The It's true that you can use Dawn and wgpu from native code but that's all outside the spec.
https://eliemichel.github.io/LearnWebGPU/introduction.html
> Yeah, why in the world would I use a web API to develop a desktop application?
> Glad you asked, the short answer is:
Reasonable level of abstraction
Good performance
Cross-platform
Standard enough
Future-proofThe intent and the application are never squarely joined. Yes it’s made for the web. However, it’s an API for graphics. If you need graphics, and you want to run anywhere that a web page could run, it’s a great choice.
If you want to roll your own abstraction over Vulkan, Metal, DX12, Legacy OpenGL, Legacy DX11, Mesa - be my guest.