GLSL Sandbox Alternatives

GLSL Sandbox is described as 'An online GSGL Shader Gallery and live development tool. You can freely add to it without an account' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to GLSL Sandbox, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and iPhone apps. The best GLSL Sandbox alternative is Bitspace, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to GLSL Sandbox are Alma.sh, SHADERed, Shader Editor and Shadertoy.

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  1. 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
     
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    Prototype Node Based Shader Editor in WebGL to edit and create materials interactively with nodes, where you can drag and drop textures and use multiple features similar to other editors

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    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
     
    • Synthclipse is the most popular Mac alternative to GLSL Sandbox.

    • Synthclipse is Free and Open SourceGLSL Sandbox is also Free and Open Source
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    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).

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
    • ShaderTool is the most popular commercial alternative to GLSL Sandbox.

    • ShaderTool is Paid and ProprietaryGLSL Sandbox is Free and Open Source
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    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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    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...

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    TyphoonLabs' OpenGL Shader Designer is an open-source shader development IDE created for writing vertex and fragment shaders in the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. Rayground icon
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    Rayground is a framework for rapid prototyping of algorithms based on the ray tracing paradigm. Its main goal is to help develop, test and share self contained modules that showcase a particular method or technique.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Shader Workship is an interactive GLSL fragment shader editor inspired by ShaderToy and built with Qt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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