MetalPetal/MetalPetal

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2179 stars · 288 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

MetalPetal is a GPU-accelerated image and video processing framework built on Apple's Metal API. It provides an image/filter/render pipeline with built-in filters, custom shader support, and integrations with Core Image, SceneKit, and SpriteKit.

Use cases

• apply gpu-accelerated filters to images in an ios app
• process live camera video in real time with metal shaders
• build a photo or video editing pipeline on apple platforms
• write custom metal shader filters for image effects
• replace core image for faster image rendering
• render filtered images to a display or video file

When to choose

• you need real-time gpu image/video processing on ios, macOS, tvOS, or Mac Catalyst
• you want to write custom Metal shaders with a structured filter pipeline
• core image is too slow or too inflexible for your rendering needs

When to avoid

• you target non-Apple platforms (no Metal support)
• you need a cross-platform CPU-based image library
• your project cannot adopt Objective-C/Swift or Metal

Facets

framework · maturity active

image-processing video-processing graphics gpu-computing image-processing graphics media cpp metal gpu-accelerated real-time apple-platforms filters core-image-alternative objective-c swift video ios macos

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