metal-cpp

Metal-cpp is a low-overhead C++ interface for Metal that helps you add Metal functionality to graphics apps, games, and game engines that are written in C++.

Latest version: 26

Add to xmake.lua

add_requires("metal-cpp 26")

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Information

License: Apache-2.0
Kind: library
Recipe updated: 2025-10-30T07:42:49.000Z

Platforms

iphoneos: arm64, x86_64
macosx: x86_64, arm64

Options

No configurable options.

Versions

12
13
13.3
14.2
15
15.2
26

Dependencies

No dependencies declared.

Install with xrepo

Install the package independently of a project and inspect its available configuration.

install

xrepo install "metal-cpp 26"

show info

xrepo info "metal-cpp"

Link a library to your target

Declare the requirement, then attach the library to the target that uses it.

xmake.lua

add_requires("metal-cpp 26")

target("demo")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    add_packages("metal-cpp")

Open a package environment

Open a shell with the environment exported by this package. Use the executable names documented by the package.

enter shell

xrepo env -b "metal-cpp 26" shell