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![Dawn's logo: a sun rising behind a stylized mountain inspired by the WebGPU logo. The text "Dawn" is written below it.](docs/imgs/dawn_logo.png "Dawn's logo")
# Dawn, a WebGPU implementation
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/master/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.
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** on Windows 10
- **Metal** on macOS and iOS
- **Vulkan** on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and Fuchsia
- OpenGL as best effort where available
- **A client-server implementation of WebGPU** for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers
Helpful links:
- [Dawn's bug tracker](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/dawn/issues/entry) if you find issues with Dawn.
- [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)
## Documentation table of content
Developer documentation:
- [Dawn overview](docs/dawn/overview.md)
- [Building Dawn](docs/dawn/building.md)
- [Contributing to Dawn](docs/dawn/contributing.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)
User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with the webgpu.h docs)
## Status
(TODO)
## License
Apache 2.0 Public License, please see [LICENSE](/LICENSE).
## Disclaimer
This is not an officially supported Google product.