glslang
brew install glslang
v16.3.0
BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT AND Apache-2.0
OpenGL and OpenGL ES reference compiler for GLSL and ESSL shading languages, producing SPIR-V bytecode.
Why you might care
Essential for shader validation, optimization, and cross-compilation in graphics pipelines. Glslang converts high-level shader source to SPIR-V intermediate representation, enabling downstream tools like spirv-opt and Vulkan tooling. Used as a build dependency by graphics frameworks and game engines that need offline shader compilation.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/Reference-Compiler/
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/glslang.rb
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