RenderMonkey Alternatives

RenderMonkey is described as 'Toolsuite | AMD Developer Central' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to RenderMonkey for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Google Chrome, iPhone and iPad apps. The best RenderMonkey alternative is Shadertoy, which is free. Other great apps like RenderMonkey are The Force, Shdr, GSN Composer and The Book of Shaders.

RenderMonkey alternatives are mainly Code Editors but may also be IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of RenderMonkey.

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Shadertoy
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Free • Proprietary
Online
23 Shadertoy alternatives
Shadertoy is the first application to allow developers all over the globe to push pixels from code to screen using WebGL since 2009.
- - Shadertoy is the most popular Web-based alternative to RenderMonkey.
- - Shadertoy is the most popular free alternative to RenderMonkey.
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WebGL
Live coding
Content Discovery
Shader programming
Comment section
The Force
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
22 The Force alternatives
The Force is a web-based IDE/code editor for WebGL complete with audio input control, OSC support, texture panel and more.
- - The Force is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to RenderMonkey.
- - The Force is the most popular Open Source alternative to RenderMonkey.
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WebGL
Shdr
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Free • Open Source
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Google Chrome
23 Shdr alternatives
Shdr is a live ESSL (GLSL) shader editor, viewer and validator powered by WebGL and built by Thibaut Despoulain (BKcore).
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Shdr Features
WebGL
GLSL
GSN Composer
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Free • Proprietary
Online
14 GSN Composer alternatives
The GSN COMPOSER is a free web-based visual programming environment for online multimedia processing. Typical areas of usage are education, research, entertainment, special effects, or arts.
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GSN Composer Features
GLSL
Visual Programming
WebGL
Synthesizer
The Book of Shaders
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Free • Proprietary
Code Editor
Online
23 The Book of Shaders alternatives
The Book of Shaders provides a gentle, step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders. Besides scores of insightful illustrations, the site includes a very intuitive live-coding editor for users to easily see changes as they code.
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The Book of Shaders Features
GLSL
ShaderLab
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Free • Proprietary
Code Editor
Online
23 ShaderLab alternatives
ShaderLab is the WebGL2 GLSL Editor for the browser. Code your shaders right in your browser with a live view to progress in the background. Then share and garner feedback through comments and check out other creators.
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ShaderLab Features
Automatic JIT compilation on code change
WebGL
Toggleable visibility for comments view
External audio inputs
Resolution selector
ShaderFrog
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Free • Proprietary
IDE
Online
23 ShaderFrog alternatives
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.
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ShaderFrog Features
WebGL
Shadergif
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
Online
21 Shadergif alternatives
ShaderGif is an open source home for art made with code. Make gifs with GLSL, Javascript and p5.js.
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Shadergif Features
GLSL
Shaderific
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Paid • Proprietary
Code Editor
IDE
iPhone
iPad
21 Shaderific alternatives
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...
- - Shaderific is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to RenderMonkey.
- - Shaderific is the most popular commercial alternative to RenderMonkey.
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ShaderWorkshop
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
Self-Hosted
21 ShaderWorkshop alternatives
Shader Workship is an interactive GLSL fragment shader editor inspired by ShaderToy and built with Qt.
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ShaderWorkshop Features
GLSL
Rayground
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Free • Proprietary
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13 Rayground alternatives
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.
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Rayground Features
Ray Tracing
GLSL
WebGL
FX Composer
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 FX Composer alternatives
FX Composer is an integrated development environment (IDE) for authoring shaders.
- - FX Composer is the most popular Windows alternative to RenderMonkey.
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Discontinued
Was already discontinued in 2008
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