Vulkan

cross-platform 3D graphics and computing programming interface

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Vulkan

Summary

Vulkan is an application programming interface^[1]. Vulkan ranks in the top 2% of application_programming_interface entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Vulkan's instance of is recorded as application programming interface^[3].
Vulkan's instance of is recorded as software^[4].
Vulkan's based on is recorded as Mantle^[5].
Vulkan followed OpenGL^[6].
Vulkan's developer is recorded as Khronos Group^[7].
Vulkan's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0^[8].
Vulkan's copyright license is recorded as Apache License^[9].
Vulkan's copyright license is recorded as MIT License^[10].
Vulkan's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International^[11].
Vulkan's programmed in is recorded as Q2407^[12].
Vulkan's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[13].
Vulkan's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[14].
Vulkan's operating system is recorded as Linux^[15].
Vulkan's operating system is recorded as Android^[16].
Vulkan's operating system is recorded as iOS^[17].
Vulkan's operating system is recorded as macOS^[18].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.120^[19].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.126^[20].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.127^[21].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.96^[22].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.97^[23].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.100^[24].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.101^[25].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.102^[26].
Vulkan's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.103^[27].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Vulkan followed OpenGL^[6].

Why It Matters

Vulkan ranks in the top 2% of application_programming_interface entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month).^[2] Vulkan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Vulkan is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

⭐ Popularity Graph

28/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

28 / 423 langs top 10%

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 895h

1.3K/mo 27.2K/yr

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Quick Facts

Instance of application programming interface, software

Inception July 2014

Publication date February 16, 2016

Follows OpenGL

Official website www.khronos.org, www.vulkan.org

Based on Mantle

Has use 3D computer graphics

Properties

Announcement date August 11, 2014

Copyright license Apache Software License 2.0, Apache License, MIT License, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Developer Khronos Group

Hashtag Vulkan

Official name Vulkan

Operating system Microsoft Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS

Platform cross-platform

Programmed in C++, C

Replaces OpenGL

Social media followers +16987

Software version identifier 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127, 1.1.96, 1.1.97, 1.1.100, 1.1.101, 1.1.102, 1.1.103, 1.1.105, 1.1.106, 1.1.107, 1.1.108, 1.1.111, 1.1.112, 1.1.113, 1.1.114, 1.1.115, 1.1.117, 1.1.119, 1.1.121, 1.1.122, 1.1.123, 1.1.124, 1.1.125, 1.1.128, 1.1.129, 1.1.130, 1.2.131, 1.2.132, 1.2.133, 1.2.134, 1.2.135, 1.2.136, 1.2.137, 1.2.139, 1.2.140, 1.2.141, 1.2.142, 1.2.143, 1.2.144, 1.2.145, 1.2.146, 1.2.147, 1.2.148, 1.2.149, 1.2.150, 1.2.151, 1.2.152, 1.2.153, 1.2.157, 1.2.154, 1.2.155, 1.2.156, 1.2.158, 1.2.159, 1.2.160, 1.2.161, 1.2.162, 1.2.163, 1.2.164, 1.2.165, 1.2.166, 1.2.167, 1.2.168, 1.2.169, 1.2.170, 1.2.171, 1.2.172, 1.2.173, 1.2.174, 1.2.175, 1.2.176, 1.2.178, 1.2.177, 1.2.179, 1.2.180, 1.2.196, 1.2.197, 1.2.198, 1.2.199, 1.2.203, 1.3.204, 1.2.181, 1.2.182, 1.2.183, 1.2.184, 1.2.185, 1.2.186, 1.2.187, 1.2.188, 1.2.189, 1.2.190, 1.2.191, 1.2.192, 1.2.193, 1.2.194, 1.2.195, 1.2.200, 1.2.201, 1.2.202, 1.3.205, 1.3.206, 1.3.207, 1.3.208, 1.3.209, 1.3.210, 1.3.211, 1.3.212, 1.3.213, 1.3.214, 1.3.215, 1.3.216, 1.3.217, 1.3.218, 1.3.219, 1.3.220, 1.3.221, 1.3.222, 1.3.223, 1.3.224, 1.3.225, 1.3.226, 1.3.227, 1.3.228, 1.3.229, 1.3.230, 1.3.231, 1.3.232, 1.3.233, 1.3.234, 1.3.235, 1.3.236, 1.3.237, 1.3.238, 1.3.239, 1.3.240, 1.3.241, 1.3.242, 1.3.243, 1.3.244, 1.3.245, 1.3.246, 1.3.247, 1.3.248, 1.3.249, 1.3.250, 1.3.251, 1.3.252, 1.3.253, 1.3.254, 1.3.255, 1.3.256, 1.3.257, 1.3.258, 1.3.259, 1.3.260, 1.3.261, 1.3.262, 1.3.263, 1.3.264, 1.3.265, 1.3.266, 1.3.267, 1.3.268, 1.3.269, 1.3.270, 1.3.271, 1.3.272, 1.3.273, 1.3.274, 1.3.276, 1.3.275, 1.3.277, 1.3.278, 1.3.279, 1.3.280, 1.3.281, 1.3.282, 1.3.283, 1.3.284, 1.3.285, 1.3.286, 1.3.287, 1.3.288, 1.3.289, 1.3.290, 1.3.291, 1.3.292, 1.3.293, 1.3.294, 1.3.295, 1.3.296, 1.3.297, 1.3.298, 1.3.299, 1.3.300, 1.3.301, 1.3.302, 1.4.303, 1.4.304, 1.4.305, 1.4.306, 1.4.307, 1.4.308, 1.4.309, 1.4.310, 1.4.311, 1.4.312, 1.4.313, 1.4.314, 1.4.315, 1.4.316, 1.4.317, 1.4.318, 1.4.319, 1.4.320, 1.4.321, 1.4.322, 1.4.323, 1.4.324, 1.4.325, 1.4.326, 1.4.327, 1.4.328, 1.4.329, 1.4.330, 1.4.331, 1.4.332, 1.4.333, 1.4.334, 1.4.335, 1.4.336, 1.4.337, 1.4.338, 1.4.339, 1.4.340, 1.4.341, 1.4.342, 1.4.343, 1.4.344, 1.4.345, 1.4.346, 1.4.347, 1.4.348, 1.4.349, 1.4.350, 1.4.351, 1.4.352, 1.4.353, 1.4.354, 1.4.355, 1.4.356, 1.4.357, 1.4.358, 1.4.359, 1.4.360, 1.4.361, 1.4.362, 1.4.363, 1.4.364, 1.4.365

