patriciogonzalezvivo/glslViewer

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5322 stars · 371 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A console-based OpenGL sandbox for rendering and live-editing 2D/3D GLSL shaders without a UI. It supports fragment and vertex shaders, textures, 3D models, custom uniforms, hot reload, and headless rendering, controllable via POSIX stdin/stdout or OSC.

Use cases

• preview and iterate on GLSL fragment shaders from the terminal
• render shaders headlessly and export PNG image sequences
• test PBR material shaders on OBJ/GLTF models
• live-code shaders on a Raspberry Pi or embedded device
• script shader rendering pipelines via stdin/stdout or OSC
• debug shaders with histograms, buffer views, and bounding boxes

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, UI-free shader viewer that runs in the console
• you need headless or scripted shader rendering and image export
• you develop shaders for Raspberry Pi, embedded, or WebGL targets
• you want to drive shader parameters programmatically via OSC or console commands

When to avoid

• you need a full GUI shader IDE with node editors or visual debugging
• you require DirectX, Vulkan, or Metal shader support
• you want a browser-based shader playground like Shadertoy

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

graphics developer-tools cli simulation graphics developer-tools windows cpp cli wasm cross-platform glsl shaders opengl-es fragment-shader vertex-shader sandbox headless-rendering raspberry-pi glfw game-development linux macos

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