# Yours3lf/rpi-vk-driver

VK driver for the Raspberry Pi (Broadcom Videocore IV)

Repository: https://github.com/Yours3lf/rpi-vk-driver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rpi-vk-driver
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gpu, driver, raspberry-pi, raspberrypi, broadcom, videocore-iv, rpi-vk-driver, broadcom-videocore-iv
Last push: 2021-04-22T16:23:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3044, "days_push": 1959, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1241, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.232310+00:00)

## What it is
A low-level GPU driver for the Broadcom Videocore IV GPU found in Raspberry Pi boards, implementing a subset of the Vulkan API. It is not officially Vulkan-conformant but offers fast performance, precise memory management, multi-threaded command submission, MSAA, and low-level assembly shaders.

## Use cases
- run Vulkan applications on Raspberry Pi
- get faster GPU performance than OpenGL drivers on Pi
- learn how a Vulkan driver is implemented
- use MSAA and performance counters on Videocore IV
- experiment with low-level assembly shaders on Pi GPU

## When to choose
- you target Raspberry Pi models Zero through 3 with the Videocore IV GPU
- you need better GPU performance than the stock OpenGL driver
- you want to study or hack on a Vulkan driver implementation

## When to avoid
- you need a fully Vulkan-conformant driver
- you need GLSL shader support
- you target Raspberry Pi 4 or newer (different GPU)
- you need a production-supported, actively maintained driver

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, gpu-computing
- domain: graphics, hardware, embedded-systems
- platform: cpp, embedded
- tags: vulkan-driver, raspberry-pi, videocore-iv, gpu-driver, broadcom, linux

## Member repositories
- Yours3lf/rpi-vk-driver (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.232310+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:08:27.899718+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Yours3lf/rpi-vk-driver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.232310+00:00, sha d19fb33d1e8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.