https://www.khronos.org/vulkan)
⟡ NVIDIA (https://developer.nvidia.com/Vulkan)
* **Driver for Desktop** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver)
* **Driver for Android** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-android)
* **Driver for Linux for Tegra (L4T)** (https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/vulkan)
⟡ AMD (http://www.amd.com/en-gb/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/vulkan)
* **Open-source Driver** (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK)
⟡ Imagination (https://www.imgtec.com/developers/powervr-sdk-tools/)
⟡ Intel
* **Open-source Driver** (https://01.org/linuxgraphics/blogs/jekstrand/2016/open-source-vulkan-drivers-intel-hardware/)
* **Driver for Windows** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2016/03/14/new-intel-vulkan-beta-1540204404-graphics-driver-for-windows-78110-1540)
⟡ Qualcomm (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/gpu)
⟡ Arm
* **Mali GPU Best Practices** (https://developer.arm.com/solutions/graphics/developer-guides/mali-gpu-best-practices)
SDK
⟡ For Windows & Linux (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/signin)
⟡ For Android (https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/graphics/index.html)
Document
⟡ AMD (http://gpuopen.com/tag/vulkan/)
* **Vulkan barriers explained** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-barriers-explained/)
* **Vulkan Fast Paths** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/VulkanFastPaths.pdf)
* **Let Your Game Shine – Optimizing DirectX 12 and Vulkan Performance with AMD CodeXL ** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Let_your_game_shine_optimizing_DirectX-12_and_Vulkan-
performance_with_AMD_CodeXL.pdf)
* **D3D12 & Vulkan: Lessons Learned ** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/d3d12_vulkan_lessons_learned.pdf)
* **Say Hello to a New Rendering API in Town!** (http://gpuopen.com/say-hello/)
* **Vulkan Renderpasses** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-renderpasses/)
* **Performance tweets series: Barriers, fences, synchronization** (http://gpuopen.com/performance-tweets-series-barriers-fences-synchronization/)
* **Using the Vulkan™ Validation Layers** (http://gpuopen.com/using-the-vulkan-validation-layers/)
* **Most common mistakes in Vulkan apps** (https://gpuopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Most-common-mistakes-in-Vulkan-apps.pdf)
* **Vulkan Device Memory** (http://gpuopen.com/vulkan-device-memory/)
⟡ NVIDIA (https://developer.nvidia.com/taxonomy/term/586)
* **Vulkan Device-Generated Commands** (https://developer.nvidia.com/device-generated-commands-vulkan)
* **Getting Vulkan Ready For VR** (https://developer.nvidia.com/getting-vulkan-ready-vr)
* **GPU-Driven Rendering** (http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2016/presentation/s6138-christoph-kubisch-pierre-boudier-gpu-driven-rendering.pdf)
* **GDC 16 - High-performance, Low-Overhead Rendering with OpenGL and Vulkan** (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/gameworks/events/GDC2016/mschott_lbishop_gl_vulkan.pdf)
* **GDC 16 - Vulkan and NVIDIA – The Essentials** (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/gameworks/events/GDC2016/Vulkan_Essentials_GDC16_tlorach.pdf)
* **Engaging the Voyage to Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/engaging-voyage-vulkan)
* **Vulkan Shader Resource Binding** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-shader-resource-binding)
* **Vulkan Memory Management** (https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-memory-management)
* **OpenGL like Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-vulkan)
* **Transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan** (https://developer.nvidia.com/transitioning-opengl-vulkan)
* **Siggraph 15 talk - Vulkan on NVIDIA GPUs** (http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/siggraph/2015/presentation/SIG1501-Piers-Daniell.pdf)
⟡ Arm (https://developer.arm.com/solutions/graphics/apis/vulkan)
* **Vulkan Best Practice for Mobile Developers Tutorials** (https://github.com/ARM-software/vulkan_best_practice_for_mobile_developers)
* **Vulkan's Key Features on Arm Architecture** (https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/pdf/graphics-and-multimedia/Vulkan%20API%20key%20features%20on%20ARM%20architecture.pdf)
* **Porting a Graphics Engine to the Vulkan API** (https://community.arm.com/groups/arm-mali-graphics/blog/2016/02/16/porting-a-graphics-engine-to-the-vulkan-api)
* **Get Your Engine Ready for Vulkan on Mobile** (https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/pdf/graphics-and-multimedia/Get%20Your%20Engine%20Ready%20for%20Vulkan%20on%20Mobile.pdf)
* **Multi-Threading in Vulkan** (https://community.arm.com/groups/arm-mali-graphics/blog/2016/04/19/massively-multi-thread-for-vulkan)
* **Mali Vulkan SDK Tutorials** (https://developer.arm.com/products/software/mali-sdks/vulkan) and **Slides** (https://developer.arm.com/graphics/vulkan/vulkan-tutorials)
⟡ Intel
* **API without Secrets: Introduction to Vulkan** (https://github.com/GameTechDev/IntroductionToVulkan) ****LICENSE** (https://github.com/GameTechDev/IntroductionToVulkan/blob/master/license.
