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crosstl vs free-programming-books
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● CrossGL/crosstl (1.5K)
● EbookFoundation/free-programming-books (399.2K)
☆ 1.5Kcrosstl stars
☆ 399.2Kfree-programming-books stars
+397.7KDifference
free-programming-booksStar Leader (268.4x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
free-programming-books Leads
+397.7K stars (268.4x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
free-programming-books Leads
66.9K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
crosstl
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Licensing
Different
crosstl: Apache-2.0 vs free-programming-books: CC-BY-4.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | CrossGL/crosstl ↗ | EbookFoundation/free-programming-books ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Translate GPU shaders and compute kernels between GLSL, HLSL, Metal, SPIR-V and Slang, from CUDA and HIP, and to WGSL, through the CrossGL IR | :books: Freely available programming books |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 1,487 | ☆ 399,150 |
| Forks | 109 | 66,924 |
| Open Issues | 474 | 89 |
| Main Language | Python | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 25, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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