ShaderWorkshop Alternatives

ShaderWorkshop is described as 'Shader Workship is an interactive GLSL fragment shader editor inspired by ShaderToy and built with Qt' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ShaderWorkshop for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best ShaderWorkshop alternative is Bitspace, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ShaderWorkshop are Alma.sh, SHADERed, Shader Editor and Shadertoy.

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  1. Shadergif icon
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    ShaderGif is an open source home for art made with code. Make gifs with GLSL, Javascript and p5.js.

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    • Online
     
  2. ShaderLab icon
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    ShaderLab is the WebGL2 GLSL Editor for the browser. Code your shaders right in your browser with a live view to progress in the background. Then share and garner feedback through comments and check out other creators.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. ShaderFrog icon
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    Shader Frog lets you create visual effects by composing two or more shaders together, and tweaking their parameters. You can build a complex effect out of simple components. You can then export your shader for use in your THREE.js game or application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. RenderMonkey icon
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    Shader editing environment with rapid prototyping, integrated preview window, debugging, and optimization tools. Supports DirectX and OpenGL shaders, artist-focused views, sample effects, custom importers, and integration with modeling and texturing tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Shader Learning is an interactive browser-based platform for learning GPU programming through practical exercises. It offers over 250 challenges in GLSL and HLSL, allowing users to write and test shaders directly in the browser without any setup.

    17 Shader Learning alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Shaderific is the mobile shader development tool for iOS. Get started with OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenGL ES 3.0 shader development on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch today. Create your own vertex and fragment shaders using the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) and compile them on your...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. FX Composer is an integrated development environment (IDE) for authoring shaders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. ProtoShade is a GLSL:ES Shader Prototyping Utility for Android. Code shaders on mobile devices while a viewport renders the results transparently in the background.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. ShaderTool provides a flexible and editable node-powered pipeline that allows you to write shaders without also having to have written an engine. Use the integrated code editor to directly write shader code in either HLSL (DirectX) or GLSL (OpenGL).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  10. Synthclipse is a GLSL shader prototyping tool. It makes possible to fast develop all kinds of shaders: Fragment (FS), Vertex (VS), Geometry (GS), Tessellation (TS) and Compute (CS). Shader development can be done using compatible with Fragmentarium and Shadertoy (but limited to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Shaders - Shader editor is an app which let you view, create and share shaders with other users. Shaders are little graphics programs which run on the GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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