txt)**
* **Part 1: The Beginning** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-1)
* **Part 2: Swap Chain** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-2)
* **Part 3: First Triangle** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-3)
* **Part 4: Vertex Attributes** (https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/api-without-secrets-introduction-to-vulkan-part-4)
⟡ Imagination (http://blog.imgtec.com/tag/vulkan)
* **Efficient Rendering with Vulkan on PowerVR** (https://imagination-technologies-cloudfront-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/idc-docs/gdc16/6_Efficient%20rendering%20with%20Vulkan%20on%20PowerVR.pdf
)
* **Migrating to Vulkan with the New PowerVR Graphics Framework** (https://www.imgtec.com/webinar/migrating-to-vulkan-with-the-powervr-framework/)
* **Migrating from OpenGLES to Vulkan** (https://www.imgtec.com/downloads/download-info/migrating-from-opengl-es-to-vulkan/)
⟡ Samsung
* **Siggraph 2016 - Best Practices for Mobile** (https://community.arm.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-05/2_2D00_mmg_2D00_siggraph2016_2D0
0_best_2D00_practice_2D00_andrew.pdf)
* **Vulkan Usage Recommencation** (https://developer.samsung.com/game/usage) (for mobile)
⟡ Epic
* **Efficient use of Vulkan on UE4 Mobile** (https://community.arm.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-05/6_2D00_mmg_2D00_siggraph2016_2D00_vu
lkan_2D00_smedis.pdf)
⟡ Khronos
⟡ Vulkan Guide (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Guide)
⟡ LunarG (https://lunarg.com)
* **Vulkan SDK** (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/)
* **Vulkan SDK Version Compatibility** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-sdk-version-compatibility/)
* **Introducing the New Vulkan Configurator** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-validation-layers/)
* **Unified Validation Layer for Vulkan** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/unified-validation-layer-for-vulkan/)
* **Vulkan Synchronization Validation Quick Start Guide** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-synchronization-validation-quick-start-guide/)
* **Guide to Vulkan Synchronization Validation** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/guide-to-vulkan-synchronization-validation/)
* **Vulkan GPU-Assisted Validation** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/vulkan-gpu-assisted-validation/)
* **Automatic RelaxedPrecision Decoration and Conversion in Spirv-Opt** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/automatic-relaxedprecision-decoration-and-conversion-in-spirv-opt/)
* **SPIR-V Legalization and Size Reduction with spirv-opt** (https://www.lunarg.com/news-insights/white-papers/spir-v-legalization-and-size-reduction-with-spirv-opt/)
* **All White Papers** (https://www.lunarg.com/vulkan-white-papers/)
Tutorial
⟡ How to Learn Vulkan (https://www.jeremyong.com/c++/vulkan/graphics/rendering/2018/03/26/how-to-learn-vulkan.html) - Meta post on how to learn Vulkan
⟡ I Am Graphics And So Can You (https://www.fasterthan.life/blog/2017/7/11/i-am-graphics-and-so-can-you-part-1) - Blog post style tutorial for those new to graphics learning Vulkan.
⟡ Vulkan Game Engine Tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9U9IE0gVHA) - Tutorial series on making a vulkan game engine by Brendan Galea on YouTube.
⟡ Kohi Game Engine Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPuU-DJoBM&list=PLv8Ddw9K0JPg1BEO-RS-0MYs423cvLVtj) - "Vulkan Game Engine series, where we make a game engine from the ground up
using C and Vulkan".
⟡ Moving to Vulkan (Khronos UK May16) (https://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/2016-uk-chapter-moving-to-vulkan/Moving-to-Vulkan_Khronos-UK_May16.pdf)
⟡ jhenriques's tutorial (http://jhenriques.net/development.html)
⟡ Lunarg's tutorial (https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.0.26.0/windows/tutorial.html)
⟡ Mike Bailey's Vulkan Page (http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/vulkan/) - Provides extensive Vulkan course slides. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
⟡ Qualcomm Video Tutorial Series (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/tutorial-videos) - Leans more towards Vulkan for mobile devices.
⟡ Raw Vulkan (https://alain.xyz/blog/raw-vulkan) - Overview on how to program a Vulkan application from the ground up.
