directxtk

The DirectX Tool Kit (aka DirectXTK) is a collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 11.x code in C++

Run the following Vcpkg command to install the port.

vcpkg install directxtk

The DirectX Tool Kit for DX11 package provides CMake targets:

find_package(directxtk CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE Microsoft::DirectXTK)

• directxtk[gameinput]≥v2024-10-28#0

  windows & x64 & !uwp

  Build using GameInput API for input processing

  Feature Dependencies

  • gameinput

    All
• directxtk[spectre]≥v2022-12-15#0

  All

  Build Spectre-mitigated library

• directxtk[tools]≥v2023-03-30#0

  windows & !uwp & !xbox

  MakeSpriteFont and xwbtool command-line tools

• directxtk[xaudio2-8]≥vsept2020#1

  All

  Build with XAudio 2.8 support for Windows 8.x or later

• directxtk[xaudio2-9]≥vjun2021#0

  All

  Build with XAudio 2.9 support for Windows 10/11

• directxtk[xaudio2redist]≥vjun2021#0

  All

  Build with XAudio2Redist support for Windows 7 SP1 or later

  Feature Dependencies

  • xaudio2redist

    All

• directxmath

  All
• vcpkg-cmake

  All
• vcpkg-cmake-config

  All