rive-app/rive-runtime

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

Rive's low-level C++ runtime that loads .riv animation files, advances state machines and animations, and renders vector graphics. It provides GPU renderer backends for Metal, Vulkan, D3D11/D3D12, and OpenGL/WebGL, and underpins all higher-level Rive runtimes.

Use cases

• render rive animations in a native c++ application
• load and play .riv files with state machines
• integrate rive vector rendering into a custom game engine
• build a custom runtime binding for rive on a new platform
• render interactive vector graphics with metal or vulkan

When to choose

• you need to embed Rive animations in a C++ or custom-engine project
• you are building a platform binding (e.g. a new framework runtime) on top of Rive
• you need direct control over the GPU renderer backend

When to avoid

• you just want to display Rive animations in an app - use the official Apple, Android, Flutter, Unity, Unreal, or web runtimes instead
• you need a high-level managed API rather than a low-level C++ library

Facets

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graphics animation image-processing sdk graphics cross-platform developer-tools cpp windows rive vector-renderer riv-files state-machine-animation gpu-rendering metal vulkan directx opengl game-development macos linux ios android gpu

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