⟡ Siggraph
* **An overview of next-generation graphics APIs** (http://nextgenapis.realtimerendering.com/) - covers Vulkan, D3D12 etc.
⟡ Tutorial by Overv (https://vulkan-tutorial.com/) and its github repository (https://github.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial). CC BY-SA 4.0
⟡ vulkan-sxs (https://github.com/philiptaylor/vulkan-sxs) - explain the Vulkan API step by step and vulkan-sync (https://github.com/philiptaylor/vulkan-sync) - rephrase Vulkan's requirements
on execution dependencies in a more precise form. MIT
⟡ Vulkan in 30 minutes (https://renderdoc.org/vulkan-in-30-minutes.html) - by baldurk.
⟡ Vulkan Demos and Tutorials (https://github.com/Z80Fan/VulkanDemos). MIT
⟡ Vulkan Guide (https://vkguide.dev). MIT
⟡ Vulkan Lecture Series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIqTlJ6KsE1Jx5HV4sd2jOe3V1KMHHgn) - University lectures by Johannes Unterguggenberger from the Research Unit of Computer
Graphics, TU Wien. Covers basic and advanced topics like: Vulkan essentials, the swap chain, resources and descriptors, commands and command buffers, pipelines and stages, real-time ray
tracing, and synchronization.
Apps
⟡ The Talos Principle (http://www.croteam.com/talos-principle-will-support-vulkan-first-screenshot-released/) - by Croteam.
⟡ Dota2 (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2-Vulkan/) - by Valve.
⟡ Basemark (https://www.basemark.com/blog/basemark-extends-its-benchmarking-lead-with-a-vulkan-performance-test/) - by Basemark.
⟡ GFXBench 5 (https://kishonti.net/news_single.jsp?id=31133884) - by Kishonti.
⟡ ProtoStar (https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/epic-games-unveils-protostar-at-samsung-galaxy-unpacked) - by Epic, built with Unreal Engine 4 technology.
⟡ DDraceNetwork (https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/) - Cooperative 2D platformer with optional Vulkan backend
(https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/blob/master/src/engine/client/backend/vulkan/backend_vulkan.cpp). - zlib (https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/blob/master/license.txt) website (https://ddnet.tw/)
⟡ Doom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(2016_video_game)) - by id Software.
⟡ vkQuake (https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake) - Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm. GPL
⟡ vkQuake2 (https://github.com/kondrak/vkQuake2) - id Software's Quake 2 v3.21 with Vulkan support (Windows and Linux). GPL
⟡ q2vkpt (https://github.com/cschied/q2vkpt/) - Real-time path tracer VKPT integrated into q2pro Quake 2 client. gpl
⟡ Linux port of SteamVR (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux) - SteamVR is built on top of the Vulkan API.
⟡ 3DMark (https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/compare-vulkan-and-directx-12-performance-with-3dmark) - 3DMark API Overhead test.
⟡ Q2RTX (https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX) - NVIDIA’s implementation of RTX ray-tracing in Quake II. LICENSE (https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX/blob/master/license.txt)
Samples
⟡ Khronos Vulkan samples (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples) LICENSE (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ Sascha Willems's samples (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan) and Deferred rendering of Sponza (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanSponza) and his talk of Khronos_meetup_munich
(https://www.saschawillems.de/blog/2016/04/11/khronos-chapter-munich-vulkan-slides/).
⟡ (Incomplete) Sascha Willems's samples port (https://github.com/jvm-graphics-labs/Vulkan) to Kotlin
⟡ Sascha Willems's Vulkan-glTF-PBR (https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan-glTF-PBR) - physical based rendering with Vulkan using glTF 2.0 models. MIT
⟡ Vulkan Best Practice for Mobile Developers Samples (https://github.com/ARM-software/vulkan_best_practice_for_mobile_developers)
* **Android port of LunarG samples** (https://github.com/googlesamples/vulkan-basic-samples).
* **android tutorials** (https://github.com/googlesamples/android-vulkan-tutorials).
⟡ nvpro-samples (https://github.com/nvpro-samples) - NVIDIA DesignWorks Samples. LICENSE (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_threaded_cadscene/blob/master/LICENSE)
* **gl_vk_chopper** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_chopper) - Simple vulkan rendering example.
* **gl_vk_threaded_cadscene** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_threaded_cadscene) - OpenGL and Vulkan comparison on rendering a CAD scene using various techniques and **the blog** (ht
tps://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-opengl-threaded-cad-scene-sample) about it.
