The repository contains the following Vulkan Tools:

• Vulkan Configurator
• VK_LAYER_LUNARG_api_dump, VK_LAYER_LUNARG_screenshot and VK_LAYER_LUNARG_monitor layers

These tools have binaries included within the Vulkan SDK.

If you intend to contribute, the preferred work flow is for you to develop your contribution in a fork of this repo in your GitHub account and then submit a pull request. Please see the CONTRIBUTING file in this repository for more details

BUILD.md includes directions for building all the components and running the tests.

Updates to this repository which correspond to a new Vulkan specification release are tagged using the following format: v<version> (e.g., v1.3.266).

Note: Marked version releases have undergone thorough testing but do not imply the same quality level as SDK tags. SDK tags follow the vulkan-sdk-<version>.<patch> format (e.g., vulkan-sdk-1.3.266.0).

This scheme was adopted following the 1.3.266 Vulkan specification release.

• Vulkan Installation Analyzer (vkvia) has been deprecated and replaced by Vulkan Configurator diagnostics tab. The last available version was released with Vulkan SDK 1.4.309.
• VkTrace and VkReplay have been deprecated, removed from VulkanTools and replaced by gfxreconstruct. They can now be found in the vktrace archive. Both these tools are also no longer part of the Vulkan SDK.
• Vulkan-Layer-Factory is deprecated and has been archived in its own repository which is available here.

This work is released as open source under a Apache-style license from Khronos including a Khronos copyright.

While this project has been developed primarily by LunarG, Inc., there are many other companies and individuals making this possible: Valve Corporation, funding project development.