Top 7 HLSL Shader Projects

UnityURPToonLitShaderExample

3 3,107 8.8 HLSL

A very simple toon lit shader example, for you to learn writing custom lit shader in Unity URP

Project mention: Pïxel Art Sample Scene | reddit.com/r/Unity3D | 2021-09-23

This one: https://github.com/ColinLeung-NiloCat/UnityURPToonLitShaderExample, I actually like it a lot! I made a few modifications to fit my needs, but it looks great on its own
NoiseShader

0 782 3.4 HLSL

Noise shader library for Unity
Scout APM

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Eyeball

1 49 1.1 HLSL

Unity VFX Shader Graph sample

Project mention: Where can i learn shader graph and VFX graph from? | reddit.com/r/Unity3D | 2021-06-02
URP_GrassGeometryShader

1 36 0.2 HLSL

Example of a Grass Geometry Shader for Unity, Universal Render Pipeline. Based on https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityGrassGeometryShader

Project mention: Working on a infinite procedural generated game! | reddit.com/r/Unity3D | 2021-07-11

Grass geometry shader! I used this repository https://github.com/Cyanilux/URP_GrassGeometryShader and modified it to fit my expectations.
reshade-vrtoolkit

25 32 7.5 HLSL

Modular shader to enhance you HMD clarity & sharpness with minimal performance impact.

Project mention: Stuck on "Now loading" when launching through steam vr | reddit.com/r/AUTOMOBILISTA | 2022-01-24
reshaders

1 12 9.7 HLSL

ReShade shaders made with Direct3D 9.0c in mind

Project mention: Is their a motion blur injector that might work on Halo Infinite? | reddit.com/r/ReShade | 2021-12-13
unity-fbm-clouds

1 0 5.3 HLSL

FBM Parallax Clouds for Unity build-in render pipeline.

Project mention: Unity volumetric clouds. | reddit.com/r/Unity3D | 2021-10-31

Volumetric clouds shader for Unity using Fractal Brownian Motion and Parallax Raymarching. GitHub Repo
SonarLint

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2022-01-24.

HLSL Shader related posts

Stuck on "Now loading" when launching through steam vr
1 project | reddit.com/r/AUTOMOBILISTA | 24 Jan 2022
Reshade with Eurotruck Sim 2 in VR
1 project | reddit.com/r/ReShade | 17 Jan 2022
Oculus store discount
1 project | reddit.com/r/virtualreality | 11 Jan 2022
My experience with the Reverb G2 vs Oculus Quest 2
1 project | reddit.com/r/ACCompetizione | 10 Jan 2022
Oculus needs better sharpening on PC.
1 project | reddit.com/r/oculus | 30 Dec 2021
Why is everything so blurry?
1 project | reddit.com/r/virtualreality | 25 Dec 2021
ACC v1.8 - VR DLSS Benchmarks on Quest 2
1 project | reddit.com/r/ACCompetizione | 30 Nov 2021

Index

What are some of the best open-source Shader projects in HLSL? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	UnityURPToonLitShaderExample	3,107
2	NoiseShader	782
3	Eyeball	49
4	URP_GrassGeometryShader	36
5	reshade-vrtoolkit	32
6	reshaders	12
7	unity-fbm-clouds	0

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