* **gl_vk_bk3dthreaded** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_bk3dthreaded) - Vulkan sample rendering 3D with 'worker-threads'.
* **gl_vk_supersampled** (https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_vk_supersampled) - Vulkan sample showing a high quality super-sampled rendering.
⟡ NVIDIA GameWorks Samples (https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/GraphicsSamples) - GameWorks cross-platform graphics API samples. LICENSE
(https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/GraphicsSamples/blob/master/license.txt)
⟡ LunarG's Samples (https://github.com/LunarG/VulkanSamples)
⟡ vkcube (https://github.com/krh/vkcube) - 'vkcube' sample from krh, works under X, wayland and VT console with
drm/kms.
⟡ Stardust from Intel (https://github.com/GameTechDev/stardust_vulkan) - The Stardust sample application uses the Vulkan graphics API to efficiently render a cloud of animated particles.
LICENSE (https://github.com/GameTechDev/stardust_vulkan/blob/master/license.txt)
⟡ Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm (https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake).
⟡ C# Samples (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk-Samples) - Port of Overv's tutorials to SharpVk (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk) MIT
⟡ Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer (https://github.com/WindyDarian/Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer) - VFPR - a Vulkan Forward Plus Renderer. MIT
⟡ Laugh Engine (https://github.com/jian-ru/laugh_engine) - Vulkan implementation of real-time PBR renderer.
⟡ tinyrenderers (https://github.com/chaoticbob/tinyrenderers) - Single header implemenations of Vulkan and D3D12 renderers.
⟡ TLVulkanRenderer (https://github.com/trungtle/TLVulkanRenderer) - Simple Vulkan-based renderer for my master thesis on real-time transparency. CC BY-SA 4.0
⟡ Vulkan-Hpp Samples (https://github.com/jherico/Vulkan) - Fork of Sascha Willems excellent Vulkan examples that uses Vulkan-Hpp.
⟡ SDF Font Demo (https://github.com/kocsis1david/font-demo) - Text rendering in Vulkan by estimating signed distance. MIT
⟡ vulkantoy (https://github.com/jpystynen/vulkantoy) - Shadertoy image shader test app with Vulkan. MIT
⟡ GL_vs_VK (https://github.com/RippeR37/GL_vs_VK) - Comparison of OpenGL and Vulkan API in terms of performance. MIT
⟡ Vulkan Basic Graphics Samples (https://github.com/vcoda/basic-graphics-samples) - Collection of simple graphics samples that are written using Magma library.
⟡ Simple RTX Vulkan raytracing tutorials (https://github.com/iOrange/rtxON). MIT
⟡ Ray Tracing In One Weekend (Vulkan RTX) (https://github.com/GPSnoopy/RayTracingInVulkan) - Implementation of Peter Shirley's Ray Tracing In One Weekend book using Vulkan and NVIDIA's RTX
extension.
⟡ Gears VK (https://github.com/jeffboody/gearsvk) - Gears VK is a heavily modified port of the famous "gears" demo to Vulkan/Android/Linux. MIT
⟡ Hello triangle, (https://github.com/maierfelix/VK_KHR_ray_tracing) based on Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions. MIT
⟡ Simple Animation Blender (https://github.com/Red1C3/Simple-Animation-Blender) - A real-time 1D animation blender and player using Vulkan as graphical back end and ImGui for GUI. MIT
Libraries
⟡ 2D
⟡ imgui (https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) - Immediate Mode Graphical User interface. MIT
⟡ Skia (https://skia.googlesource.com/skia) - Google's 2D graphics library has a Vulkan (https://skia.org/user/special/vulkan) backend
(https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/src/gpu/vk), demonstrated in a cross-platform sample application (https://skia.org/user/sample/viewer) with its own window library
(https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/tools/viewer). BSD 3-clause website (https://skia.org)
⟡ VKVG (https://github.com/jpbruyere/vkvg) - Vulkan 2D graphics library, API follows the same pattern as Cairo graphics lib, but with new functions.
