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3d Game Shaders For Beginners	15,637			10 months ago			19	bsd-3-clause	C++
🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.
Bgfx	13,873			3 months ago	7	August 18, 2023	286	bsd-2-clause	C++
Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
Tracy	7,006			3 months ago	1	March 01, 2023	120	other	C++
Frame profiler
Stride	6,078		1	2 months ago	10	November 16, 2023	546	mit	C#
Stride Game Engine (formerly Xenko)
Piccolo	5,441			2 months ago			68	mit	C++
Piccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games104
Cocos Engine	5,265		2	11 days ago	167	November 10, 2023	536	other	C++
Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine. Empowering millions of developers to create high-performance, engaging 2D/3D games and instant web entertainment.
Magnum	4,593			3 months ago			86	other	C++
Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization
Silk.net	3,451		195	3 months ago	45	November 14, 2023	63	mit	C#
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Diligentengine	3,182			3 months ago			19	apache-2.0	Batchfile
A modern cross-platform low-level graphics library and rendering framework
Veldrid	2,396	9	39	21 days ago	28	January 29, 2022	152	mit	C#
A low-level, portable graphics library for .NET.

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