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Top 23 Shader Open-Source Projects

  • tinyrenderer

    A brief computer graphics / rendering course

    • Project mention: How to Become a Software Engineer ? | dev.to | 2024-04-23

    C++: How OpenGL works: software rendering in 500 lines of code

  • 3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

    🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

    • Project mention: The Book of Shaders | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-09

    This is a great series if you’re looking for a tutorial. https://lettier.github.io/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners/inde...

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • awesome-creative-coding

    Creative Coding: Generative Art, Data visualization, Interaction Design, Resources.

  • rust-gpu

    🐉 Making Rust a first-class language and ecosystem for GPU shaders 🚧

    • Project mention: Vcc – The Vulkan Clang Compiler | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-09

    Sounds cool, but this requires yet another language to learn[0]. As someone who only has limited knowledge in this space, could someone tell me how comparable is the compute functionality of rust-gpu[1], where I can just write rust?

    [0] https://github.com/Hugobros3/shady#language-syntax

    [1] https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-gpu

  • thebookofshaders

    Step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders.

  • Unity-Script-Collection

    A maintained collection of useful & free unity scripts / library's / plugins and extensions

    • Project mention: Create More, Consume Less | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-12

    Mostly Unity3D. I've amassed a huge list of assets, shaders, plugins, vfx, and tools that have aided in my workflow. It's hard to think of all the tools I use within Unity at the top of my head. I might make a blog post one day about my workflow but for now this is a pretty good starter list to get you started:

    https://github.com/michidk/Unity-Script-Collection

    and if you need free assets, I made a blog post about creative commons resources.

    https://itch.io/blog/478317/life-as-a-creative-commons-indie...

  • tinyraytracer

    A brief computer graphics / rendering course

    • Project mention: But can it raytrace? | /r/termux | 2023-10-16

    Source: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyraytracer

  • WorkOS

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  • glslViewer

    Console-based GLSL Sandbox for 2D/3D shaders

  • The-Forge

    The Forge Cross-Platform Rendering Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2

    • Project mention: WebKit Switching to Skia for 2D Graphics Rendering | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-20

  • SHADERed

    Lightweight, cross-platform & full-featured shader IDE

    • Project mention: Confused in terms of where to start with framework/technology etc. Need help picking between learning ShaderToy v/s OpenGL v/s WebGL | /r/GraphicsProgramming | 2023-06-20

    If you specifically want to learn shader programming then https://shadered.org/ is a lot more practical than Shadertoy.

  • reshade

    A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.

    • Project mention: Jagged edges on everything, regardless of AA settings | /r/EliteDangerous | 2023-12-11

    If you are interested in making it look even better, then installing ReShade and adding FSAA there also makes a huge improvement over the best settings in game.

  • UnityLibrary

    :books: Library of all kind of scripts, snippets & shaders for Unity

  • Iris

    A modern shaders mod for Minecraft compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs (by IrisShaders)

    • Project mention: Iris 1.6.12 for Minecraft 1.20.3 | /r/linux_gaming | 2023-12-07

  • godot-shaders

    A large library of free and open-source shaders for the Godot game engine. Here, you'll get 2D and 3D shaders with playable demos.

  • Burn-My-Windows

    🔥 Disintegrate your windows with style.

    • Project mention: In KDE, the Desktop Cube is back | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-04

    For those on Linux (on GNOME and KDE, at least), experimentation is still alive and well in https://github.com/Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows#readme.

  • tinykaboom

    A brief computer graphics / rendering course

  • glslEditor

    Simple WebGL Fragment Shader Editor

  • lygia

    LYGIA, it's a granular and multi-language (GLSL, HLSL, WGSL, MSL and CUDA) shader library designed for performance and flexibility

  • sprite-glow

    Sprite glow effect for Unity via HDR outline and bloom post-processing

  • graphics-workshop

    Learn computer graphics by writing GPU shaders!

  • OpenShadingLanguage

    Advanced shading language for production GI renderers

  • glslCanvas

    Simple tool to load GLSL shaders on HTML Canvas using WebGL

  • slang

    Making it easier to work with shaders

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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).

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Index

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

Project Stars
1 tinyrenderer 19,305
2 3d-game-shaders-for-beginners 17,019
3 awesome-creative-coding 12,194
4 rust-gpu 6,930
5 thebookofshaders 5,748
6 Unity-Script-Collection 5,337
7 tinyraytracer 4,887
8 glslViewer 4,462
9 The-Forge 4,432
10 SHADERed 4,177
11 reshade 3,774
12 UnityLibrary 3,597
13 Iris 3,096
14 godot-shaders 2,676
15 Burn-My-Windows 2,540
16 tinykaboom 2,309
17 glslEditor 2,221
18 lygia 2,213
19 sprite-glow 2,169
20 graphics-workshop 2,035
21 OpenShadingLanguage 2,019
22 glslCanvas 1,877
23 slang 1,662

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