Portal Framework

A modular cross-platform framework for creating C++ applications, with focus on graphics (3D) application.

Supported Platforms

MSVC builds would have a slower start time due to my string hash implementation not being constexpr on MSVC

• Windows 11
  • Clang 19 or later [recommended]
  • MSVC 17 or later
• macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later

Linux build still have some issues with vcpkg

• Linux
  • Clang 19 or later
  • GCC 15 or later

Installation

TODO

vcpkg (recommended)

TODO

Submodule

TODO

Standalone Build

xcode

cmake --preset xcode

This will generate an Xcode project in the build/xcode directory. You can open the project in Xcode and build it from there.

visual studio

cmake --preset vs2022

This will generate a Visual Studio solution in the build/vs2022 directory.

vs2026 is also supported, but cmake 4.2+ is required

Modules

• Portal Core - The core module, provides common functionalities and libraries
• Portal Serialization - Provides serialization (ordered) and archiving (named) for C++ objects to various formats
• Portal Networking - Provides networking capabilities for C++ applications (aimed at game networking, lacks http)
• Portal Application - Provides a base application class for creating C++ applications (non graphical applications)
• Portal GUI - Provides a GUI framework for creating graphical applications (based on ImGui)
• Portal Input - Provides input handling for C++ applications (keyboard, mouse, gamepad)

Architecture

Examples

Roadmap

Missing modules

• audio system
• animations
• physics engine
• scripting capabilities
• networking
• mods (based on web assembly)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.