# keijiro/AIShader

ChatGPT-powered shader generator for Unity

Repository: https://github.com/keijiro/AIShader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aishader
Language: C#
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-12-05T13:14:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 91
- inputs: {"age_days": 1277, "days_push": 1002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2389, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.273606+00:00)

## What it is
A Unity editor plugin that generates shaders from prompts using the ChatGPT API. It is a proof-of-concept tool demonstrating LLM-driven shader code generation inside Unity.

## Use cases
- generate unity shaders from text prompts
- use chatgpt to write shader code
- create shader effects without writing hlsl
- prototype shader ideas quickly in unity

## When to choose
- you want to experiment with AI-generated shaders in Unity
- you need quick shader prototypes without deep shader-language expertise

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready, optimized shaders
- you don't want to send code context to the OpenAI API or pay for it
- you need a maintained, licensed tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: experimental
- function: llm-inference, prompt-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models
- platform: game-engine, editor-plugin, windows
- tags: shader-generation, chatgpt, unity-editor, proof-of-concept, code-generation, game-development, macos

## Member repositories
- keijiro/AIShader (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.273606+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:32.088668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keijiro/AIShader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.273606+00:00, sha a08300db5e6d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.