sebbbi/NoGraphicsAPI

Minimal graphics API. Built on top of latest Vulkan extensions. As close as possibly to my "No Graphics API" blog post and the SIGGRAPH talk.

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NoGraphicsAPI is a C++20 graphics library for Metal 4 devices and Vulkan 1.4 devices with VKEXTdescriptorheap and VKEXTmeshshader. It implements the ideas in Sebastian Aaltonen's No Graphics API with GPU pointers, descriptor heaps, and shared Slang shaders. The goal is to make GPU programming feel more like working with ordinary memory and data structures: GPU pointers for data, heap indices for textures, and one GPU pointer to the arguments of each draw or dispatch. Metal and Vulkan are supported native backends. CMake selects Metal on macOS/iOS and Vulkan on Windows/Linux. Both use the same C++ API and Slang sources. Windows and macOS include windowed examples; Linux currently supports headless use. A conventional renderer creates buffer objects, describes vertex and resource-binding layouts, and assembles bindings before drawing. The blog asks how much of this machinery modern bindless hardware still needs. NoGraphicsAPI makes that alternative data model the foundation of the library:…

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Minimal graphics API. Built on top of latest Vulkan extensions. As close as possibly to my "No Graphics API" blog post and the SIGGRAPH talk.

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Owner: sebbbi
Primary language: C++
Stars: 1,562
Forks: 50
Open issues + pull requests: 6
License: MIT
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Default branch: main
Created: 2026-08-31T14:14:12.000Z
Last push: 2026-09-29T20:27:45.000Z

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