Trending HLSL Projects

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Top 50 Trending HLSL Projects

  1. Duo

    An HDR-compatible multiseat streaming solution based around TermWrap, Sunshine, Moonlight, and a variety of custom driver and library patches (by DuoStream)

  2. NiceGuy-Shaders

    A collection of my ReShade shaders.

  3. prod80-ReShade-Repository

    Effects created for ReShade

  4. dh-reshade-shaders

    Shaders for ReShade injector

  5. psrdnoise

    Tiling simplex flow noise in 2-D and 3-D compatible with GLSL 1.20 (WebGL 1.0) and above.

  6. ReShade_HDR_shaders

    ReShade shaders focused on HDR analysis, (post) processing and (inverse) tone mapping.

  7. Magpie

    A real-time upscaling software that can upscale any application or game window. Forked from Blinue/Magpie, with the intention of maintaining Visual Novel specific presets. (by Z-Dante)

  8. iMMERSE

    Marty's Mods Epic ReShade Effects

  9. RTXPT

    Real-time path tracing library and sample

  10. RTXDI

  11. VRC-Cancerspace

    Cancerous screenspace shader for VRChat. Please use responsibly. :^)

  12. Universal-x86-Tuning-Utility

    Unlock the full potential of your Intel/AMD based device.

  13. TMP3D

    A small extension that makes 3D text with Unity's TextMeshPro possible. It uses raymarching and a geometry shader to work around the limitations of TMP at the moment

  14. crt-royale-reshade

    A port of crt-royale from libretro to ReShade

  15. AcerolaFX

    A suite of GShade shaders for Final Fantasy XIV

  16. RSRetroArch

    (Curated) Repository of RetroArch and related ports for ReShade

  17. Unity-URP-CelShadeLit

    A custom made Unity URP cel shader that supports multiple lights and shadows.

  18. Magpie

    An all-purpose window upscaler for Windows 10/11.

  19. Glamarye_Fast_Effects_for_ReShade

    Designed for speed, this shader for ReShade is for people who can't just run everything at max settings but want good enough post-processing without costing much framerate. It combines 4 effects in one - Fast FXAA, sharpening, depth of field and fast ambient occlusion

  20. AstrayFX

    Shaders for ReShade that strayed away from the Depth3D Repo.

  21. Greater-Flavor-Mod

    Greater Flavor Mod (GFM) This mod is HFM, but further expanded upon, adding bountiful flavour, provinces, historical accuracy changes, etc

  22. Depth3D

    Depth Based 3D & Other post-process shaders

  23. fubax-shaders

    A collection of post-processing shaders written for ReShade that I contribute to.

  24. MMDGenshin

    Shader written for MMD to replicate the visual style of Genshin Impact

  25. URP_ShaderGraphCustomLighting

    Some custom lighting functions/sub-graphs for Shader Graph, Universal Render Pipeline

  26. NRD

    NVIDIA Real-time Denoising (NRD) library

  27. URP-Iridescence-Example

    🔮 An example of iridescence shader in URP.

  28. ipsuShade

    ipsusu ReShade / GShade, Gameplay and Screenshot presets for Final Fantasy XIV.

  29. SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample

    SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample

  30. NoiseShader

    Noise shader library for Unity

  31. HdrpVatExample

    VAT (Vertex Animation Texture) with Unity Shader Graph and Visual Effect Graph

  32. The Grand Combination

    A general overhaul mod that combines the best Vicky 2 mods.

  33. SweetFX

  34. reshade-shaders

    A collection of post-processing shaders written for ReShade.

  35. VfxGraphTestbed

    My testbed for Unity VFX Graph

  36. windows-terminal-shaders

    A small collection of terminal shaders

  37. BiplanarMapping

    Biplanar mapping shader for Unity

  38. ray-mmd

    🎨 The project is designed to create a physically-based rendering at mikumikudance.

  39. OtisFX

    A small set of effects for Reshade

  40. grass-bending

    Vegetation shader with alpha blended rendering and touch bending effect

  41. StandardGeometryShader

    An example of a geometry shader with Unity's standard lighting model support.

  42. UnitySpriteShaders

    An Uber Shader for rendering Sprites in Unity.

  43. FXShaders

    A collection of shaders written in FX (similar to CG) for ReShade.

  44. Magpie

    English Translation of Magpie (by 7Brandyn7)

  45. msfs_tbm930_project

    Improvement project for the MSFS default TBM930.

  46. Unity-Ground-Truth-Ambient-Occlusion

    A physically based screen space ambient occulsion post processing effect

  47. msfs_tbm930_project

    Improvement project for the MSFS default TBM930. (by guifarias31)

  48. qUINT

    Collection of general-purpose effects for the ReShade shader injector. (by martymcmodding)

  49. Noisy-Nodes

    Adds various noise generation nodes to Unity Shader Graph, including 3D noise nodes.

  50. reshade-xhair

    A customizable, fullscreen-compatible crosshair overlay for ReShade

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

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Project Growth
1 Duo 8.1%
2 NiceGuy-Shaders 7.6%
3 prod80-ReShade-Repository 7.6%
4 dh-reshade-shaders 6.3%
5 psrdnoise 6.3%
6 ReShade_HDR_shaders 6.0%
7 Magpie 5.3%
8 iMMERSE 5.2%
9 RTXPT 5.1%
10 RTXDI 5.0%
11 VRC-Cancerspace 5.0%
12 Universal-x86-Tuning-Utility 4.6%
13 TMP3D 4.5%
14 crt-royale-reshade 4.1%
15 AcerolaFX 3.9%
16 RSRetroArch 3.6%
17 Unity-URP-CelShadeLit 3.4%
18 Magpie 3.4%
19 Glamarye_Fast_Effects_for_ReShade 3.1%
20 AstrayFX 3.0%
21 Greater-Flavor-Mod 3.0%
22 Depth3D 2.8%
23 fubax-shaders 2.7%
24 MMDGenshin 2.7%
25 URP_ShaderGraphCustomLighting 2.6%
26 NRD 2.2%
27 URP-Iridescence-Example 2.0%
28 ipsuShade 1.8%
29 SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample 1.7%
30 NoiseShader 1.6%
31 HdrpVatExample 1.6%
32 The Grand Combination 1.4%
33 SweetFX 1.3%
34 reshade-shaders 1.2%
35 VfxGraphTestbed 1.2%
36 windows-terminal-shaders 1.0%
37 BiplanarMapping 1.0%
38 ray-mmd 0.8%
39 OtisFX 0.7%
40 grass-bending 0.5%
41 StandardGeometryShader 0.3%
42 UnitySpriteShaders 0.3%
43 FXShaders 0.0%
44 Magpie 0.0%
45 msfs_tbm930_project 0.0%
46 Unity-Ground-Truth-Ambient-Occlusion 0.0%
47 msfs_tbm930_project 0.0%
48 qUINT 0.0%
49 Noisy-Nodes 0.0%
50 reshade-xhair 0.0%