RGL

RGL

RavEngine Graphics Library - a thin RHI for Vulkan, DirectX12, and Metal

Features

• Write shaders in Vanilla GLSL - no macro hacks or custom DSL
• Transpiled shaders retain information in debug, for easier shader source debugging
• Easy-to-understand Metal-like API that maintains the conventions of modern graphics APIs
• Low overhead
  • most calls map directly to their platform-specific counterparts
  • If only one backend is enabled (default for Apple platforms), all virtual function calls dissapear
• Runtime shader compilation via compiler library
• Automatically-managed resource barriers (when using Vulkan or DX12)

What it is not

• A game engine. See RavEngine if that is what you are looking for.
• A windowing / input library. See the code samples for an example that integrates with SDL2.
• Production-ready. Use at your own risk.
• For beginners. Users should be familiar with at least one other modern graphics API.

Supported Platforms

• macOS (intel + Apple silicon)
• iOS (device only)
• tvOS (device only)
• Windows 10+ (Arm64 + x86_64)
• Linux
• WebAssembly (WIP)

Getting Started

See RavEngine/RGL-Samples for code samples. To compile the library, use CMake:

# ...
add_subdirectory(path/to/RGL)
# ...
target_link_libraries(your_program PUBLIC rgl)