Rebzzel/kiero

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived

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1209 stars · 235 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Kiero is a C++ library that provides a universal graphical hook for games and applications using D3D9-D3D12, OpenGL, or Vulkan, letting developers intercept rendering functions like EndScene or Present. It is no longer maintained, with users directed to the successor project kiero2.

Use cases

• hook directx rendering functions in a game
• create an overlay for d3d11 games
• intercept vulkan present calls
• build a game mod that draws on screen
• capture or inject code into a game's graphics api

When to choose

• you need to hook D3D9-D3D12, OpenGL, or Vulkan rendering functions in a Windows game
• you are building an overlay, mod, or rendering interceptor in C++
• you want a small MIT-licensed hooking library you can vendor and maintain yourself

When to avoid

• you need an actively maintained project - it is officially unmaintained, use kiero2 instead
• you target non-Windows platforms, since it depends on the Windows SDK and DirectX SDK
• you want a high-level overlay framework rather than a low-level function hooking library

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

graphics developer-tools graphics windows windows cpp graphics-hook directx vulkan opengl function-hooking game-modding minhook game-development

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