https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx

dx11 dx12 gfx gpu graphics graphics-apis metal opengl rust vulkan

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Last synced: about 24 hours ago
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Repository metadata:

[maintenance mode] A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Owner: gfx-rs
License: apache-2.0
Created: 2013-10-25T00:35:35.000Z (over 12 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2023-02-27T01:05:58.000Z (about 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-12T03:41:59.747Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: dx11, dx12, gfx, gpu, graphics, graphics-apis, metal, opengl, rust, vulkan
Language: Rust
Homepage: http://gfx-rs.github.io/
Size: 25.7 MB
Stars: 5,408
Watchers: 120
Forks: 535
Open Issues: 331
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE-APACHE

Owner metadata:

Name: Rust Graphics Mages
Login: gfx-rs
Email:
Kind: organization
Description: Portable Graphics and Compute in Rust
Website: https://gfx-rs.github.io/
Location: Earth
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Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8213174?v=4
Repositories: 29
Last Synced at: 2024-10-29T17:11:50.181Z
Profile URL: https://github.com/gfx-rs

GitHub Events

Total

Fork event: 2
Issue comment event: 3
Watch event: 90
Total: 95

Last Year

Fork event: 1
Issue comment event: 2
Watch event: 65
Total: 68

Committers metadata

Last synced: 3 months ago

Total Commits: 4,320
Total Committers: 282
Avg Commits per committer: 15.319
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.669

Commits in past year: 0
Committers in past year: 0
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 0.0
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.0

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Kael Choi	k**s@t**y	440
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Colin Sherratt	c**t@g**m	98
Corey Richardson	c**y@o**t	79
Felix Kaaman	t**u@g**m	78
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George Burton	b**o@g**m	14
Gabriel Majeri	g**6@g**m	13
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Issue and Pull Request metadata

Last synced: 4 months ago

Total issues: 44
Total pull requests: 62
Average time to close issues: 10 months
Average time to close pull requests: 13 days
Total issue authors: 27
Total pull request authors: 30
Average comments per issue: 3.75
Average comments per pull request: 2.98
Merged pull request: 53
Bot issues: 0
Bot pull requests: 0

Past year issues: 0
Past year pull requests: 0
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Past year pull request authors: 0
Past year average comments per issue: 0
Past year average comments per pull request: 0
Past year merged pull request: 0
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0

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Package metadata

Total packages: 23
Total downloads:
- cargo: 13,906,201 total
Total docker downloads: 209,541,303
Total dependent packages: 346 (may contain duplicates)
Total dependent repositories: 6,308 (may contain duplicates)
Total versions: 438
Total maintainers: 9
Total advisories: 2

crates.io: gfx-hal

gfx-rs hardware abstraction layer

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-hal/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-16T00:30:37.852Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 15
Dependent Packages: 49
Dependent Repositories: 724
Downloads: 1,775,390 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 0.871%
- Dependent repos count: 1.471%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Average: 1.702%
- Downloads: 1.796%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (2)
- kvark
- grovesNL

crates.io: gfx

A high-performance, bindless graphics API

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.18.3 (published about 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T23:30:59.626Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 52
Dependent Packages: 78
Dependent Repositories: 596
Downloads: 1,358,891 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 0.614%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Dependent repos count: 1.616%
- Average: 1.801%
- Downloads: 2.501%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx_device_gl

OpenGL backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_device_gl/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.16.2 (published over 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-14T20:01:24.962Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 45
Dependent Packages: 51
Dependent Repositories: 571
Downloads: 1,415,246 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 0.84%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Dependent repos count: 1.64%
- Average: 1.81%
- Downloads: 2.307%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx-backend-vulkan

Vulkan API backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-backend-vulkan/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-16T01:31:14.465Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 33
Dependent Packages: 26
Dependent Repositories: 705
Downloads: 1,625,541 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 1.381%
- Dependent repos count: 1.49%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Average: 1.818%
- Downloads: 1.964%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (3)

crates.io: gfx_core

Core library of Gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_core/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.2 (published over 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-16T11:30:56.828Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 22
Dependent Packages: 31
Dependent Repositories: 560
Downloads: 1,178,349 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 1.199%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Dependent repos count: 1.657%
- Average: 1.922%
- Downloads: 2.6%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (2)
- kvark
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx-backend-metal

Metal API backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-backend-metal/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.1 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T01:31:27.960Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 37
Dependent Packages: 19
Dependent Repositories: 651
Downloads: 1,245,548 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 1.546%
- Forks count: 1.572%
- Stargazers count: 1.58%
- Dependent packages count: 1.757%
- Average: 1.972%
- Downloads: 2.454%
- Docker downloads count: 2.921%
Maintainers (2)
- kvark
- grovesNL

crates.io: gfx-backend-dx12

DirectX-12 API backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-backend-dx12/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.1 (published over 4 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:32.005Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 47
Dependent Packages: 18
Dependent Repositories: 600
Downloads: 1,128,047 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 1.705%
- Dependent packages count: 2.111%
- Average: 2.126%
- Downloads: 2.568%
- Docker downloads count: 3.262%
Maintainers (3)

crates.io: gfx_window_glutin

Glutin window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_glutin/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.31.0 (published almost 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T13:34:34.120Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 34
Dependent Packages: 31
Dependent Repositories: 211
Downloads: 605,983 Total
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 1.337%
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 2.154%
- Dependent repos count: 2.779%
- Downloads: 3.548%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx-backend-dx11

