GPUShaderModule

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The GPUShaderModule interface of the WebGPU API represents an internal shader module object, a container for WGSL shader code that can be submitted to the GPU for execution by a pipeline.

A GPUShaderModule object instance is created using GPUDevice.createShaderModule().

Instance properties

label Experimental

A string providing a label that can be used to identify the object, for example in GPUError messages or console warnings.

Instance methods

getCompilationInfo() Experimental

Returns a Promise that fulfills with a GPUCompilationInfo object containing messages generated during the GPUShaderModule's compilation.

Examples

In our basic render demo, our shader module is created using the following code:

js
const shaders = `
struct VertexOut {
  @builtin(position) position : vec4f,
  @location(0) color : vec4f
}

@vertex
fn vertex_main(@location(0) position: vec4f,
               @location(1) color: vec4f) -> VertexOut
{
  var output : VertexOut;
  output.position = position;
  output.color = color;
  return output;
}

@fragment
fn fragment_main(fragData: VertexOut) -> @location(0) vec4f
{
  return fragData.color;
}
`;

async function init() {
  if (!navigator.gpu) {
    throw Error("WebGPU not supported.");
  }

  const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();

  if (!adapter) {
    throw Error("Couldn't request WebGPU adapter.");
  }

  let device = await adapter.requestDevice();

  // ...
  // later on

  const shaderModule = device.createShaderModule({
    code: shaders,
  });

  // ...
}

Specifications

Specification
WebGPU
# gpushadermodule

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
GPUShaderModule
Experimental
getCompilationInfo
Experimental
label
Experimental

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.
Has more compatibility info.

See also