Vulkan Kotlin

Kotlin Multiplatform bindings for Vulkan API, which add features like type safety, RAII, exceptions and integration with the Kotlin ecosystem.

Getting Started

Add entries to the version catalog:

[versions]
vulkan-kotlin = "1.4.328-3"

[libraries]
vulkan-kotlin = { module = "io.technoirlab.vulkan:vulkan-kotlin", version.ref = "vulkan-kotlin" }

Add dependency to a Kotlin Multiplatform project:

kotlin {
   sourceSets.commonMain {
       dependencies {
           implementation(libs.vulkan.kotlin)
       }
   }
}

Load Vulkan API and create an instance:

val vulkan = Vulkan()
val instance = vulkan.createInstance()

For more information, please see the API reference and the sample project.

Supported targets

• androidNativeArm64
• iosArm64
• iosSimulatorArm64
• linuxArm64
• linuxX64
• macosArm64
• mingwX64

Unsupported functionality

• Render passes and framebuffers (de-facto deprecated)
• Custom memory allocators (will be added in the future)
• Raytracing (will be added in the future)
• Multiview