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60 projects475.5k total stars59.7k total forks13 languages

Open-source projects built with Metal

There are currently 60 open-source projects built with Metal, with a combined total of 475.5k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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llama.cpp
llama.cppggml-org/llama.cpp

A C/C++ library for efficient, cross-platform LLM inference with extensive hardware support and quantization.

115.4k19.3kC++
21 hours ago
Ghostty
Ghosttyghostty-org/ghostty

A fast, feature-rich, cross-platform terminal emulator with native UI and GPU acceleration, plus an embeddable library.

56.1k2.9kZig
21 hours ago
whisper.cpp
whisper.cppggerganov/whisper.cpp

High-performance C/C++ port of OpenAI's Whisper for efficient, cross-platform speech recognition.

50.5k5.6kC++
2 days ago
Bindings for many languages
Bindings for many languagesggerganov/whisper.cpp

A high-performance C/C++ port of OpenAI's Whisper model for efficient, cross-platform speech recognition.

50.5k5.6kC++
2 days ago
Filament
Filamentgoogle/filament

A real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, and WebGL2.

20.1k2.2kC++
2 days ago
Cocos2d-x
Cocos2d-xcocos2d/cocos2d-x

A C++-based, cross-platform framework for building 2D games, interactive books, and graphical applications.

19.1k7.1kC++
1 year ago
OpenEmu
OpenEmuOpenEmu/OpenEmu

A modular, native macOS application for retro video game emulation with support for dozens of classic consoles.

17.6k1.3kSwift
7 months ago
dearpygui
dearpyguihoffstadt/DearPyGui

A fast, GPU-accelerated GUI framework for Python with modern themes, plotting, and node editing.

15.5k786C++
26 days ago
burn
burntracel-ai/burn

A Rust-based deep learning framework and tensor library optimized for flexibility, efficiency, and cross-platform portability.

15.4k933Rust
21 hours ago
Cocos Creator
Cocos Creatorcocos-creator/engine

A free, open-source, cross-platform game engine for creating high-performance 2D/3D games and instant web entertainment.

9.6k2.1kC++
3 months ago
Gyroflow
Gyroflowgyroflow/gyroflow

An open-source application that stabilizes video using gyroscope and accelerometer data from cameras or external devices.

9.0k443Rust
5 days ago
mistral.rs
mistral.rsEricLBuehler/mistral.rs

A fast, flexible, and hardware-aware LLM inference engine with zero-config support for any Hugging Face model.

7.3k621Rust
1 day ago
Makepad
Makepadmakepad/makepad

An AI-accelerated Rust platform for building native and web apps with a live-editable UI DSL and GPU-accelerated rendering.

6.4k333Rust
2 days ago
MoltenVK
MoltenVKKhronosGroup/MoltenVK

MoltenVK layers a subset of the Vulkan graphics and compute API over Apple's Metal framework, enabling Vulkan applications to run on macOS, iOS, tvOS, and visionOS.

5.7k515Objective-C++
4 days ago
Forge
ForgeConfettiFX/The-Forge

A cross-platform graphics framework for building and extending game engines across PC, mobile, and consoles.

5.6k561C++
11 months ago
Mapbox GL
Mapbox GLmapbox/mapbox-gl-native

A C++ library for rendering interactive, customizable vector maps in native Android, iOS, macOS, Node.js, and Qt applications.

4.5k1.3kC++
2 years ago
Diligent Engine
Diligent EngineDiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine

A modern cross-platform low-level graphics API abstraction layer and rendering framework for game engines and 3D applications.

4.3k383Batchfile
1 day ago
ruvector
ruvectorruvnet/ruvector

A self-learning vector database with graph intelligence, local AI, and PostgreSQL integration, built for real-time adaptation.

4.2k554Rust
23 hours ago
Cocos2d for iPhone
Cocos2d for iPhonecocos2d/cocos2d-iphone

A framework for building 2D games and interactive applications for iOS, macOS, and tvOS using Objective-C or Swift.

4.0k1.1kObjective-C
4 years ago
Pixel
Pixelmuukii/Pixel

A composable image editor for iOS with customizable UI components, powered by Core Image and Metal.

3.6k340Swift
6 days ago
Brightroom
BrightroomFluidGroup/Brightroom

A composable image editor for iOS with customizable UI components, powered by Core Image and Metal.

3.6k340Swift
6 days ago
Intermediate Graphics Library (IGL)
Intermediate Graphics Library (IGL)facebook/igl

A cross-platform C++ graphics library providing a low-level GPU abstraction over Metal, Vulkan, OpenGL, and WebGL.

3.2k213C++
1 day ago
OpenSubdiv
OpenSubdivPixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv

An open-source library for high-performance subdivision surface evaluation on CPU and GPU, matching Pixar's Renderman precision.

3.1k580C++
3 months ago
GPUImage3
GPUImage3BradLarson/GPUImage3

A Swift framework for GPU-accelerated image and video processing on Apple platforms using Metal.

2.9k370Swift
1 year ago
MetalPetal
MetalPetalMetalPetal/MetalPetal

A GPU-accelerated image and video processing framework for Apple platforms built on Metal.

2.2k288Objective-C
2 years ago
360 VR Player
360 VR Playerhanton/HTY360Player

A 360-degree panorama video player library for iOS with Metal rendering and SwiftUI support.

2.1k430Swift
3 months ago
SameBoy
SameBoyLIJI32/SameBoy

A highly accurate Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in portable C with native macOS and SDL frontends.

2.1k251C
3 months ago
Oryol
Oryolfloooh/oryol

A small, portable and extensible C++ 3D coding framework for cross-platform graphics applications.

2.1k203C++
3 years ago
Oryol Input
Oryol Inputfloooh/oryol

A small, portable and extensible C++ 3D coding framework for cross-platform graphics applications.

2.1k203C++
3 years ago
OpenImageDenoise
OpenImageDenoiseOpenImageDenoise/oidn

An open-source library of high-performance, high-quality denoising filters for ray-traced images using deep learning.

2.1k196C++
6 days ago
Bender
Benderxmartlabs/Bender

An abstraction layer over MetalPerformanceShaders for crafting and running fast neural networks on iOS using TensorFlow models.

1.8k89Swift
2 years ago
herebedragons
herebedragonskosua20/herebedragons

A collection of identical 3D scenes implemented across 20+ graphics APIs, engines, and platforms for rendering comparison.

1.8k84C
11 months ago
VkFFT
VkFFTDTolm/VkFFT

A high-performance GPU-accelerated Fast Fourier Transform library supporting Vulkan, CUDA, HIP, OpenCL, Level Zero, and Metal backends.

1.7k134C++
2 months ago
ARVideoKit
ARVideoKitAFathi/ARVideoKit

An iOS framework for capturing videos, photos, Live Photos, and GIFs directly from ARKit content without screen recording.

1.7k225Swift
3 years ago
OpenSAGE
OpenSAGEOpenSAGE/OpenSAGE

A free, open-source re-implementation of the SAGE 3D real-time strategy engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals.

1.6k152C#
2 months ago
OpenGothic
OpenGothicTry/OpenGothic

An open-source re-implementation of Gothic 2: Night of the Raven, designed to run the classic game on modern systems with enhanced graphics.

1.5k120C++
1 day ago
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