⟡ Compute
⟡ libvc (https://github.com/alexhultman/libvc) - Vulkan Compute for C++. LICENSE (https://github.com/alexhultman/libvc/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ Vulkan Kompute (https://github.com/axsaucedo/vulkan-kompute) - Blazing fast and lightweight Vulkan Compute Framework optimized for advanced GPU processing usecases. Apache License 2.0
⟡ ncnn (https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn) - High-performance neural network inference framework with Vulkan based GPU inference. BSD 3-clause
⟡ vuh (https://github.com/Glavnokoman/vuh) - Vulkan-based C++ GPGPU computing framework. MIT
⟡ VkFFT (https://github.com/DTolm/VkFFT) - Efficient Vulkan FFT library MPL-2.0 License
⟡ Low Level
⟡ Vulkan Memory Allocator (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator) - Easy to integrate Vulkan memory allocation library from AMD. MIT
* **VulkanMemoryAllocator-Hpp** (https://github.com/malte-v/VulkanMemoryAllocator-Hpp) - C++ Bindings for VMA, like Vulkan-HPP
⟡ Fossilize (https://github.com/Themaister/Fossilize) - serialization format for various persistent Vulkan object types. MIT
⟡ vk-bootstrap (https://github.com/charles-lunarg/vk-bootstrap) - C++ utility library to jump start Vulkan development by automating instance, physical device, device, and swapchain
creation. MIT
⟡ Google's vulkan-cpp-library (https://github.com/google/vulkan-cpp-library) - Vulkan abstraction library using C++11 for memory, resource management, type and thread safety as well as
system independency. Apache
⟡ FrameGraph (https://github.com/azhirnov/FrameGraph) - Vulkan abstraction layer that represent frame as a task graph. BSD 2-clause
⟡ V-EZ (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/V-EZ) - light-weight middleware layer for the Vulkan API targeting Professional Workstation ISVs. MIT
⟡ Vookoo (https://github.com/andy-thomason/Vookoo) - Vookoo is a set of dependency-free utilities to assist in the construction and updating of Vulkan graphics data structres. MIT
⟡ vpp (https://github.com/nyorain/vpp) - Modern C++ Vulkan Abstraction focused on performance and a straightforward interface. MIT
⟡ VulkanSceneGraph (https://github.com/vsg-dev) - Vulkan/C++17 scene graph project, successor to OpenSceneGraph (http://www.openscenegraph.org).
⟡ Vulkan-WSIWindow (https://github.com/renelindsay/Vulkan-WSIWindow) - Multi-platform library to create a Vulkan window, and handle input events. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Screen 13 (https://github.com/attackgoat/screen-13) - An easy-to-use Vulkan render graph for Rust. MIT
⟡ Frameworks, Engines, Higher Level Rendering
⟡ Acid (https://github.com/Equilibrium-Games/Acid) - A high speed C++17 Vulkan game engine. MIT
⟡ AMD's Anvil (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil) - cross-platform framework for Vulkan. LICENSE
(https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
⟡ Auto-Vk (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk) - Vulkan convenience and productivity layer for modern C++, atop Vulkan-Hpp, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT
⟡ Auto-Vk-Toolkit (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk-Toolkit) - C++ framework around Auto-Vk (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/Auto-Vk) for rapid prototyping, research, and teaching, by
the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT for the framework's code
⟡ bgfx (https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx#bgfx---cross-platform-rendering-library) - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
BSD-2-clause (https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx/blob/master/LICENSE)
⟡ bsf (https://github.com/GameFoundry/bsf) - Modern C++14 library for the development of real-time graphical applications. MIT
⟡ Cinder (https://github.com/cinder/Cinder) and the story (https://libcinder.org/notes/vulkan) behind (https://forum.libcinder.org/#Topic/23286000002614007). BSD
⟡ DemoFramework (https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework) - NXP GTEC C++11 cross-platform demo framework including lots of samples for Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenVX, OpenCL, OpenVG
and OpenCV. BSD-3-clause (https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework/blob/master/License.md)
⟡ Diligent Engine (https://github.com/DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine) - a modern cross-platform low-level graphics library that supports OpenGL/GLES, Direct3D11/12 and Vulkan. Apache
License 2.0
⟡ Falcor (https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/Falcor) - Real-time rendering framework from NVIDIA, supporting mainly DX12, with experimental Vulkan support. BSD 3-clause
⟡ glfw (https://github.com/glfw/glfw) and the guide (http://www.glfw.org/docs/3.2/vulkan.html). LICENSE (https://github.com/glfw/glfw/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
⟡ Intrinsic Engine (https://github.com/begla/Intrinsic) - Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Introductory Vulkan sample by GPUOpen (https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/HelloVulkan). MIT
⟡ liblava (https://github.com/liblava/liblava) - A modern C++ and easy-to-use framework. MIT
⟡ Logi (https://github.com/UL-FRI-LGM/Logi) - Light-weight object oriented Vulkan abstraction framework. BSD 2-clause
⟡ Lugdunum (https://github.com/Lugdunum3D/Lugdunum) - Modern cross-platform 3D rendering engine built with Vulkan and modern C++14. MIT
⟡ openFrameworks (https://github.com/openframeworks-vk/openFrameworks) - the most famouse C++ creative coding framework. MIT
⟡ PowerVR SDK (https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK) - C++ cross-platform 3D graphics SDK to speed up development of Vulkan and GLES. LICENSE
(https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK/blob/4.1/LICENSE_POWERVR_SDK.txt)
⟡ Pumex (https://github.com/pumexx/pumex) - cross-platform Vulkan renderer implementing frame graph and simple scene graph. Able to render on many surfaces at once MIT
⟡ SDL (https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-2-0-6-released/23109) - added cross-platform Vulkan graphics support in SDL_vulkan.h. zlib
⟡ small3d (https://www.gamedev.net/projects/515-small3d/), Tiny Vulkan based C++ cross-platform game development framework BSD 3-clause
⟡ Spectrum (https://github.com/mwalczyk/spectrum_core) - Work-in-progress framework and abstraction layer around Vulkan.
