Top Vulkan repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “vulkan”: 31 repositories with 450k stars between them, mostly written in C++, C and Rust. The highest-rated is boykopovar/AnyPS5, #85 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

horizon-rust/horizon

Open on GitHubRust
  • Diamond V
  • New & Rising · Nov 2026
  • New & Rising · Oct 2026

Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses. Get it with the Horizon launcher.

  • 1,921+45 Elo, change today
  • +502 stars gained
  • 10.2k stars
  • 1.7k forks
  • 54 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon.git
  • differential-testing
  • game-engine
  • gamedev
  • linux

voyager-so/vork

Open on GitHubRust

Headless 3D and VFX engine for agents. Research preview.

  • 895+20 Elo, change today
  • 1.5k stars
  • 134 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/voyager-so/vork.git
  • 3d
  • ai-agents
  • gpu
  • metal

Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp

Open on GitHubC

Static recompilation of Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) to native Windows and Linux with Vulkan. 0.4.0: Snow World and Glacier device loss fixed on NVIDIA, AMD device loss fixed for testers, crashes guarded, DLC and mods, .nx input, Linux AppImage, heavy scene ~58 fps. Roadmap: #10. No game files included.

  • 799+55 Elo, change today
  • 1k stars
  • 62 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp.git
  • arm64
  • donkey-kong
  • game-port
  • nintendo-switch-2

raphamorim/rio

Open on GitHubRust

A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.

  • 1,482+19 Elo, change today
  • 7.7k stars
  • 388 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/raphamorim/rio.git
  • gpu-acceleration
  • metal
  • rio
  • rio-terminal

doitsujin/dxvk

Open on GitHubC++

Vulkan-based implementation of D3D8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux / Wine

  • 1,733+11 Elo, change today
  • 18.4k stars
  • 1.3k forks
  • 285 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk.git
  • d3d11
  • d3d9
  • dxbc
  • gaming

horizon-rust/horizon

Open on GitHubRust
  • Diamond V
  • New & Rising · Nov 2026
  • New & Rising · Oct 2026

Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses. Get it with the Horizon launcher.

  • 1,921+45 Elo, change today
  • +502 stars gained
  • 10.2k stars
  • 1.7k forks
  • 54 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon.git
  • differential-testing
  • game-engine
  • gamedev
  • linux

Top 31 on the Elo ladder

  1. #85
    boykopovar/AnyPS5

    Tool for automatic PS5 executables porting to Linux and Windows

    2,258 Elo +1054.1kC++
  2. #681
    horizon-rust/horizon

    Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses…

    1,921 Elo +30510.2kRust
  3. #747
    KytyPS5/KytyPS5

    PlayStation 5 translation layer for Windows, Linux and macOS

    1,906 Elo +11211.2kC++
  4. #947
    shadps4-emu/shadPS4

    PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD written in C++

    1,866 Elo +2034.2kC++
  5. #1,108
    k4yt3x/video2x

    A machine learning-based video super resolution and frame interpolation framework. Est. Hack the Valley II, 2018.

    1,840 Elo −522.7kC++
  6. #1,192
    RPCS3/rpcs3

    PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

    1,828 Elo +1020.4kC++
  7. #1,303
    alibaba/MNN

    MNN: A blazing-fast, lightweight inference engine battle-tested by Alibaba, powering high-performance on-device LLMs…

    1,812 Elo +4316.5kC++
  8. #1,444
    gfx-rs/wgpu

    A cross-platform, safe, pure-Rust graphics API.

    1,791 Elo +3718.5kRust
  9. #1,897
    google/filament

    Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, WebGPU, and WebGL2

    1,739 Elo +420.7kC++
  10. #1,951
    doitsujin/dxvk

    Vulkan-based implementation of D3D8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux / Wine

    1,733 Elo +5818.4kC++
  11. #2,098
    Tencent/ncnn

    ncnn is a high-performance neural network inference framework optimized for the mobile platform

    1,717 Elo −624kC++
  12. #2,348
    baldurk/renderdoc

    RenderDoc is a stand-alone graphics debugging tool.

    1,691 Elo +3611.3kC++
  13. #2,591
    glfw/glfw

    A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

    1,668 Elo −2815.4kC
  14. #2,719
    bkaradzic/bgfx

    Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

    1,658 Elo −317.6kC++
  15. #2,810
    tracel-ai/burn

    Burn is a next generation tensor library and Deep Learning Framework that doesn't compromise on flexibility, efficiency…

    1,651 Elo −1616.2kRust
  16. #2,929
    lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

    🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

    1,642 Elo −2520kC++
  17. #3,073
    AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

    Video, Image and GIF upscale/enlarge(Super-Resolution) and Video frame interpolation. Achieved with Waifu2x…

    1,631 Elo +1517.2kC++
  18. #3,080
    stenzek/duckstation

    Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

    1,631 Elo +4511kC++
  19. #3,686
    apache/tvm

    Open Machine Learning Compiler Framework

    1,593 Elo −3013.9kPython
  20. #3,891
    xenia-project/xenia

    Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

    1,580 Elo +489.8kC++
  21. #4,465
    cocos/cocos-engine

    Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine…

    1,547 Elo +449.9kC++
  22. #5,025
    SaschaWillems/Vulkan

    C++ examples for the Vulkan graphics API

    1,518 Elo −3612.2kGLSL
  23. #5,814
    raphamorim/rio

    A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.

    1,482 Elo +727.7kRust
  24. #5,958
    flightlessmango/MangoHud

    A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more.

    1,475 Elo +409.2kC
  25. #6,702
    turanszkij/WickedEngine

    3D engine with modern graphics

    1,445 Elo +327.3kC++
  26. #7,051
    stride3d/stride

    Stride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.

    1,431 Elo −67.9kC#
  27. #7,540
    BoomingTech/Piccolo

    Piccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games104

    1,413 Elo +66.7kC++
  28. #10,052
    voyager-so/vork

    Headless 3D and VFX engine for agents. Research preview.

    895 Elo +2301.5kRust
  29. #10,104
    Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp

    Static recompilation of Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) to native Windows and Linux with Vulkan. 0.4.0: Snow World and…

    799 Elo +1601kC
  30. #10,136
    mirkobrombin/raven

    A Windows your apps recognize.

    755 Elo +321kC
  31. #10,148
    kuraeow/ultratears

    Unofficial native PC and Steam Deck port of Tears of the Kingdom 1.4.3 using static recompilation. Builds locally from…

    739 Elo +5922C