Side-by-Side Comparison
hcl vs MoltenVK
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● hashicorp/hcl (5.8K)
● KhronosGroup/MoltenVK (5.9K)
☆ 5.8Khcl stars
☆ 5.9KMoltenVK stars
+49Difference
MoltenVKStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
MoltenVK Leads
+49 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
hcl Leads
667 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
MoltenVK
Pushed 25d ago
Licensing
Different
hcl: MPL-2.0 vs MoltenVK: Apache-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | hashicorp/hcl ↗ | KhronosGroup/MoltenVK ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | HCL is the HashiCorp configuration language. | MoltenVK is a Vulkan Portability implementation. It layers a subset of the high-performance, industry-standard Vulkan graphics and compute API over Apple's Metal graphics framework, enabling Vulkan applications to run on macOS, iOS and tvOS. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 5,809 | ☆ 5,858 |
| Forks | 667 | 579 |
| Open Issues | 233 | 359 |
| Main Language | Go | Objective-C++ |
| License | MPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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