KhronosGroup/MoltenVK
MoltenVK is a Vulkan Portability implementation. It layers a subset of the high-performance, industry-standard Vulkan graphics and compute API over Apple's Metal graphics framework, enabling Vulkan applications to run on macOS, iOS and tvOS. observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 21
- age_days: 3269
- days_rel: 88
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
5892 stars · 590 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MoltenVK is a layered implementation of the Vulkan 1.4 graphics and compute API built on top of Apple's Metal framework, enabling Vulkan applications to run on macOS, iOS, tvOS, and visionOS. It includes a shader converter that translates SPIR-V shaders to Metal Shading Language, using only public APIs so apps remain App Store compatible.
Use cases
- run vulkan games on macos
- port vulkan application to ios
- develop cross-platform graphics app for apple platforms
- convert spir-v shaders to metal shading language
- run vulkan compute workloads on apple silicon
- ship vulkan app on the app store
When to choose
- you need to run existing Vulkan code on macOS, iOS, tvOS, or visionOS
- you want a cross-platform graphics codebase that includes Apple platforms
- you need App Store-compatible Vulkan support without private APIs
- you target Apple Silicon with Vulkan compute
When to avoid
- you are writing a Metal-native app and don't need Vulkan
- you require full 100% Vulkan conformance or rarely used extensions
- you target only non-Apple platforms
- you need Vulkan on Linux or Windows
Facets
library · maturity active
graphics game-engine compiler graphics cross-platform apple-ecosystem cpp cross-platform vulkan metal shader-conversion spir-v api-translation-layer apple-silicon game-development macos ios
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK · fetched 2026-10-19 · 74d178466c58
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| KhronosGroup/MoltenVK | main | 95 |
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