| # 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/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. |
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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** 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 |
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| Helpful links: |
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| - [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) |
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| ## Documentation table of content |
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| Developer documentation: |
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| - [Dawn overview](docs/overview.md) |
| - [Building Dawn](docs/building.md) |
| - [Contributing to Dawn](docs/contributing.md) |
| - [Testing Dawn](docs/testing.md) |
| - [Debugging Dawn](docs/debugging.md) |
| - [Dawn's infrastructure](docs/infra.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. |