⟡ Tephra (https://github.com/Dolkar/Tephra) - A modern C++17 graphics and compute library filling the gap between Vulkan and high-level APIs like OpenGL. MIT
⟡ The-Forge (https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge) - DirectX 12, Vulkan, macOS Metal 2 rendering framework. Apache License 2.0
⟡ VKFS (https://github.com/MHDtA-dev/VKFS) - Cross-platform easy-to-use C++ framework that allows you to quickly initialize Vulkan and get a ready-made environment. Provides high-level
abstraction over basic Vulkan objects.
⟡ VkHLF (https://github.com/nvpro-pipeline/VkHLF) - Vulkan High Level Framework. LICENSE (https://github.com/nvpro-pipeline/VkHLF/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
⟡ Vulkan Launchpad (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpad) - Vulkan framework for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Especially well-suited for Vulkan beginners, used in university
education, by the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, TU Wien. MIT
* **Vulkan Launchpad Starter** (https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter) - Starter template containing additional functionality and assets. ****LICENSE** ** (https://github.com
/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter/blob/main/LICENSE)
⟡ Other API Interop and Implementations
⟡ visor (https://github.com/baldurk/visor) - Vulkan Ignoble Software Rasterizer. MIT
⟡ VulkanOnD3D12 (https://github.com/Chabloom/VulkanOnD3D12) - Vulkan API for D3D12. Apache License 2.0
⟡ rostkatze (https://github.com/msiglreith/rostkatze) - C++ implementation of Vulkan sitting on D3D12 🐈Apache License 2.0
⟡ VK9 (https://github.com/disks86/VK9) - Direct3D 9 compatibility layer using Vulkan
⟡ VUDA (https://github.com/jgbit/vuda) - header-only lib that provides a CUDA Runtime API interface. MIT
⟡ clspv (https://github.com/google/clspv) - prototype compiler for a subset of OpenCL C to Vulkan compute shaders. Apache License 2.0
⟡ MoltenVK (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/) - run Vulkan on iOS and macOS. Apache-2.0
⟡ Zink (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/kusma/mesa/tree/zink) - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan, part of Mesa project. MIT
⟡ glo / OpenGL Overload (https://github.com/g-truc/glo) - OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan.
⟡ gfx-portability (https://github.com/gfx-rs/portability) - Vulkan Portability implementation on Metal and D3D12, based on gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/).
⟡ Raytracing
⟡ Quartz (https://github.com/Nadrin/Quartz) - Physically based Vulkan RTX path tracer with a declarative ES7-like scene description language. LGPL-3.0
⟡ Scientific
⟡ datoviz (https://github.com/datoviz/datoviz) - High-performance GPU interactive scientific data visualization with Vulkan. MIT
⟡ iMSTK (https://gitlab.kitware.com/iMSTK/iMSTK) - C++ toolkit for building surgical simulations with Vulkan and VTK backends. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Shaders
⟡ glslang (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang) - Library for compiling glsl to spirv BSD 3-Clause
⟡ SPIRV-Cross (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross) - Library for reflection of spirv, simplify the creation of Vulkan pipeline layouts Apache-2.0 License
Bindings
⟡ ash (https://github.com/MaikKlein/ash) - Vulkan bindings for Rust. MIT
⟡ gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx) - A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust. Apache License 2.0
⟡ libvulkan.lua (https://github.com/CapsAdmin/ffibuild/blob/master/vulkan/vulkan.lua) - Lua bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ dvulkan (https://github.com/ColonelThirtyTwo/dvulkan) - Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ ErupteD (https://github.com/ParticlePeter/ErupteD) - Another Auto-generated D bindings for Vulkan.
