# gdquest-demos/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.

Repository: https://github.com/gdquest-demos/godot-shaders
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/godot-shaders
Language: GDShader
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: godot-shader, shaders, game-assets, godot-engine, godot-shaders, shader-secrets, game
Last push: 2026-05-16T07:48:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2290, "days_push": 109, "days_rel": 717, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4086, forks 241 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:34.495449+00:00)

## What it is
A large collection of free and open-source 2D, 3D, and screen-space shaders for the Godot game engine, each with playable demo scenes. It accompanies GDQuest's Godot Shader Secrets course and is being ported to Godot 4.

## Use cases
- find free shaders for a Godot game
- add a dissolve effect to a character
- create stylized fire or water effects in Godot
- learn how Godot shaders work with demo scenes
- add outlines or glow to 2D and 3D objects
- implement screen-space effects like blur or distortion
- study shader examples for a game art course

## When to choose
- you use Godot and need ready-made visual effects
- you want to learn shader programming through working examples
- you need 2D, 3D, or screen-space effects like dissolve, outline, or water

## When to avoid
- you use a game engine other than Godot
- you need production support for Godot 3 (only the 1.0.0 release targets it)
- you need a maintained shader framework rather than a demo collection

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, animation, game-engine
- domain: graphics
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform
- tags: godot, shaders, gdshader, game-assets, 2d, 3d, demo-scenes, game-development

## Member repositories
- gdquest-demos/godot-shaders (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.495449+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 2026-08-29T18:23:23.686015+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gdquest-demos/godot-shaders (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.495449+00:00, sha 6fa356938ae3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.