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We've compiled a list of 7 free and paid alternatives to Vulkan. The primary competitors include OpenGL, SDL. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Vulkan and Microsoft DirectX, WebGL, Allegro. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


OpenGL
Free Open Source

OpenGL is the premier environment for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics...

SDL
Free Open Source

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level...

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks...

WebGL
Free Open Source

WebGL is a cross-platform, royalty-free web standard for a low-level 3D graphics API based on...

Allegro
Free Open Source

Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia...

Crystal Space is a mature, full-featured Software Development Kit (SDK) providing real-time 3D...

Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform...

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Vulkan Overview

Vulkan is the result of 18 months in an intense collaboration between leading hardware, game engine and platform vendors, built on significant contributions from multiple Khronos members. Vulkan is designed for portability across multiple platforms with desktop and mobile GPU architectures. Vulkan is available on multiple versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and has been adopted as a native rendering and compute API by platforms including Linux, SteamOS, Tizen and Android.

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