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vulkan-headers

brew install vulkan-headers v1.4.350.1 Apache-2.0

Header files and API registry for Vulkan, a cross-platform graphics and compute API.

Why you might care

Required build dependency for any C/C++ project using the Vulkan API to access modern GPU capabilities. Provides the official headers, type definitions, and function declarations needed to compile Vulkan applications. This is the foundational package that graphics engines, game engines, and compute frameworks depend on.

Categories

header-only-library library

Alternatives

gpu-headers OpenGL
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Build dependencies

cmake

Links

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