⟡ flextGL (https://github.com/mosra/flextgl) - Minimal Vulkan header/loader generator and the blog post (http://blog.magnum.graphics/hacking/simple-efficient-vulkan-loading-with-flextgl/)
about it.
⟡ Silk.NET (https://github.com/dotnet/Silk.NET) - C# bindings for Vulkan and others. MIT
⟡ vulkan (https://github.com/expipiplus1/vulkan) - Haskell bindings for Vulkan and Vulkan Memory Allocator BSD-3-Clause
⟡ nvk (https://github.com/maierfelix/nvk) - JavaScript bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ racket-vulkan (https://github.com/zyrolasting/racket-vulkan) - Racket bindings for Vulkan with detailed implementation notes (https://sagegerard.com/racket-vulkan-notes-index.html). MIT
⟡ Vulkan-hpp (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Hpp) Open-Source Vulkan C++ API originated from NVIDIA and the blog (https://developer.nvidia.com/open-source-vulkan-c-api) about it.
⟡ VulkanSharp (https://github.com/mono/VulkanSharp) - C# bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ Vulkano (https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano) - Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API. MIT
⟡ LWJGL (https://www.lwjgl.org/) - Lightweight Java Game Library 3 has Vulkan bindings. BSD
⟡ SharpVk (https://github.com/FacticiusVir/SharpVk) - C# bindings for Vulkan with Linq-to-SPIR-V & NuGet package (https://www.nuget.org/packages/SharpVk). MIT
⟡ vulkan (https://github.com/realitix/vulkan) - Ultimate Python bindings for Vulkan generated with CFFI. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ vulkan-go (https://github.com/vulkan-go/vulkan) - Go bindings for Vulkan. MIT
⟡ PasVulkan (https://github.com/BeRo1985/pasvulkan) - Vulkan bindings plus high-level wrapper library for Object Pascal Zlib
⟡ vulkan-zig (https://github.com/Snektron/vulkan-zig) - Vulkan binding generator for Zig MIT
⟡ VK² (https://github.com/kotlin-graphics/vkk), Kotlin Wrapper for Vulkan: code expressiveness and safety meet graphic power Apache License 2.0
⟡ Vortice.Vulkan (https://github.com/amerkoleci/Vortice.Vulkan) - .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET5 C# bindings MIT
⟡ Raw Node.js Vulkan API (https://github.com/hydra2s/node-vulkan-api) - A new Vulkan bindings for Node.JS, similar with LWJGL-3 or NVK.
⟡ Deno Vulkan (https://github.com/deno-windowing/vulkan) - Vulkan API bindings for Deno. Apache Licence 2.0
Tools
⟡ Nsight™ Visual Studio Edition 5.2+ (https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-nsight-visual-studio-edition).
⟡ LoaderAndValidationLayers (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers) - from KhronosGroup. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ renderdoc (https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc) - by baldurk, a stand-alone graphics debugging tool. MIT
* **RDCtoVkCpp** (https://github.com/azhirnov/RDCtoVkCpp) - converts RenderDoc Vulkan capture to compilable and executable C++ code. **MIT**
⟡ VulkanTools (https://github.com/LunarG/VulkanTools) - LunarG's tools including layers and configurator. Apache Licence 2.0
⟡ VKtracer (https://www.vktracer.com) - universal and easy-to-use profiler for Vulkan.
⟡ CodeXL (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/CodeXL) - CodeXL goes open source. MIT
⟡ Qualcomm Adreno GPU Tools (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/tools) - samples, Adreno recommendation layer, best practice docs for Adreno GPU.
⟡ Qualcomm Snapdragon Profiler (https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/snapdragon-profiler) - includes Vulkan traces and frame captures for Adreno GPU.
⟡ Arm Mobile Studio (https://www.arm.com/products/development-tools/graphics/arm-mobile-studio) - includes the Arm Graphics Analyzer to trace graphics performance issues easily, and Arm
Streamline performance analyzer, for a whole-system view of performance to determine bottlenecks quickly across both the CPU and GPU.
⟡ Open Capture and Analytics Tool (OCAT) (https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/OCAT) - provides an FPS overlay and performance measurement for D3D11, D3D12, and Vulkan. MIT
⟡ gapid (https://github.com/google/gapid) - Graphics API Debugger, can trace and replay Android OpenGL ES and Vulkan applications. Apache License 2.0
⟡ Arm - PerfDoc (https://github.com/ARM-software/perfdoc) - a validation layer against the Mali Application Developer Best Practices document. MIT
⟡ glsl_trace (https://github.com/azhirnov/glsl_trace) - library for shader debugging and profiling for Vulkan and OpenGL. MIT
⟡ MangoHud (https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud) - Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load. MIT
Books
⟡ Introduction to Computer Graphics and the Vulkan API (https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computer-Graphics-Vulkan-API/dp/1548616176) by Kenwright - Introduce the reader to the exciting
topic of computer graphics from a grounds-up practical perspective with the Vulkan API.
