google/shaderc

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Shaderc is a collection of tools, libraries, and tests for compiling GLSL and HLSL shaders to SPIR-V for Vulkan. It includes glslc, a GCC/Clang-style command line compiler, and libshaderc, a C/C++ library API wrapping the same functionality.

Use cases

• compile glsl shaders to spir-v for vulkan
• compile hlsl to spir-v from the command line
• integrate shader compilation into a build system
• compile shaders at runtime from a c++ application
• support shader #include files during compilation
• build shaders for android ndk projects

When to choose

• you need a command-line shader compiler with gcc/clang-like flags for build integration
• you want a stable library API to compile shaders to SPIR-V at runtime
• you are targeting Vulkan and need glslang/SPIRV-Tools wrapped in one tool

When to avoid

• you need HLSL compilation long-term, since HLSL support is deprecated upstream in Glslang
• you target DirectX or Metal rather than Vulkan/SPIR-V
• you need a full shader authoring or debugging IDE

Facets

library · maturity stable

compiler cli developer-tools graphics developer-tools compilers windows cross-platform cli shader-compilation spir-v vulkan glsl hlsl glslang c++ game-development linux macos android

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