dawn

Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard.

Run the following Vcpkg command to install the port.

vcpkg install dawn

dawn provides CMake targets:

find_package(Dawn CONFIG REQUIRED)

target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE dawn::webgpu_dawn)

dawn provides pkg-config modules:

unofficial_webgpu_dawn

• dawn[d3d11]≥v20250922.223923#0

  windows

  Direct3D 11 backend support

  Default Feature

  • windows
• dawn[d3d12]≥v20250922.223923#0

  windows

  Direct3D 12 backend support

  Default Feature

  • windows
  Feature Dependencies

  • directx-dxc

    All
• dawn[gl]≥v20250922.223923#0

  linux | freebsd | openbsd

  Desktop OpenGL backend support

  Default Feature

  • linux | freebsd | openbsd
  Feature Dependencies

  • egl-registry

    All
  • opengl-registry

    All
• dawn[gles]≥v20250922.223923#0

  android | linux | freebsd | openbsd

  OpenGL ES backend support

  Default Feature

  • android | linux | freebsd | openbsd
  Feature Dependencies

  • egl-registry

    All
  • opengl-registry

    All
• dawn[metal]≥v20250922.223923#0

  osx | ios

  Metal backend support

  Default Feature

  • osx | ios
• dawn[tint-tools]≥v20260410.140140#0

  (windows & !uwp) | linux | freebsd | openbsd | osx

  Build tint command-line tools

  Feature Dependencies

  • glslang

    All
• dawn[vulkan]≥v20250922.223923#0

  (windows & !uwp) | android | linux | freebsd | openbsd

  Vulkan backend support

  Default Feature

  • (windows & !uwp) | android | linux | freebsd | openbsd
  Feature Dependencies

  • vulkan-headers

    All
  • vulkan-utility-libraries

    All
• dawn[wayland]≥v20250922.223923#0

  linux | freebsd | openbsd

  Wayland support

• dawn[x11]≥v20250922.223923#0

  linux | freebsd | openbsd

  X11 support

  Default Feature

  • linux | freebsd | openbsd

• abseil

  !emscripten
• vcpkg-cmake

  All
• vcpkg-cmake-config

  All
• vcpkg-get-python-packages

  All