| Name: Dawn |
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| # Dawn, a WebGPU implementation |
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| Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the work-in-progress [WebGPU](https://webgpu.dev) standard. |
| More precisely it implements [`webgpu.h`](https://github.com/webgpu-native/webgpu-headers/blob/main/webgpu.h) that is a one-to-one mapping with the WebGPU IDL. |
| Dawn is meant to be integrated as part of a larger system and is the underlying implementation of WebGPU in Chromium. |
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| Dawn provides several WebGPU building blocks: |
| - **WebGPU C/C++ headers** that applications and other building blocks use. |
| - The `webgpu.h` version that Dawn implements. |
| - A C++ wrapper for the `webgpu.h`. |
| - **A "native" implementation of WebGPU** using platforms' GPU APIs: D3D12, Metal, Vulkan and OpenGL. See [per API support](docs/support.md) for more details. |
| - **A client-server implementation of WebGPU** for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers |
| - **Tint** is a compiler for the WebGPU Shader Language (WGSL) that can be used in standalone to convert shaders from and to WGSL. |
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| Helpful links: |
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| - [Dawn bug tracker](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/dawn/issues/entry) if you find issues with Dawn. |
| - [Tint bug tracker](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/tint/issues/entry) if you find issues with Tint. |
| - [Dawn's mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!members/dawn-graphics) for other discussions related to Dawn. |
| - [Dawn's source code](https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn) |
| - [Dawn's Matrix chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#webgpu-dawn:matrix.org) for live discussion around contributing or using Dawn. |
| - [WebGPU's Matrix chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#WebGPU:matrix.org) |
| - [Tint mirror](https://dawn.googlesource.com/tint) for standalone usage. |
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| ## Documentation table of content |
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| Developer documentation: |
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| - [Dawn overview](docs/dawn/overview.md) |
| - [Building](docs/building.md) |
| - [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) |
| - [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) |
| - [Testing Dawn](docs/dawn/testing.md) |
| - [Debugging Dawn](docs/dawn/debugging.md) |
| - [Dawn's infrastructure](docs/dawn/infra.md) |
| - [Dawn errors](docs/dawn/errors.md) |
| - [Tint experimental extensions](docs/tint/experimental_extensions.md) |
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| User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with the webgpu.h docs) |
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| ## Status |
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| (TODO) |
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| ## License |
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| Apache 2.0 Public License, please see [LICENSE](/LICENSE). |
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| ## Disclaimer |
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| This is not an officially supported Google product. |
| Short Name: dawn |
| URL: https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn |
| License: Apache 2.0 |
| License File: LICENSE |
| Security Critical: yes |
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| Description: |
| Dawn is an implementation of the WebGPU standard exposed through a C/C++ |
| interface. It provides implementations on top of native graphics APIs like |
| D3D12, Metal and Vulkan, as well as a client-server implementation to remote |
| WebGPU outside sandboxed context like Chromium's render processes. |
