SharpMetal 1.1.0

.NET 8.0

dotnet add package SharpMetal --version 1.1.0

NuGet\Install-Package SharpMetal -Version 1.1.0

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="SharpMetal" Version="1.1.0" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="SharpMetal" Version="1.1.0" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="SharpMetal" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add SharpMetal --version 1.1.0

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#r "nuget: SharpMetal, 1.1.0"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package SharpMetal@1.1.0

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=SharpMetal&version=1.1.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=SharpMetal&version=1.1.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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Why?

The .NET ecosystem is very much lacking a good Metal binding package. Existing options are outdated or don't integrate well into cross-platform projects. This project aims to be a complete, up-to-date package that stays true to the original API while making the API easy to use and integrate into C#.

What can you make with it?

Progress is underway to build a full set of working reimplementations of the metal-cpp samples. Thanks to the generator, the entire Metal API, from compute shaders to raytracing, should be available, although specific things may take further tweaking.

I want to contribute!

Wonderful! SharpMetal is built with .NET 8.0/9.0, and follows a couple of specific guidelines:

Block Namespaces
Source Generated P/Invokes
- LibraryImport not DllImport
Use C# types where possible
- NSInteger → long
- NSUInteger → ulong
Mark structs and classes with SupportedOSPlatform attribute
SharpMetal is built for macOS primarily, so when there are platform-specific differences, use the macOS option

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Product

.NET

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

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net8.0
- No dependencies.
net9.0
- No dependencies.

NuGet packages

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
1.1.0	7,931	11/2/2025
1.0.0-preview21	17,800	12/28/2024