# StudioCherno/Walnut

Walnut is a simple application framework for Vulkan and Dear ImGui apps

Repository: https://github.com/StudioCherno/Walnut
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/walnut
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-01-27T09:22:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 3, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1605, "days_push": 583, "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 2424, forks 476 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.707309+00:00)

## What it is
Walnut is a simple C++ application framework combining Dear ImGui with Vulkan for building immediate-mode desktop applications with real-time rendering. It bundles GLFW, GLM, and stb_image and provides setup scripts for Visual Studio 2022.

## Use cases
- build a desktop app with Vulkan rendering and an ImGui interface
- create a launcher or tool UI on top of Vulkan
- prototype real-time graphics applications in C++
- make an immediate-mode GUI desktop application
- learn Vulkan with a preconfigured project setup

## When to choose
- you want Dear ImGui UI blended with Vulkan rendering in a C++ desktop app
- you want a ready-made Visual Studio project scaffold for Vulkan development
- you are building tools like launchers or graphics utilities

## When to avoid
- you need Linux or macOS support today (only Windows is currently supported)
- you need a retained-mode or native-look UI toolkit
- you are building mobile or web applications

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, graphics, gui
- domain: desktop-applications, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: vulkan, dear-imgui, immediate-mode-ui, desktop-framework, glfw

## Member repositories
- StudioCherno/Walnut (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.707309+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 2026-08-30T02:31:50.754527+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/StudioCherno/Walnut (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.707309+00:00, sha eaccea883ee1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.