Directx12 GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

Kill shader compilation stutter before you play. Compiles your games' shaders into the GPU driver's cache ahead of time. Windows, NVIDIA and AMD.

A clean-room reimplementation of the Project I.G.I. and I.G.I. 2 engine in C#/.NET 10. It plays the original missions faithfully, with a modern renderer (D3D12, Vulkan, WebGPU, ray tracing, DLSS), co-op, mods and a launcher.

3D engine with modern graphics

Estacado: a native PC recompilation of The Darkness (Xbox 360). Unofficial fan port; bring your own copy of the game.

Next generation modding platform for Final Fantasy VII (Steam 2013, Steam 2026 Rerelease, GOG, Windows Store) and Final Fantasy VIII (Steam 2013/Remastered)

A high performance Vulkan/DX12 game engine in C++ & C#

A modern cross-platform low-level graphics API

API abstraction layer for 3D graphics, UI and sound. Written in C++17 with Vulkan, DX12 and Metal support.

Superseded from DLSS 5 Neural Rendering v3.3.5, which handles mipped outputs itself. For earlier versions: supplies a single-mip DLSS output in D3D12 games whose output has a mip chain

Embeddable physically based renderer