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Fabric is a creative code and rapid prototyping environment focusing on interactive visuals, image and video processing and analysis and 3D content authoring.
Fabric

Provides an intuitive Visual Node based content authoring environment
Provides an SDK to load an common interchange file format
Provides an SDK to extend Fabric by creating custom nodes via a plugin architecture

Fabric is inspired by Apple's deprecated Quartz Composer ecosystem, and its design philosophy.
Fabric is intended to be used as

A Creative coding tool requires little to no programming experience.
Pro User tool to create reusable documents (similar to Quartz Composer Compositions) that can be loaded in the Fabric runtime and embedded into 3rd party applications.
Developer environment built on Satin that can render high fidelity visual output in a procedural way, using modern rendering techniques.

An early alpha of Satin rendering a instances of a sphere geometry, along with an HDRI environment and a PBR Shader at 120Hz:

What can I do with Fabric?
Think of Fabric as a playground of visual capabilies you can combine together.
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Interacive 3D graphics
Image processing and effects
Audio reactive scenes
images and video analysis pipelines
embed your scenes into your own apps

Check out the Samples
Fabric supports, thanks to Satin and Lygia, high fidelity modern rendering techniques including

Physically based rendering
Scene graph
Lighting and Shadow casting
Realtime shader editing (live coding, hot reloading)
GPU Compute
Image Based Lighting
3D Model Loading
Material System
ML based realtime segmentation and keypoint detection
Shader based Image Processing and Mixing
Local LLM calling

Credits
Fabric is authored by by Anton Marini.
Fabric uses Satin 3D engine Satin rendering engine written by @Reza Ali.
Fabric includes a licensed Metal port of Lygia shader library, powering Image effects and more, written by @Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and contributors.
Requirements
WarningPlease note Fabric is heavily under construction.

macOS 14 +
XCode 15 +

Please See Releases for code signed App downloads.
For Developers:

Checkout Fabric and ensure you check out with submodules enabled, as Satin is a dependency.
Open the XCode project
Ensure that Fabric Editor is the active target.
Build and run.

Getting Started
Checkout our Architecture Document to understand the underlying paradigms of working with Fabric's Nodes and execution model, learn what a Node and a Port is, the types of data Fabric can generate and process, and how Fabric executes your compositions.
We also provide a set of evolving tutorial / getting started and sample Fabric compositions along with a readme walk through. You can use the Sample Compositions
to learn and build off of.
You can view a comprehensive list of available and planned Nodes here to explore and learn how to compose more advanced and custom setups with Fabric.
Don't hesitate to file a feature request if a Node is missing!
Roadmap
Checkout our Roadmap Document
Community
I ( Anton Marini ) are looking to build a community of developers who long for the ease of use and interoperability of Quartz Composer, its ecosystem and plugin community.
If you are interested in contributing, please do not hesitate to reach out / comment in the git repository, or join our discord via invite

FAQ

Will Fabric ever be cross platform?

No. Fabric is purpose built on top of Satin and aims to provide a best in class Apple platform experience using Metal.

What languages are used?

Fabric Editor is written in Swift and SwiftUI. Satin is written in Swift and C++

Why not just use Vuo or Touch Designer or some other node based tool?

I do not like them.
Don't get me wrong, they are incredible tools, but they are not for me.
They do not think the way I think.
They do not expose the layers of abstraction I want to work with.
They do not provide the user experience I want.

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Fabric is a creative coding environment, inspired by Apple’s deprecated Quartz Composer ecosystem, designed for interactive visuals, 3D content creation, and image/video processing. Developed by Anton Marini, the project aims to provide a node-based system for rapid prototyping and content authoring, targeting users who desire a flexible and powerful tool akin to Quartz Composer, while leveraging modern rendering techniques.

The core of Fabric revolves around its Node-based architecture, where users construct scenes and effects by connecting and composing individual nodes. These nodes handle various tasks, ranging from 3D rendering and shader manipulation to image processing and audio reactivity. Fabric utilizes Satin, a rendering engine written by Reza Ali, for high-fidelity, real-time visual output, supporting features like physically based rendering, scene graphs, lighting, shadow casting, and GPU compute. Furthermore, the project incorporates a licensed Metal port of Lygia shader library, crafted by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and contributors, enabling sophisticated image processing and mixing effects.

The system is intended to provide a user experience similar to Quartz Composer, but with modern improvements. Developers can extend Fabric’s capabilities by creating custom nodes, adding to the plugin ecosystem. The primary target audience is users seeking a tool for rapid experimentation and prototyping. The project acknowledges its early development stage, with a current reliance on macOS 14 and XCode 15, represented through code-signed app downloads which can be found via releases.

Getting started requires a specific workflow: checking out the Fabric repository, enabling submodules (due to Satin's dependency), opening the XCode project, and setting the Fabric Editor as the active target. The documentation emphasizes the crucial understanding of the architecture, including the concepts of Nodes and Ports. Alongside, the project offers a set of evolving tutorials and sample compositions to help users familiarize themselves with the system. The long-term goal is to foster a community around Fabric, mirroring the collaborative spirit of the Quartz Composer ecosystem and addressing the limitations of alternative node-based tools like Vuo and Touch Designer, which are perceived to lack the desired level of control and abstraction. The project’s roadmap prioritizes community engagement and expanding the Node library, inviting contributions and feature requests. The core development languages are Swift and SwiftUI for the Editor, with Satin implemented in Swift and C++, and leveraging Metal for hardware acceleration.