⟡ Learning Vulkan (https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Vulkan-Parminder-Singh/dp/1786469804) - by Parminder Singh - Get started with the Vulkan API and its programming techniques using the
easy-to-follow examples.
⟡ Book's Examples (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning-Vulkan)
⟡ Vulkan Cookbook (https://www.amazon.com/Vulkan-Cookbook-Pawel-Lapinski/dp/1786468158)- by Pawel Lapinski - Explores a wide range of graphics programming and GPU compute methods to make the
best use of the Vulkan API.
⟡ Book's Examples (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Vulkan-Cookbook)
⟡ Vulkan Programming Guide (https://www.amazon.com/Vulkan-Programming-Guide-Official-Learning/dp/0134464540) - by Graham Sellers and John Kessenich - Introduces powerful 3D development
techniques for many fields.
⟡ Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan
(https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Graphics-Programming-Vulkan-state/dp/1803244798/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mastering+graphics+programming+with+vulkan&qid=1678290788&sprefix=mastering+graphics+%2
Caps%2C255&sr=8-1) - Develop a modern rendering engine from first principles to state-of-the-art techniques, by Marco Castorina and Gabriel Sassone.
Papers
⟡ The Road to Vulkan: Teaching Modern Low-Level APIs in Introductory Graphics Courses (https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2022/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan) by Johannes
Unterguggenberger, Bernhard Kerbl, and Michael Wimmer, Eurographics 2022 - Education Papers
* Direct link to the **paper** (https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2022/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan/unterguggenberger-2022-vulkan-paper.pdf).
* Pre-recorded presentation on **YouTube** (https://youtu.be/ZG0ct4V6c0k).
Khronos
⟡ Specification
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-wsi_extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.0 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.0-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.0-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.1 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.1-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.2 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.2-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-fi
le HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API + Khronos-defined Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vu
lkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-khr-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
* Vulkan 1.3 Core API + all registered Extensions (**Chunked HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/index.html)) (**PDF** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/
specs/1.3-extensions/pdf/vkspec.pdf)) (**Single-file HTML** (https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/vkspec.html))
⟡ Quick Reference Sheets
* **Vulkan 1.0 Quick Reference Sheets** (https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/refguide/Vulkan-1.0-web.pdf)
* **Vulkan 1.1 Quick Reference Sheets** (https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.1/refguide/Vulkan-1.1-web.pdf)
⟡ Conformance Tests (CTS) (https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-CTS)
⟡ Conferences and Presentations
* **GDC 2016 Presentations** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-gdc)
* **2016 UK Chapter: Moving to Vulkan** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-uk-chapter-moving-to-vulkan)
* **SIGGRAPH 2016 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHMiEQgrLA)
* **SIGGRPAH 2016 Best Practices Roundtable** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owuJRPKIUAg)
* **2016 Vulkan DevDay UK** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-vulkan-devday-uk)
* **2016 Vulkan DevDay Seoul** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2016-Vulkan-DevU-Seoul)
* **2017 Vulkan DevU Vancouver** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2017-vulkan-devu-vancouver)
* **2017 Vulkan Loader Webinar** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2017-vulkan-loader-webinar)
* **SIGGRAPH 2017 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0u-9ZwrmQ)
* **2018 Vulkan Montreal Dev Day** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2018-vulkan-montreal-dev-day)
* **2018 Vulkanised!** (https://www.khronos.org/developers/library/2018-vulkanised)
* **SIGGRAPH 2018 BOF - Vulkan** (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCAM-3aAzXg&t=18350s)
Community
⟡ Freenode IRC (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Vulkan)
⟡ Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/communities/108983304183191634377)
⟡ Khronos Forum (https://forums.khronos.org/forumdisplay.php/114-Vulkan)
⟡ Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/vulkan/)
⟡ Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vulkan)
⟡ Discord (https://discord.com/invite/tFdvbEj)
Related lists
⟡ awesome (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) - Curated list of awesome lists.
⟡ awesome-opengl (https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl) - Curated list of awesome OpenGL libraries, debuggers and resources.
⟡ gamedev (https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools) - Awesome list about game development.
⟡ graphics-resources (https://github.com/mattdesl/graphics-resources) - List of graphic programming resources.
⟡ awesome-d3d12 (https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-d3d12) - Curated list of awesome D3D12 libraries, debuggers and resources.
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