# Overv/VulkanTutorial

Tutorial for the Vulkan graphics and compute API

Repository: https://github.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vulkantutorial
Homepage: https://vulkan-tutorial.com
Language: C++
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: vulkan, tutorial, cpp, graphics-programming, computer-graphics, reference
Last push: 2026-05-18T08:13:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4201, "days_push": 107, "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 3685, forks 568 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:14.649714+00:00)

## What it is
The source for vulkan-tutorial.com, a comprehensive tutorial teaching the basics of the Vulkan graphics and compute API in C++, available as a website, EPUB, and PDF. It walks through rendering a triangle, vertex buffers, texture mapping, and compute shaders.

## Use cases
- learn vulkan graphics programming from scratch
- tutorial for drawing a triangle with vulkan in c++
- understand vulkan swap chains and render passes
- learn vulkan compute shaders
- find vulkan validation layer troubleshooting help
- get a vulkan tutorial as epub or pdf

## When to choose
- you want a thorough step-by-step introduction to Vulkan fundamentals in C++
- you prefer learning via a structured written guide with per-chapter code
- you need an offline e-book version of a Vulkan tutorial

## When to avoid
- you want up-to-date Vulkan best practices - the author recommends newer guides at vulkan.org/learn
- you need a Rust, Java, or Go tutorial (only C++ is covered natively)
- you want a video course or interactive exercises

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, documentation
- domain: graphics, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: vulkan, tutorial, graphics-programming, computer-graphics, ebook, cpp

## Member repositories
- Overv/VulkanTutorial (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.649714+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 2026-08-29T18:31:10.291562+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.649714+00:00, sha c8974bb7b47e)
  - homepage: https://vulkan-tutorial.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:57.378880+00:00, sha dc505ac7c41a)
  - site_page: https://vulkan-tutorial.com/FAQ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:57.381518+00:00, sha 70d33fee2e4c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.