macOS
brew install molten-vklocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
brew install molten-vklocal Homebrew formula metadata
概览
Implementation of the Vulkan graphics and compute API on top of Metal
历史
MoltenVK began at The Brenwill Workshop Ltd. as a commercial portability layer for running Vulkan graphics code on Apple's Metal framework. Brenwill announced the product in July 2016 for iOS and macOS, with Bill Hollings presenting it around SIGGRAPH as a way for game developers to keep Vulkan-style rendering paths while targeting Apple platforms.
Its major ecosystem turn came on February 26, 2018, when Khronos announced the Vulkan Portability Initiative with Valve, LunarG, and The Brenwill Workshop. That announcement released MoltenVK as open source under Khronos stewardship, described it as translating the portable Vulkan subset to Metal on macOS and iOS, and tied it to the macOS Vulkan SDK work. Valve's Dota 2 port was used as an early production example of the value of the stack.
In practice MoltenVK is linked into games, emulators, engines, and graphics applications that already speak Vulkan and need Apple-platform deployment without rewriting their renderer around Metal. Its repository describes a layered Vulkan 1.4 implementation over Metal for macOS, iOS, tvOS, visionOS, simulators, Mac Catalyst, and Apple Silicon, with automatic SPIR-V to Metal Shading Language conversion and a standalone MoltenVKShaderConverter tool. Khronos material lists users and adjacent projects including Dota 2, Metro Exodus, Final Fantasy XIV, DXVK, VKD3D, Google Android Emulator, Dolphin, Autodesk Fusion 360, Google Filament, and other engines and games.
As a Homebrew package, molten-vk occupies a developer-tool niche rather than a command-heavy CLI niche: it ships the runtime and shader-conversion tooling for local Vulkan-on-Apple builds. It sits beside the Vulkan SDK and portability-layer ecosystem rather than replacing native Vulkan drivers.
安全态势
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
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可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
MoltenVKShaderConverter | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
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https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK
安装元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:molten-vk |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.4.2 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/molten-vk |
| 主页 | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK |
| 上游文档 | https://docs.ansible.com/projects/molecule |
| 许可证 | Apache-2.0 |
| 源码归档 | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.2.tar.gz |
| 最后更新 | 2026-07-24T17:00:08Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 构建依赖 | cmake |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | molten-vk |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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