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WebGPU Shading Language

WebGPU Shading Language (WGSL, internet media type: text/wgsl) is a high-level shading language and the normative shader language for the WebGPU API on the web. WGSL's syntax is influenced by Rust and is designed with strong static validation, explicit resource binding, and portability in mind for secure execution in browsers. In web contexts, WebGPU…

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Committee
GPU for the Web WG · GPU for the Web CG
Domain
Shading language
Latest version
W3C Candidate Recommendation (As of 2025)
Organization
W3C

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WebGPU Shading Language

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WebGPU Shading Language

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related to External links · 8
WebGPU Shading Language → Development, GPU, Official W3C, Specification, Web, WebGPU API, WebGPU Shading Language Specification, WGSL
Committee · 2
WebGPU Shading Language → GPU for the Web CG, GPU for the Web WG
Domain · 1
WebGPU Shading Language → Shading language
Latest version · 1
WebGPU Shading Language → W3C Candidate Recommendation (As of 2025)
Organization · 1
WebGPU Shading Language → W3C

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wgsl webgpu web shading explicit types compute validation language shaders gpu resource address spaces model binding via vertex fragment languages

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WebGPU Shading LanguageCommitteeGPU for the Web WG1.00infobox
WebGPU Shading LanguageCommitteeGPU for the Web CG1.00infobox
WebGPU Shading LanguageDomainShading language1.00infobox
WebGPU Shading LanguageLatest versionW3C Candidate Recommendation (As of 2025)1.00infobox
WebGPU Shading LanguageOrganizationW3C1.00infobox
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksWebGPU Shading Language Specification0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksOfficial W3C0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksSpecification0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksWebGPU API0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksGPU0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksWeb0.60section
WebGPU Shading Languagerelated to External linksDevelopment0.60section

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