WESL-Rust

A work in progress!

This project implements the necessary tools to build complex shaders, like what naga_oil does for bevy, but in a framework-agnostic way. At wgsl-tooling-wg we aim at standardizing a few language extensions to facilitate the work of engine developers and shader wizards.

Current and planned extensions: imports, conditional compilation, generics, modules.

Usage

This project can be used as a rust library or as a standalone CLI.

Using the CLI

• Install cargo install --git https://github.com/wgsl-tooling-wg/wesl-rs
• Compile a WESL shader wesl compile <entrypoint.wgsl>
• Run eval() wesl eval <entrypoint.wgsl> <expression to eval>

Using the Crate

Refer to the crate documentation on docs.rs.

Status

update: 2025-01

We are working towards an MVP release planned for 2025 Q1. It includes imports, conditional compilation and packaging.

The crate wgsl-parse contains a WGSL-compliant syntax tree and parser, with optional syntax extensions from the WESL specification.

The crate wesl contains an implementation of the WESL specification, i.e. a compiler that takes WESL files and generates valid WGSL.

• "conditional translation" 100%
• "imports" 90%
• "packaging" 80%
• "generics" 50%
• "modules" 50%
• eval/exec: 70%
• WESL validator: 10%
• WGSL optimization / compatibility: 10%

This crate contains a CLI to run the compiler and the parser.

See also:

• The online playground, wesl.thissma.fr / github.com/wesl-playground
• Nathalie Cuthbert's implementation, mew
• Lee Mighdoll's implementation, wgsl-linker

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please join the discord server and introduce yourself first, or contact via email.