Shadertoy

Browser-based community platform for creating, sharing, and exploring GLSL shaders in real time.

Open source: No

Editorial review

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Facts & attributes

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Identity · Taxonomy

Tags(open-source;cloud-native): shaders, realtime-graphics, creative-coding, community, fragment-shadersVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): SaaSVerification pending

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): Create, share and learn realtime computer graphics, Push pixels from code to the screen, Global social network with tens of thousands of contributors, One of the biggest repositories of computer graphics experiments, ideas and projects, Fragment-shader live coding and graphics competitionsVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Programmers, artists and students creating, sharing and learning realtime computer graphics as shadersVerification pending
Company-size fit(individual;SMB;mid-market;enterprise): individualVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): Learning and teaching realtime computer graphics, Sharing graphics experiments with a global community, Fragment shader live coding for reactive visuals, Graphics competitionsVerification pending
Skill level(beginner;intermediate;advanced;specialist): advancedVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerified

Vendor · Maintainer

Founded year(2012): 2013Verified
Headquarters country(US): United StatesVerification pending
Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): commercialVerification pending

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