Silk.NET 2.20.0

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There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Silk.NET --version 2.20.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Silk.NET -Version 2.20.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET" Version="2.20.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET" Version="2.20.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Silk.NET --version 2.20.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Silk.NET, 2.20.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Silk.NET@2.20.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Silk.NET&version=2.20.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Silk.NET&version=2.20.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

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Silk.NET is your one-stop-shop for high-speed .NET multimedia, graphics, and compute; providing bindings to popular low-level APIs such as OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX.

Use Silk.NET to spruce up applications with cross-platform 3D graphics, audio, compute and haptics!

Silk.NET works on any .NET Standard 2.0 compliant platform, including .NET 6.0, Xamarin, .NET Framework 4.6.1+, and .NET Core 2.0+.

.NET Foundation

Proud to be an official project under the benevolent .NET Foundation umbrella.

About This Package

Core functionality for the Silk.NET library. You likely never need to reference this package yourself, nor is it generally useful without another Silk.NET package.

Features

Performance

Having poured lots of hours into examining generated C# code and its JIT assembly, you can count on us to deliver blazing fast bindings with negligible overhead induced by Silk.NET!

Up-to-date

With an efficient bindings regeneration mechanism, we are committed to ensuring our bindings reflect the latest specifications with frequent updates generated straight from the upstream sources.

High-level utilities

In addition to providing high-speed, direct, and transparent bindings, we provide high-level utilities and wrappers to maximise productivity in common workloads such as platform-agnostic abstractions around Windowing and Input, bringing your apps to a vast number of platforms without changing a single line!

Good-to-go

Silk.NET caters for anything you could need in swift development of multimedia, graphics, compute applications. Silk.NET is an all-in-one solution, complete with Graphics, Compute, Audio, Input, and Windowing.

Funding

Silk.NET requires significant effort to maintain, as such we greatly appreciate any financial support you are able to provide!

This helps ensure Silk.NET's long term viability, and to help support the developers who maintain Silk.NET in their free time. Kai is accepting GitHub Sponsorships.

Further resources

Licensing and governance

Silk.NET is distributed under the very permissive MIT/X11 license and all dependencies are distributed under MIT-compatible licenses.

Silk.NET is a .NET Foundation project, and has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information, see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

NuGet packages (20)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Silk.NET:

Package Downloads
Meadow.Linux

Linux .NET libraries for Wilderness Labs Meadow
Meadow.Windows

An implementation of the Meadow software stack for Windows targets
DotFeather

A lightweight, extensible and easy game engine.
Meadow.Foundation.Displays.Silk

Display driver for Meadow using Silk.NET and SkiaSharp
ktsu.ImGuiApp

A comprehensive .NET library that provides complete application scaffolding for Dear ImGui applications, featuring window management, DPI-aware rendering, precision PID-controlled frame limiting with comprehensive auto-tuning, advanced font handling with Unicode/emoji support, texture management, and debug tooling. Built on Silk.NET for cross-platform OpenGL support and Hexa.NET.ImGui for modern Dear ImGui bindings.

GitHub repositories (11)

Showing the top 11 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Silk.NET:

Repository Stars
elevenyellow/handcrafted-persona-engine
An AI-powered interactive avatar engine using Live2D, LLM, ASR, TTS, and RVC. Ideal for VTubing, streaming, and virtual assistant applications.
ikpil/DotRecast
DotRecast - a C# port of Recast & Detour, Industry-standard navigation mesh toolset for .NET, Unity3D, games, servers
ZacharyPatten/Towel
Throw in the towel.
JasonBock/Rocks
A mocking library based on the Compiler APIs (Roslyn + Mocks)
lindexi/lindexi_gd
博客用到的代码
dfkeenan/SilkVulkanTutorial
C# Silk.NET port of the Vulkan tutorial by Alexander Overvoorde.
ikpil/Box2D.NET
Box2D.NET - a C# port of Box2D, is a 2D physics engine for games, .NET, Unity3D, servers
MS2Community/Maple2
Server emulator for MapleStory2.
WildernessLabs/Meadow.Foundation
Unified driver and library framework for Meadow applications.
CeSun/Aura3D
Aura3D is a lightweight, extensible, and high-performance 3D rendering control
KinsonDigital/Velaptor
2D game development framework
Version Downloads Last Updated
2.23.0 11,985 1/23/2026
2.22.0 47,973 11/5/2024
2.21.0 33,663 4/23/2024
2.20.0 17,017 12/12/2023
2.19.0 3,936 11/14/2023
2.18.0 2,408 10/21/2023
2.17.1 13,293 4/9/2023
2.17.0 1,999 4/6/2023
2.16.0 10,771 8/2/2022
2.15.0 4,185 4/2/2022
2.14.0 1,471 3/15/2022
2.13.0 1,391 2/6/2022
2.12.0 1,205 1/7/2022
2.11.0 1,638 12/5/2021
2.10.1 978 11/10/2021
2.10.0 835 11/6/2021
2.9.0 1,218 10/5/2021
2.8.0 1,159 9/4/2021
2.7.0 1,057 8/9/2021
2.6.0 2,173 7/3/2021
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Silk.NET December 2023 Update

           - Added support for UTF-8 file paths in GLFW and SDL windows (thanks @WinstonMao)
           - Updated to OpenXR 1.0.32.1
           - Updated to Vulkan 1.3.273
           - Updated to latest OpenGL specifications
           - Updated to latest OpenCL specifications
           - Fixed Matrix2X2.GetDeterminant returning incorrect values
           - Fixed ALC_SOFT_reopen_device being a non-context extension (thanks @okaniku, @doobah)