# David-DiGioia/vulkan-diagrams

Diagrams showing relationships between Vulkan objects and how they're used.

Repository: https://github.com/David-DiGioia/vulkan-diagrams
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vulkan-diagrams
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-10T16:04:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2154, "days_push": 115, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1089, forks 44 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.633552+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of diagrams serving as a quick visual reference for Vulkan graphics API concepts, showing object relationships for common tasks like buffer creation, descriptor sets, and pipeline barriers. It complements tutorials by illustrating how Vulkan objects connect and are used.

## Use cases
- understand how Vulkan objects relate for common tasks
- quick reference for Vulkan descriptor sets and pipeline barriers
- learn Vulkan vertex buffer creation visually
- reference for Vulkan render passes and swapchains
- study Vulkan ray tracing object relationships
- supplement Vulkan tutorials with diagrams

## When to choose
- you are learning Vulkan and want visual diagrams of object relationships
- you need a quick reference while writing Vulkan code
- you want to understand topics like pipeline barriers or descriptor sets at a glance

## When to avoid
- you need a complete step-by-step Vulkan tutorial with code
- you are looking for a Vulkan library or wrapper
- you need exhaustive, spec-level detail on every Vulkan member and enum

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, documentation
- domain: graphics, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: vulkan, diagrams, reference, gpu-programming, graphics-api, game-development

## Member repositories
- David-DiGioia/vulkan-diagrams (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.633552+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 2026-08-30T06:49:15.912330+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/David-DiGioia/vulkan-diagrams (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.633552+00:00, sha 5ecf61b73283)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.