Source code repository url github.com

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com, computergraphics.stackexchange.com

Topic's main category Category:Vulkan (API)

Uses Standard Portable Intermediate Representation

External References (16)

Alternativeto software id vulkan

Archwiki article Vulkan, Vulkan_(Русский), Vulkan_(Português), Vulkan_(Español)

Fandom article id logos:Vulkan

Freebase id /m/012zcnvd

Gentoo wiki article Vulkan, Vulkan/hu, Vulkan/ja

Great norwegian encyclopedia id Vulkan_-_IT

Homebrew formula name vulkan-headers

Internet game database game engine id vulkan

Mobygames attribute id 3152

Opensuse package vulkan

Osdev article id 4931

Repology project name vulkan

Subreddit vulkan

Valve developer community article id Vulkan

X (twitter) username vulkanapi

Zhihu topic id 20037037

🌐 Available in 21 languages

enVulkan arفولكان (واجهة برمجة التطبيقات) csVulkan deVulkan (API) esVulkan faوولکان (برنامه) fiVulkan frVulkan (API) idVulkan itVulkan (API) jaVulkan (API) ko벌컨 (API) noVulkan (API) plVulkan (API) ptVulkan ruVulkan svVulkan (API) trVulkan API ukVulkan (API) viVulkan zhVulkan

🏷️ Also known as

en Vulkan en Vulkan API en glNext en OpenGL Next ar فولكان da Vulkan. de glNext fa وولکن (رابط برنامه‌نویسی) fr glNext he וולקן it glNext it Vulkan API ja ヴァルカン ja glNext ja Vulcan API ja ヴァルカンAPI ja バルカン ja バルカンAPI ko 벌컨 tr Volkan

🔗 Connections

Operating system 5

Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, macOS

← Uses 4

Blue Archive, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Eagle OC 24G, GP104, Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition

MIT License, Apache Software License 2.0

Instance of 2

software, application programming interface

← Implementation of 2

Mesa, MoltenVK

Based on 1

Mantle

Developer 1

Khronos Group

Follows 1

OpenGL

Has use 1

3D computer graphics

Platform 1

cross-platform

Preceded by (successor) 1

OpenGL

Programmed in 1

C++

Replaces 1

OpenGL

Uses 1

Standard Portable Intermediate Representation

← Binding of software library 1

Lightweight Java Game Library

← Derivative work 1

Mantle

← Does not use 1

GeForce 210

← Product or material produced 1

Khronos Group

← Replaced by 1

OpenGL

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BibTeX

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1d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', '

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

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8d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/2f883a677c45|details]])"
15d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/9b62d8a85341|details]])"
29d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7b3c5d5356b4|details]])"
5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8080d5cd36ce|details]])"
6w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Osdev article id → 4931

Fandom article id → logos:Vulkan

"/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: Vulkan, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/c02b8d8f9d16|details]])"
7w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/c1454b188578|details]])"
8w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/385f65969660|details]])"
9w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b35b268eb31|details]])"
11w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8569cc55d28a|details]])"
12w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Vulkan_-_IT

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: Vulkan_-_IT"
13w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/cd53c7070a3c|details]])"
14w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b0abca186982|details]])"
16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
17w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b28240b893c2|details]])"
21w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.1.120, 1.1.126, 1.1.127 +259

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e5ef04e8dc16|details]])"
22w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Platform → cross-platform

Publication date → +2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

Inception → —

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Vulkan

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