Ultralight

ultralig.htLaunched 2018

Universal, Pure-GPU HTML renderer for games and apps

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/ About /

Ultralight is a lightweight, pure-GPU HTML rendering engine built as a custom WebKit fork, designed for embedding web UI in games and desktop applications. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms, and can render to offscreen bitmaps or directly to the GPU. It offers official C and C++ APIs with community bindings for C#, Java, Rust, and Go.

/ How it works /

Ultralight embeds a custom WebKit fork that renders HTML/CSS/JS either to an offscreen bitmap or directly via GPU commands, integrating into any engine that supports dynamic textures.

/ Who it's for /

Game developers and desktop app developers needing an embedded HTML UI renderer

/ More info /

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Status
launched
Business model
unknown
Launched
2018

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