# sharpdx/SharpDX

SharpDX GitHub Repository

Repository: https://github.com/sharpdx/SharpDX
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharpdx
Homepage: http://sharpdx.org
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-12-24T21:17:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5046, "days_push": 2078, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1755, forks 651 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.126858+00:00)

## What it is
SharpDX is an open-source .NET library providing full bindings to the DirectX API for all Windows platforms, enabling high-performance 2D/3D graphics rendering and realtime sound applications. The project was officially retired in March 2019 and is no longer maintained, though NuGet binaries remain available.

## Use cases
- render 3D graphics with DirectX from C#
- build a game engine in .NET using Direct3D
- use Direct2D for high-performance 2D rendering in .NET
- develop realtime audio applications with XAudio2 in C#
- access DirectInput or DirectSound from managed code
- wrap DirectX APIs for a .NET application

## When to choose
- you need DirectX bindings in .NET and are fine with an unmaintained but stable library
- you want a proven, MIT-licensed DirectX wrapper with existing NuGet packages
- you are willing to fork and maintain the bindings yourself

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained DirectX bindings for .NET (consider alternatives like Vortice.Windows or Silk.NET)
- you require support for new DirectX 12 features or recent Windows SDKs
- you need cross-platform graphics beyond Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, game-engine, audio-processing, sdk
- domain: graphics, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet, cpp
- tags: directx, csharp, net-bindings, retired, 3d-graphics, 2d-graphics, realtime-audio, game-development

## Member repositories
- sharpdx/SharpDX (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.126858+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 2026-08-30T03:28:02.064901+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sharpdx/SharpDX (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.126858+00:00, sha b7d3804796c4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.