# vulkano-rs/vulkano

Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API

Repository: https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vulkano
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vulkan, vulkan-api, rust, spir-v, graphics-programming
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:50:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4076, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 573, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5143, forks 473 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.170569+00:00)

## What it is
Vulkano is a safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan graphics API. It provides a low-levelish API with compile-time and runtime checks to prevent invalid API usage, plus automatic GPU-side synchronization.

## Use cases
- write GPU-accelerated applications in Rust
- render graphics with Vulkan from Rust safely
- compute shaders in Rust
- build a game engine rendering backend in Rust
- learn Vulkan with a safer API
- handle GPU synchronization automatically

## When to choose
- you want Vulkan-level control with Rust safety guarantees
- you need low-level GPU access without undefined behavior from API misuse
- you want automatic synchronization and semaphore management
- you're building rendering or compute workloads in Rust

## When to avoid
- you want a high-level game engine or easy drawing API
- you need cross-vendor abstraction beyond Vulkan
- you're targeting platforms without Vulkan support
- you want minimal bindings with no safety checks

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, sdk
- domain: graphics, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: vulkan, spir-v, gpu-programming, rendering, safe-wrapper, shaders, game-development, gpu

## Member repositories
- vulkano-rs/vulkano (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.170569+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 2026-08-29T18:01:59.388173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.170569+00:00, sha d8d62d7c5ae4)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/vulkano (fetched 2026-08-29T08:56:18.738223+00:00, sha 8342ae4a16c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.