DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine

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4415 stars · 387 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Diligent Engine is a modern cross-platform low-level 3D graphics library and rendering framework that abstracts Direct3D11/12, Vulkan, Metal, OpenGL/GLES, and WebGPU behind a consistent front-end API. It uses HLSL as a universal shading language and is designed as a graphics subsystem for game engines, simulations, and 3D visualization applications.

Use cases

• build a cross-platform 3D renderer without writing per-API backends
• write HLSL shaders that run on Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D12
• develop a game engine graphics subsystem
• create interactive 3D visualization applications
• add ray tracing or PBR rendering to a C++ project
• target WebGPU and legacy OpenGL from the same codebase

When to choose

• you need one C++ codebase rendering across D3D11/12, Vulkan, Metal, OpenGL, and WebGPU
• you want low-level control over modern graphics APIs with a clean abstraction layer
• you need HLSL as a universal shading language across backends
• you want a permissive Apache 2.0 license for commercial use

When to avoid

• you want a full game engine with editor, physics, and asset pipeline out of the box
• you prefer a high-level scene-graph API rather than a low-level rendering layer
• your project is not in C++ or lacks CMake build integration
• you only target a single platform and can use the native API directly

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graphics game-engine simulation graphics cross-platform windows cpp wasm vulkan direct3d12 metal webgpu opengl rendering-framework pbr ray-tracing hlsl graphics-api-abstraction game-development linux macos android ios web gpu

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