# ash-rs/ash

Vulkan bindings for Rust

Repository: https://github.com/ash-rs/ash
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ash-rs-ash
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vulkan, rust, gamedev
Last push: 2026-08-12T11:40:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3672, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2332, forks 233 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:37.770800+00:00)

## What it is
Ash is a lightweight, auto-generated Rust wrapper around the Vulkan graphics API, generated from vk.xml and supporting Vulkan 1.1 through 1.4. It exposes the raw Vulkan API with added type safety, builder-pattern structs, and Result-based returns while keeping everything unsafe and unopinionated.

## Use cases
- render 3D graphics with Vulkan from Rust
- write a game engine renderer in Rust using Vulkan
- load Vulkan function pointers and create instances in Rust
- use Vulkan compute shaders from Rust
- build a cross-platform Vulkan application in Rust
- access Vulkan 1.3/1.4 APIs with type-safe Rust bindings

## When to choose
- you want near-raw Vulkan access in Rust without heavy abstraction
- you need up-to-date Vulkan 1.1-1.4 bindings generated from the official registry
- you want type safety and builder patterns but no validation or opinionated wrappers
- you need no_std compatibility for Vulkan bindings

## When to avoid
- you want a safe, high-level rendering API with validation and resource management
- you are new to graphics programming and need hand-holding abstractions
- you prefer engines or frameworks like wgpu that hide Vulkan complexity

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: graphics, sdk
- domain: graphics, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, rust
- tags: vulkan, bindings, gamedev, no-std, unsafe, generated-bindings, game-development

## Member repositories
- ash-rs/ash (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.770800+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:37:56.302004+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ash-rs/ash (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.770800+00:00, sha 83d8db72a4b0)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ash (fetched 2026-08-29T10:18:18.296527+00:00, sha 45b01e0305a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.