bgfx

bgfx is a cross-platform rendering library designed to be graphics API agnostic, following a "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" philosophy. It provides a unified API that abstracts over various graphics backends, allowing developers to write rendering code once and run it on multiple platforms without being locked into a specific graphics API. **Supported rendering backends:** - Direct3D 11 - Direct3D 12 - GNM (for licensed PS4 developers) - Metal - OpenGL 4.3+ - OpenGL ES 3.0+ - Vulkan - WebGL 2.0 - WebGPU (Dawn Native only) **Supported platforms:** - Android (4.0+, API 14 or later) - iOS/iPadOS/tvOS (16.0+) - Linux - macOS (13.0+) - PlayStation 4 - RaspberryPi - UWP (Universal Windows, Xbox One) - Wasm/Emscripten - Windows (7+) **Supported compilers:** - Clang 11 and above - GCC 11 and above - VS2022 and above - Apple clang 12 and above **Language bindings:** bgfx offers official and community bindings for multiple languages, including C/C++, C#, Python, D, Go, Haskell, Java (via LWJGL), Lua, Nim, Pascal, Rust, Swift, and Zig. This makes it accessible to a wide range of developers. **Who is using it?** bgfx is widely adopted in the industry and open-source community. Notable users include: - **Games:** AirMech, Offroad Legends 2, Zombie Safari, Smith and Winston, Football Manager 2018, Heroes of Hammerwatch, Minecraft (for some platforms), Guild Wars 2, Griftlands, WARCANA, and many more. - **Engines and tools:** Crown, Torque6, CETech, ioquake3 (renderer), Ethereal Engine, NeoAxis Engine, Babylon Native, HARFANG 3D, and more. - **Other applications:** MAME (emulator), cmftStudio (cubemap tool), Kepler Orbits, Nira (3D model rendering), and various demoscene projects. The library is actively maintained, with a strong community on Discord and GitHub Discussions. It is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license, making it permissive for both open-source and commercial use.