shadertoy

Shadertoy implementation based on wgpu-py.

Introduction

This library provides an easy to use python utility to run shader programs from the website Shadertoy.com. It provides the compatibility to let users copy code from the website directly and run it with the various GUIs that are supported in wgpu-py. Including Jupyter notebooks.
Shadertoys translated to wgsl are also supported using the uniforms i_resolution, i_time, etc.

This project is not affiliated with shadertoy.com.

Installation

pip install wgpu-shadertoy

To use the Shadertoy.com API, please setup an environment variable with the key SHADERTOY_KEY. See How To for instructions.

Usage

The main Shadertoy class takes shader code as a string.

from wgpu_shadertoy import Shadertoy

shader_code = """
void mainImage( out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord )
{
    vec2 uv = fragCoord/iResolution.xy;
    vec3 col = 0.5 + 0.5*cos(iTime+uv.xyx+vec3(0,2,4));
    fragColor = vec4(col,1.0);
}
"""

shader = Shadertoy(shader_code, resolution=(800, 450))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    shader.show()

Texture inputs are supported by using the ShadertoyChannelTexture class. Up to 4 channels are supported.

from wgpu_shadertoy import Shadertoy, ShadertoyChannelTexture
from PIL import Image

shader_code = """
void mainImage( out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord )
{
    vec2 uv = fragCoord/iResolution.xy;
    vec4 c0 = texture(iChannel0, 2.0*uv + iTime * 0.2);
    fragColor = c0;
}
"""

img = Image.open("./examples/screenshots/shadertoy_star.png")
channel0 = ShadertoyChannelTexture(img, wrap="repeat")
shader = Shadertoy(shader_code, resolution=(800, 450), inputs=[channel0])

To easily load shaders from the website make use of the .from_id or .from_json classmethods. This will also download supported input media.

shader = Shadertoy.from_id("NslGRN")

When passing off_screen=True the .snapshot() method allows you to render individual frames with chosen uniforms. Be aware that based on your device and backend, the preferred format might be BRGA, so the channels need to be swapped to get an RGBA image.

shader = Shadertoy(shader_code, resolution=(800, 450), off_screen=True)
frame0_data = shader.snapshot()
frame600_data = shader.snapshot(time_float=10.0, frame=600)
frame0_img = Image.fromarray(np.asarray(frame0_data))
frame0_img.save("frame0.png")

For more examples see examples.

CLI Usage

A basic command line interface is provided as wgpu-shadertoy. To display a shader from the website, simply provide its ID or url.

> wgpu-shadertoy tsXBzS --resolution 1024 640

Uniforms

The Shadertoy uniform format is directly supported for GLSL. However for WGSL the syntax is a bit different.

Status

This project is still in development. Some functionality from the Shadertoy website is missing and new features are being added. See the issues to follow the development or contribute yourself! For progress see the changelog.

License

This code is distributed under the 2-clause BSD license.

Code of Conduct

Our code of conduct can be found here: Code of Conduct