KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools

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SPIR-V Tools is a Khronos Group project providing an API and command-line tools for processing SPIR-V modules, including an assembler, binary parser, disassembler, validator, and optimizer. It is built around a common static library that enables integration into other code bases such as shader compilers and driver stacks.

Use cases

• assemble SPIR-V assembly text into binary modules
• disassemble SPIR-V binaries into readable text
• validate SPIR-V modules for correctness
• optimize SPIR-V shaders for size or performance
• integrate SPIR-V processing into a compiler or driver toolchain
• parse and inspect SPIR-V binary module structure

When to choose

• you are building or processing SPIR-V shaders for Vulkan or OpenCL
• you need a standards-compliant SPIR-V validator or optimizer
• you want a stable, Khronos-maintained library to embed SPIR-V handling in your toolchain

When to avoid

• you work with shader source languages like GLSL or HLSL rather than SPIR-V binaries
• you need GPU shader compilation to SPIR-V (use glslang or DXC instead)
• you only need high-level shader debugging rather than module-level processing

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

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