Trending HLSL Projects

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Top 50 Trending HLSL Projects

  1. Unity-URP-CelShadeLit

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

  2. VRC-Cancerspace

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

  3. Slug

    Reference code for the Slug Algorithm. (by EricLengyel)

  4. Duo

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

  5. RTXDI

  6. AstrayFX

    Shaders for ReShade that strayed away from the Depth3D Repo.

  7. NRD

    NVIDIA Real-time Denoising (NRD) library

  8. crt-royale-reshade

    A port of crt-royale from libretro to ReShade

  9. prod80-ReShade-Repository

    Effects created for ReShade

  10. iMMERSE

    Marty's Mods Epic ReShade Effects

  11. ReShade_HDR_shaders

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

  12. 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

  13. psrdnoise

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

  14. The Grand Combination

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

  15. RSRetroArch

    (Curated) Repository of RetroArch and related ports for ReShade

  16. fubax-shaders

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

  17. powerplatform-snippets

    Repository with snippets that can easily be used in some of the Power Platform products

  18. SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample

    SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample

  19. ShaderToHuman

    HLSL/GLSL library for debugging shaders

  20. Universal-x86-Tuning-Utility

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

  21. VfxGraphTestbed

    My testbed for Unity VFX Graph

  22. Magpie

    A general-purpose window upscaler for Windows 10/11.

  23. Starship-EVO

    Welcome to Starship EVO bug tracking repo !

  24. dh-reshade-shaders

    Shaders for ReShade injector

  25. Greater-Flavor-Mod

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

  26. BiplanarMapping

    Biplanar mapping shader for Unity

  27. URP_ShaderGraphCustomLighting

    💡✨Custom lighting functions/sub-graphs for Shader Graph, Universal Render Pipeline. (See Readme!)

  28. reshade-shaders

    A collection of post-processing shaders written for ReShade.

  29. Noisy-Nodes

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

  30. SweetFX

  31. VfxGraphTestbed2

    My second testbed repository for Unity VFX Graph

  32. Depth3D

    Depth Based 3D & Other post-process shaders

  33. HlslTools

    A Visual Studio extension that provides enhanced support for editing High Level Shading Language (HLSL) files

  34. grass-bending

    Vegetation shader with alpha blended rendering and touch bending effect

  35. windows-terminal-shaders

    A small collection of terminal shaders

  36. NoiseShader

    Noise shader library for Unity

  37. Cathode-Retro

    A collection of shaders to emulate the display of an NTSC signal through a CRT TV

  38. ipsuShade

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

  39. Insane-Shaders

    This is my personal collection of the shaders I've created for reshade.

  40. UnitySpriteShaders

    An Uber Shader for rendering Sprites in Unity.

  41. HdrpVatExample

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

  42. unity-URP-2.5D-lit-shader

    2D Lit Sprite shader for 2.5D art style using an orthographic camera 🖤

  43. AcerolaFX

    A suite of GShade shaders for Final Fantasy XIV

  44. FXShaders

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

  45. ray-mmd

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

  46. bShaders

    Video playback Effects/Filters (DirectX .hlsl pixel shaders, mpv .hook)

  47. NiceGuy-Shaders

    A collection of my ReShade shaders.

  48. msfs_tbm930_project

    Improvement project for the MSFS default TBM930.

  49. OtisFX

    A small set of effects 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 Unity-URP-CelShadeLit 7.7%
2 VRC-Cancerspace 5.4%
3 Slug 4.6%
4 Duo 4.1%
5 RTXDI 3.5%
6 AstrayFX 3.3%
7 NRD 3.2%
8 crt-royale-reshade 3.1%
9 prod80-ReShade-Repository 3.0%
10 iMMERSE 2.8%
11 ReShade_HDR_shaders 2.8%
12 Glamarye_Fast_Effects_for_ReShade 2.7%
13 psrdnoise 2.5%
14 The Grand Combination 2.5%
15 RSRetroArch 2.3%
16 fubax-shaders 2.3%
17 powerplatform-snippets 2.2%
18 SimpleURPToonLitOutlineExample 2.2%
19 ShaderToHuman 1.9%
20 Universal-x86-Tuning-Utility 1.7%
21 Mochies-Unity-Shaders 1.7%
22 VfxGraphTestbed 1.7%
23 Magpie 1.6%
24 Starship-EVO 1.4%
25 dh-reshade-shaders 1.3%
26 Greater-Flavor-Mod 1.3%
27 BiplanarMapping 0.9%
28 URP_ShaderGraphCustomLighting 0.9%
29 reshade-shaders 0.9%
30 Noisy-Nodes 0.8%
31 SweetFX 0.8%
32 VfxGraphTestbed2 0.7%
33 Depth3D 0.7%
34 HlslTools 0.6%
35 grass-bending 0.4%
36 windows-terminal-shaders 0.3%
37 NoiseShader 0.3%
38 Cathode-Retro 0.2%
39 ipsuShade 0.0%
40 Insane-Shaders 0.0%
41 UnitySpriteShaders 0.0%
42 HdrpVatExample 0.0%
43 unity-URP-2.5D-lit-shader 0.0%
44 AcerolaFX 0.0%
45 FXShaders 0.0%
46 ray-mmd 0.0%
47 bShaders 0.0%
48 NiceGuy-Shaders 0.0%
49 msfs_tbm930_project 0.0%
50 OtisFX 0.0%