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silk.net

NuGet · v2.23.0 · MIT

Silk.NET is a high-speed, advanced library, providing bindings to popular low-level APIs such as OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, and DirectX.

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Install

dotnet add package silk.net

Adoption

All-time downloads
270.1K
Observeddownloads, all time
Popularity
Lower half on NuGet
Derived21st percentile within NuGet
Dependents
Not published by NuGet
Not published
Maintenance
0.40
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
6.6
39 versions over its life

Growth by period

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Adoption history

Adoption historydownloads, all time

Observations in this range began OCT 6, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.

Table of observations (2)
Daydownloads, all time
OCT 24, 2026270,088
OCT 6, 2026247,512

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v2.23.0
39 versions
First published
MAR 6, 2020
Last release
JAN 23, 2026
9mo ago
Licence
MIT

Repository

In the Crest catalog

dotnet/Silk.NET

The high-speed OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX bindings library your mother warned you about.

Stars
5.2K
Forks
479
Language
C#
Last push
24d ago
Last release
9mo ago

Linked by the package’s own registry metadata.GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Dependencies latest version · v2.23.0

Runtime 8

  • Silk.NET.Core2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.GLFW2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.Input2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.OpenAL2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.OpenGL2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.Vulkan2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR2.23.0
  • Silk.NET.Windowing2.23.0

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