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Try/Tempest has 228 GitHub stars and 49 forks. Star changes are not measured yet. Last checked 2026-11-09 19:09 UTC. Last push 2026-11-09.

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API abstraction layer for 3D graphics, UI and sound. Written in C++17 with Vulkan, DX12 and Metal support.

228 stars49 forks

What you can do

  • Multiplatform (Windows, Linux, 32bit and 64bit)
  • Multibackend (Vulkan 1.0, DirectX12)
  • Multithreaded command buffers and thread safety
  • Build-in 2d graphics support

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Build status

Crossplatform 3d engine. (work in progress)

Tempest is an open-source, simple, cross-platform graphics engine written in modern C++17.
Main idea behind this engine is to provide a low-level GPU-programming concepts, like Ubo, Vbo, Ssbo, in convenient C++ packaging, with RAII, types and templates.

Features

  • Multiplatform (Windows, Linux, 32bit and 64bit)
  • Multibackend (Vulkan 1.0, DirectX12)
  • Multithreaded command buffers and thread safety
  • Build-in 2d graphics support
  • Build-in UI library

Examples

// offscreen render
VulkanApi api;
Device    device(api);

static const Vertex   vboData[3] = {{-1,-1},{1,-1},{1,1}};
static const uint16_t iboData[3] = {0,1,2};

auto vbo  = device.vbo(vboData,3);
auto ibo  = device.ibo(iboData,3);

auto vert = device.shader("shader/simple_test.vert.sprv");
auto frag = device.shader("shader/simple_test.frag.sprv");
auto pso  = device.pipeline(Topology::Triangles,RenderState(),vert,frag);

auto tex  = device.attachment(format,128,128);

auto cmd  = device.commandBuffer();
{
  auto enc = cmd.startEncoding(device);
  enc.setFramebuffer({{tex,Vec4(0,0,1,1),Tempest::Preserve}});
  enc.setPipeline(pso);
  enc.draw(vbo,ibo);
}

auto sync = device.submit(cmd);
sync.wait();

// save image to file
auto pm = device.readPixels(tex);
pm.save(outImg);

Android builds

The Android packaging example uses add_android_apk in the application's existing CMake project to generate a single Gradle build. It uses Android's built-in NativeActivity; the Tempest Android backend is separate work. Desktop builds do not require Java, the Android SDK or Gradle.

Ecosystem

During development various issues of Vulkan stack been found, reported and some were fixed.

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