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Safe, portable Rust graphics library implementing WebGPU over Vulkan, Metal, D3D12 and OpenGL.

Modern web GPU API for rendering and compute, now shipping in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox.

Bloat-free immediate-mode C++ GUI, ubiquitous for engine tools, editors and debug overlays.

Cross-platform, API-agnostic C/C++ rendering library supporting many graphics backends.

Head to head

Metric	wgpu	WebGPU	Dear ImGui	bgfx
Stars	18.5k	5.5k	77k	17.6k
Weekly downloads	2.2M	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+130%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	78/100	68/100	89/100	78/100
Forks	1.6k	393	12.1k	2.2k
Open issues	1.3k	468	1.2k	67
Last commit	1d ago	5d ago	6d ago	5d ago
Latest version	30.0.1Aug 22, 2026	n/a	n/a	n/a
License	Apache-2.0	n/a	MIT	BSD-2-Clause
First released	2018	2017	2014	2012
Signals	Trending (detected automatically)Popular	Trending	Popular	None
Listed in	Game Development › Graphics APIs & Rendering	Game Development › Graphics APIs & Rendering	Game Development › Graphics APIs & Rendering	Game Development › Graphics APIs & Rendering

Weekly downloads over time

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