Kode/Kha

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1630 stars · 171 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Kha is an ultra-portable, high-performance multimedia SDK for building games and media applications, written in Haxe with a C core. It provides a unified generational graphics and audio API that cross-compiles to desktop, mobile, web, and console targets, and can even run on top of other game engines.

Use cases

• build a cross-platform 2D game
• develop high-end 3D graphics applications
• compile a game to html5 webgl
• write shaders in glsl and cross-compile to multiple targets
• run a game on top of unity
• target consoles from a single codebase
• build a multimedia application for desktop and mobile

When to choose

• you need one codebase across desktop, mobile, web, and consoles
• you want an SDL-like but more powerful low-level SDK
• you prefer writing in Haxe with hardware-accelerated graphics
• you need fallback rendering like html5 canvas

When to avoid

• you need a full high-level editor-driven engine like Unity or Godot
• your team only works in C++ or C# without Haxe
• you need console backends without registered developer access
• you want a large ecosystem of third-party plugins and assets

Facets

framework · maturity active

game-engine graphics audio-processing sdk compiler graphics cross-platform media cross-platform windows browser cpp haxe multimedia 2d-graphics 3d-graphics shader-compilation sdl-alternative consoles webgl game-development linux macos android ios nodejs gpu

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