ShaderPlay is a dirt simple alternative to Shadertoy. It's primarily built for personal use, with a minimal feature set. Additional features will be added as needed.

• Required
  • C Compiler
    • GCC: For Linux
    • MSVC: For Windows
  • Linux only: XCB libraries (for GUI/windowing)
• Optional
  • MinGW: For cross-compiling Windows binaries on Linux
  • Wine: For running Windows builds on Linux during development/testing

• Compile the build tool:

cc build.c -o build

• Build the project:

./build build     # For Linux
./build.exe build # For Windows

• For more build system options/help:

./build --help     # For Linux
./build.exe --help # For Windows

• Running example shader:

./build/shaderpaly shaders/circles.frag     # For Linux
./build/shaderpaly.exe shaders/circles.frag # For Windows

• Run your own shader:

./build/shaderplay <shader_location>     # For Linux
./build/shaderplay.exe <shader_location> # For Windows

• For more options/help:

./build/shaderpaly --help       # For Linux
./build/shaderpaly.exe --help   # For Windows