amerkoleci/Vortice.Windows

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Vortice.Windows is a set of .NET libraries providing modern C# bindings for DirectX APIs including Direct3D 9/11/12, Direct2D, DirectWrite, WIC, XInput, XAudio2, DirectInput, DirectStorage, and DirectML. It serves as a successor to SharpDX for building Windows graphics and game applications in .NET.

Use cases

• render 3D graphics with Direct3D 12 from C#
• use Direct3D 11 in a .NET application
• play audio via XAudio2 in .NET
• read gamepad input with XInput from C#
• draw 2D graphics with Direct2D in .NET
• run machine learning inference with DirectML on Windows
• port a SharpDX project to modern .NET

When to choose

• you need DirectX bindings for modern .NET (9.0/10.0) on Windows
• you are building a game engine or graphics application in C#
• you want a maintained alternative to SharpDX
• you need DirectML or DirectStorage access from managed code

When to avoid

• you need cross-platform graphics (e.g., Vulkan, Metal, OpenGL)
• you target older .NET Framework or .NET Standard 2.0 only
• you need high-performance low-level Win32 bindings rather than the higher-level API (use Vortice.Win32)
• you are not on the Windows platform

Facets

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graphics audio-processing image-processing machine-learning sdk graphics windows developer-tools windows dotnet cpp directx direct3d direct3d11 direct3d12 direct2d xaudio2 xinput bindings sharpdx-successor gamedev nuget directml directstorage game-development

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