directxtexv2026-05-07

Updated: 2026-05-10

DirectXTex texture processing library

Project website: https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTex
Documentation: https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/wiki

#Usage

The DirectXTex package provides CMake targets:

find_package(directxtex CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE Microsoft::DirectXTex)

#License

MIT

MIT License

LICENSE

#Supported Platforms

(windows & !arm32) | linux

✅linux
✅windows

❌~~osx~~
❌~~uwp~~

#Features

Default feature: dx11

#dx11

Build with DirectX11 support

Platforms: windows & !xbox

✅windows

❌~~linux~~

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#dx12

Build with DirectX12 support for Windows 10/Windows 11

Dependencies:

directx-headers
Platforms: windows & !xbox

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through directx-headers)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through directx-headers)

#jpeg

Add the JPEG auxiliary functions

Platforms: linux

✅linux

❌~~windows~~

Dependencies:

libjpeg-turbo

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)

#openexr

Enable OpenEXR support

Dependencies:

openexr

and 3 transitive dependencies:

imath (through openexr)
libdeflate (through openexr)
openjph (through openexr)

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through imath)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through imath)

#png

Add the PNG auxiliary functions

Platforms: linux

✅linux

❌~~windows~~

Dependencies:

libpng

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libpng)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libpng)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#spectre

Build Spectre-mitigated library

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#tools

texture command-line tools

Platforms: windows & !uwp & !xbox

✅windows

❌~~linux~~

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#xbox

Adds Xbox specific extensions to the library

Platforms: windows & x64 & !uwp & !xbox

✅windows-x64

❌~~linux~~
❌~~windows-arm64~~
❌~~windows-x86~~

Dependencies:

ms-gdkx

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#Dependencies

directx-headers
Platforms: mingw | linux
directxmath
ms-gdkx
Platforms: xbox

No transitive dependencies.

#Host Dependencies

No transitive dependencies.

#Used By

rsm-bsa
uvatlas (feature tools)

#Host Tool For

No ports use this.

#Contributors

flysha
Alexander Karatarakis
Robert Schumacher
Rémy Tassoux
Victor Romero
pravic
Rémy Tassoux
Ehsan
Tatsuro Shibamura
Chuck Walbourn
Billy O'Neal
Kai Pastor
Alexander Neumann

#Changelog

547772e
547772e[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, directxtk12] Update for May 2026 (#51634)
2026-05-10
dbbd673
dbbd673[directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex, directxmesh] March 2026 release (#50910)
2026-04-01
446682c
446682c[directxmesh, directxtex, uvatlas] Update for October 2025 releases (#48104)
2025-11-04
5abae32
5abae32[directxmesh, directxtex, uvatlas] Update for July 2025 release (#46442)
2025-07-21
7354f1c
7354f1c[directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] Updated for March 2025 releases (#44632)
2025-03-28
0f16cea
0f16cea[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk(12), uvatlas] Updated for October 2024 releases (#41878)
2024-11-03
68d3499
68d3499[directxtk(12), directxmesh, directxtex, uvatlas] Update ports for Sept 2024 (#40830)
2024-09-06
f66dbb9
f66dbb9[directxtk(12), directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] port updates for June 2024 releases (#39170)
2024-06-07
2f29964
2f29964[directxtex] Update for March 2024 release (#37233)
2024-03-11
775738e
775738e[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, uavatlas] Updated for February 2024 (#36936)
2024-02-27