DirectX-11 API backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-backend-dx11/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2025-12-31T16:02:21.280Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 37
Dependent Packages: 5
Dependent Repositories: 591
Downloads: 1,051,025 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 1.715%
- Downloads: 2.619%
- Average: 2.821%
- Docker downloads count: 3.262%
- Dependent packages count: 6.22%
Maintainers (3)

crates.io: gfx-backend-gl

OpenGL backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-backend-gl/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T11:01:12.205Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 13
Dependent Packages: 6
Dependent Repositories: 333
Downloads: 558,508 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 2.245%
- Average: 2.828%
- Downloads: 3.426%
- Dependent packages count: 5.359%
Maintainers (2)
- kvark
- grovesNL

crates.io: gfx-auxil

Implementation details shared between gfx-rs backends

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-auxil/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.10.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T09:13:11.852Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 9
Dependent Packages: 4
Dependent Repositories: 601
Downloads: 1,083,589 Total
Docker Downloads: 23,282,367
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 1.7%
- Downloads: 2.496%
- Average: 2.997%
- Docker downloads count: 3.262%
- Dependent packages count: 7.414%
Maintainers (2)
- kvark
- grovesNL
Advisories:
- Reading on uninitialized buffer may cause UB ( `gfx_auxil::read_spirv()` )
- Use of Uninitialized Resource in gfx-auxil

crates.io: gfx-renderdoc

Generic RenderDoc integration used by gfx-rs backends

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx-renderdoc/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.1.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:32.821Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 47
Downloads: 173,384 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 4.357%
- Average: 4.367%
- Downloads: 5.203%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_macros

Custom derive macros for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_macros/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.2.1 (published about 9 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:42:50.860Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 11
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 34
Downloads: 126,690 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 4.72%
- Dependent repos count: 4.93%
- Downloads: 6.395%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx_window_sdl

SDL2 window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_sdl/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.1 (published almost 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:31.260Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 10
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 19
Downloads: 119,403 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 5.06%
- Dependent repos count: 6.134%
- Downloads: 6.892%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx_device_dx11

DirectX-11 backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_device_dx11/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.8.2 (published almost 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:29.755Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 11
Dependent Packages: 4
Dependent Repositories: 5
Downloads: 52,516 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 5.92%
- Dependent packages count: 7.414%
- Downloads: 9.323%
- Dependent repos count: 9.755%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- brendanzab
- csherratt
- sectopod

crates.io: external-memory

Generic external memory structures used by gfx-rs backends

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/external-memory/
Licenses: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.0.1 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:28.739Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 1
Dependent Repositories: 50
Downloads: 200,831 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent repos count: 4.265%
- Downloads: 4.97%
- Average: 6.104%
- Dependent packages count: 18.179%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_window_dxgi

DXGI window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_dxgi/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.19.1 (published almost 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:32.125Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 18
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 4
Downloads: 71,808 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 6.259%
- Downloads: 8.572%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
- Dependent repos count: 10.452%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- brendanzab
- csherratt
- sectopod

crates.io: gfx_device_metal

Metal backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_device_metal/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.3.0 (published about 8 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-04T13:14:21.405Z (about 2 months ago)
Versions: 3
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 13,544 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 8.985%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
- Downloads: 16.073%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_window_metal

Metal window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_metal/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.6.0 (published almost 8 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:27.503Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 5
Dependent Packages: 2
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 18,363 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 9.309%
- Dependent packages count: 12.24%
- Downloads: 14.618%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_window_glfw

GLFW window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_glfw/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.17.1 (published almost 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-11T21:02:54.376Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 22
Dependent Packages: 1
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 43,308 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 9.823%
- Downloads: 11.254%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
- Dependent packages count: 18.179%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- bvssvni
- brendanzab
- csherratt

crates.io: gfx_device_vulkan

Vulkan API backend for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_device_vulkan/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.1.0 (published about 9 years ago)
Last Synced: 2025-12-31T16:02:20.209Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 5,882 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Dependent packages count: 9.165%
- Average: 10.162%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
- Downloads: 21.96%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_window_vulkan

Vulkan window for gfx-rs

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_window_vulkan/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.1.0 (published about 9 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T09:41:30.669Z (3 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 2
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 5,623 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Average: 10.972%
- Dependent packages count: 12.24%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
- Downloads: 22.934%
Maintainers (1)
- kvark

crates.io: gfx_app

GFX example application framework

Homepage: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
Documentation: https://docs.rs/gfx_app/
Licenses: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 0.9.0 (published about 7 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-15T07:01:06.539Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 10
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 48,732 Total
Rankings:
- Forks count: 1.553%
- Stargazers count: 1.555%
- Downloads: 8.772%
- Average: 12.924%
- Dependent repos count: 16.576%
- Dependent packages count: 36.165%
Maintainers (5)
- kvark
- emberian
- brendanzab
- csherratt
- sectopod

Dependencies

.github/workflows/CI.yml actions

EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action v1 composite
actions-rs/toolchain v1 composite
actions/checkout v2 composite

src/hal/Cargo.toml cargo

gfx-backend-empty 0.9 development
bitflags 1.0
external_memory 0.0.1
raw-window-handle 0.3
serde 1
thiserror 1

Cargo.toml cargo

examples/Cargo.toml cargo

src/auxil/auxil/Cargo.toml cargo

src/auxil/external-memory/Cargo.toml cargo

src/auxil/range-alloc/Cargo.toml cargo

src/auxil/renderdoc/Cargo.toml cargo

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