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Welcome to the official wiki for wgpu, a Rust crate that provides a safe, portable interface for programming graphics processing units (GPUs). Wgpu's design is directly modeled on the WebGPU web standard.

Applications using wgpu can run on various platforms:

• Windows (using the system's Direct3D or Vulkan implementation)
• macOS (using the system's Metal implementation)
• Linux and Android (using Vulkan)

Wgpu can also run based on an OpenGL implementation, with limited functionality.

Wgpu is used by various projects:

• The Firefox web browser uses wgpu as the heart of its WebGPU implementation.

• The Bevy game engine uses wgpu for its GPU access.

• The Deno JavaScript engine uses wgpu to provide the WebGPU API on servers.

Table of Contents:

• Getting Started
  • Running the examples
  • Learning wgpu
  • Running on the Web with WebGPU and WebGL
  • Running on the Web with Emscripten
  • Running on Android
  • Integrating wgpu into existing iOS and Android apps
  • Vulkan Requirements
  • Enabling validation layers for Vulkan
  • Running on ANGLE
  • About GPUs
• Debugging Applications
  • XCode
  • Debugging performance issues
• Best Practices:
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Do's and Dont's
  • Encapsulating Graphics Work
  • Texture Color Formats and Srgb conversions
• Internals:
  • Architecture
  • Extensions
  • Reporting Driver Bugs
  • Known Driver Issues
  • Running the tests on Android and iOS
• List of Applications and Libraries
• User Feedback