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87a9059
87a9059[directxmath, directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, uvatlas] Update for Dec2023 (#35965)
2024-01-02
6f054c7
6f054c7[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, uvatlas] Update for October 2023 releases (#34862)
2023-11-02
bae4893
bae4893[directx-dxc, directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex] September 2023 update (#33623)
2023-09-07
6ced774
6ced774[vcpkg] update CMake to 3.27.1 (#31931)
2023-07-31
f3b1045
f3b1045[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, uvatlas, dxut, effects11] June 2023 update (#32033)
2023-06-21
0b57cc7
0b57cc7[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk(12), uvatlas] April 2023 updates (#31196)
2023-05-01
fbdc88f
fbdc88f[directxtex] update port with omp feature (#30944)
2023-04-21
f4c03ce
f4c03ce[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk(12), uvatlas] update ports for March 2023 releases (#30685)
2023-04-05
c1d764a
c1d764a[community triplet] adds triplets for building for the Xbox platform (#29210)
2023-03-08
d958c99
d958c99[directxtex] update port to add dx11 default feature (#29589)
2023-02-13
65eed91
65eed91[directxtex] port update for January 2023 release (#29343)
2023-02-02
aa45329
aa45329[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, uvatlas] update ports for Dec 2022 releases (#28482)
2023-01-04
809c4ea
809c4ea[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, directxtk12, uvatlas] updated for October 2022 releases (#27317)
2022-10-31
94b089b
94b089b[openexr] Update from 2 to 3.1.5, patch all consuming ports (#26862)
2022-09-25
768379e
768379e[directx-headers, directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] ports updated for July 2022 (#26090)
2022-08-01
68ab9e9
68ab9e9[directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] Update ports for May 2022 release (#24650)
2022-05-11
fa46850
fa46850[directxtk, directxtk12, directxmesh, directxtex, uvatlas] ports updates March 2022 (#23791)
2022-03-28
ac392a1
ac392a1[directxmath, directxtex, directxmesh, directxtk, directxtk12, uvatlas] ports updated (#23332)
2022-03-02
c9e786d
c9e786d[many ports] remove remaining vcpkg_fail_port_install calls. (#22770)
2022-01-25
4292f1d
4292f1d[directxmesh, directxtex, directxtk, directxtk12, uvatlas] port revision for hot fixes (#21563)
2021-11-22
12bdfc7
12bdfc7[directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] updated ports to November 2021 releases (#21273)
2021-11-13
58b9259
58b9259[directxtex, directxtk, directxtk12] port updates for October 2021 releases (#20760)
2021-10-15
339d01f
339d01f[directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex, directxmesh, uvatlas] ports updated for September 2021 release (#20457)
2021-10-01
fefb2c1
fefb2c1[directxtk, directxtk12, directxtex] ports updated for August 2021 release (#19320)
2021-08-26
92b42c4
92b42c4[directxtk, directxtk12, directxmesh, directxtex, uvatlas] ports updated for June 2021 releases (#18366)
2021-06-11
2d7a844
2d7a844[directxtex,directxmesh, directxtk, directxtk12, uvatlas] updated for April 2021 releases (#17123)
2021-04-09
a2cc2b1
a2cc2b1directxtex, directxmesh, directxtk, uvatlas ports updated to fix cach… (#15639)
2021-01-15
3fcfccf
3fcfccfdirectxmesh, directxtex, and uvatlas now support linux (#15554)
2021-01-12
ec58d64
ec58d64Updated directxtk et al for cmake package support (#15210)
2020-12-28
32c13c7
32c13c7[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex][directxmesh] Update to latest version (#14539)
2020-11-17
70f380e
70f380e[directxtex] Set dx12 feature as dependency for arm and uwp platforms (#14175)
2020-10-23
17b23ee
17b23ee[directxtex] Use CMake build system, add OpenEXR support and dx12 feature (#13969)
2020-10-13
8b5dbd3
8b5dbd3[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex] Update to latest version (#13841)
2020-10-06
963bff0
963bff0[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex][directxmesh] Update to latest version (#13060)
2020-08-25
b385e54
b385e54[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex][directxmesh] Update to latest version (#12332)
2020-07-09
7960648
7960648[directxtk12][directxtex] Update to latest version (#11971)
2020-06-17
5c9511e
5c9511e[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex][directxmesh] Update to latest version (#11794)
2020-06-11
1258ac0
1258ac0[directxtex] Update to dec2019 release (#9383)
2019-12-20
94bb8f3
94bb8f3[directxtex] Update library to oct2019 (#8723)
2019-10-24
b6a4fae
b6a4fae[directxtk][directxtk12][directxtex][directxmesh] Fixed missing pdbs
2019-10-11
3293ff1
3293ff1[directxtex] Update library to aug2019 (#7870)
2019-08-24
56136b3
56136b3[directxtk][directxtk12][directxmesh][directxtex] Updated to June version and improved platform toolset support (#7665)
2019-08-13
18b029a
18b029a[WIP] Add a Homepage URL entry for vcpkg ports (#2933)
2019-06-15
223d5d8
223d5d8[many ports] Updates 2019.05.07 (#6338)
2019-05-08
050e71d
050e71dRemove references to CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS (#5937)
2019-05-02
c95512a
c95512a[many ports] Updates 2019.03.29 (#5698)
2019-04-15
bb1bb1c
bb1bb1cUpdates 2018.12.14
2019-01-09
9fe14bc
9fe14bcUpdates 2018.11.01
2018-11-08
64a7483
64a7483Upgrades 2018.09.18
2018-09-19
86fecfc
86fecfcUpgrades 2018.07.08
2018-07-08
2a0bf9c
2a0bf9cUpgrades for 2018.06.12
2018-06-12
6ad96b7
6ad96b72018.05.17 updates
2018-05-17
8eac561
8eac561[abseil][aws-sdk-cpp][directxmesh][directxtex][directxtk][discord-rpc][exiv2][folly][jsonnet][libuv][ms-gsl][nuklear][rocksdb][rs-core-lib][thrift][unicorn][zeromq] Upgrades
2018-05-01
c7616b9
c7616b9[many ports] Upgrades
2018-02-26
63b7bcd
63b7bcd[directxtex] Update to the last version (dec2017)
2017-12-23
9a642ad
9a642ad[box2d][directxmesh][directxtex][directxtk][directxtk12][dxut][entityx][octomap][pdcurses][redshell][rttr][tbb][uvatlas] Improve constraint checking
2017-06-09
e11e62e
e11e62eIdentation consistency
2017-01-13
f88b7d6
f88b7d6add DirectXTex
2017-01-11

#Usage

#License

#Supported Platforms

#Features

#dx11

#dx12

#jpeg

#openexr

#png

#spectre

#tools

#xbox

#Dependencies

#Host Dependencies

#Used By

#Host Tool For

#Contributors

#Changelog

#Port Files