Awesome Graphics Libraries

A curated list of C++ graphics libraries

Contents

• Graphics Libraries
  • C++
  • Rust
• Geometry Processing
  • Game Engines

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Graphics Libraries

C++

• 🟢 ANARI-SDK - ANARI Software Development Kit for 3D rendering and visualization. ⭐ 287
• 🟢 bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style library. ⭐ 17k
• 🟢 Diligent Engine - Modern cross-platform low-level graphics library. ⭐ 4.3k
• 🟢 Easy3D - A lightweight, easy-to-use, and efficient C++ library for processing and rendering 3D data ⭐ 1.6k
• 🟡 Falcor - Real-time rendering framework designed specifically for rapid prototyping. ⭐ 3.2k
• 🟢 Filament - Real-time physically based rendering engine. ⭐ 20k
• Irrlicht - The Irrlicht Engine is an open source realtime 3D engine written in C++. It is a cross-platform library, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers.
• 🟢 Magnum - Lightweight and modular graphics middleware for games and data visualization. ⭐ 5.2k
• 🟢 OGRE3D - Scene-oriented flexible 3D engine written in C++. ⭐ 4.6k
• 🔴 OpenSceneGraph - High performance 3D graphics toolkit. ⭐ 3.6k
• OptiX - Application framework for achieving optimal ray tracing performance on the GPU
  • 🟢 OWL - A convenience/productivity-oriented library on top of OptiX ⭐ 257
• 🟢 OSPRay - Ray tracing based rendering engine for high-fidelity visualization. ⭐ 1.1k
• 🟢 Pangolin - lightweight and portable utility libraries for prototyping 3D. ⭐ 2.7k
• 🟢 Polyscope - Prototyping-oriented UI for geometric algorithms. ⭐ 2.2k
• 🟡 RAMSES - 3D engine designed for embedded real-time and distributed rendering ⭐ 376
• 🔴 Taichi - Computer graphics R&D infrastructure ⭐ 411
• 🟢 The Forge - Cross-platform rendering framework. ⭐ 5.5k
• 🟢 VulkanSceneGraph - Vulkan & C++17 based Scene Graph Project ⭐ 1.8k

Rust

• 🟢 three-d - An OpenGL/WebGL/OpenGL ES renderer in Rust which seeks to make graphics simple but still have the power to draw exactly what you want. ⭐ 1.6k
• 🟢 wgpu - is a cross-platform, safe, Rust graphics API. It runs natively on Vulkan, Metal, D3D12, D3D11, and OpenGLES; and on top of WebGPU/WebGL on wasm. The API is based on the WebGPU standard. It serves as the core of the WebGPU integration in Firefox, Servo, and Deno. ⭐ 17.1k

Geometry Processing

• 🟢 libigl - Simple C++ geometry processing library. ⭐ 5k

Game Engines

• 🟢 AnKi 3D Engine - Vulkan backend, modern renderer, scripting, physics and more ⭐ 1.6k
• CRYENGINE
• 🟢 GODOT - Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine. ⭐ 110.5k
• Lumberyard - Free game engine with native integration to the AWS Cloud and Twitch features.
• 🟢 LumixEngine - Open source 3D Game Engine. ⭐ 3.8k
• 🟢 O3DE - Real-time 3D development engine. ⭐ 9.1k
• 🟢 Overload - Game engine inspired by industry standards. ⭐ 2.4k
• 🟢 raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming. ⭐ 32.9k
• 🔴 Rootex - Advanced C++ 3D game engine. ⭐ 231
• Unity3D
• Unreal Engine - Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine. :lock:
• 🟢 Wicked Engine - C++ game engine focusing on modern rendering techniques. ⭐ 7k

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