awesome-webgl
A curated list of awesome WebGL libraries, resources and much more
https://github.com/sjfricke/awesome-webgl
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Community
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Libraries
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2D
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Compute (GPGPU)
- Phenomenon - Very small, low-level WebGL library that provides the essentials to deliver a high performance experience.
- GammaCV - WebGL accelerated Computer Vision library for browser.
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Maps and Visualizations
- Luma.gl - WebGL2 powered framework for GPU-powered data visualization and computation.
- Deck.gl - WebGL overlay suite for React providing a set of highly performant data visualization overlays.
- xeokit - Web Graphics SDK for AEC/BIM applications with 3D-tiles, real-world coordinates and double precision.
- MapMetrics GL - Mapbox GL JS-compatible mapping library with built-in vector tiles, geocoding, routing, and search.
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Math
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Others
- Babylon.js - Complete JavaScript framework for building 3D games with HTML5, WebGL and Web Audio.
- Blend4Web - Tool for interactive 3D visualization on the Internet.
- CopperLicht - JavaScript library and WebGL 3D engine for creating games and 3D applications.
- GLGE - Javascript library intended to ease the use of WebGL.
- PlayCanvas - Game engine platform to build interactive experiences.
- Three.js - Aimed to create an easy to use, lightweight, 3D library.
- Verge3D - an artist-friendly toolkit for creating 3D web experiences.
- Whitestorm.js - Framework for developing 3D web apps with physics.
- ClayGL - WebGL graphic Library for building scalable Web3D applications.
- Lightgl.js - Lightweight and explict library to help prototype.
- OSG.js - WebGL framework based on OpenSceneGraph concepts to interact with WebGL.
- Pocket.gl - Fully customizable webgl shader sandbox to embed in your pages.
- Regl - Light declarative and stateless library, functional abstraction for WebGL.
- Scene.js - Extensible WebGL-based engine for high-detail 3D visualisation.
- Turbulenz - Modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers, desktops and mobile devices.
- Pex-gl - JavaScript libraries for computational thinking in Plask/Node.js and WebGL.
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Physics
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Rendering
- GrimoireGL - Bridge between Web engineers and CG engineers.
- GLBoost - Rendering library for 3D graphic geeks.
- Hilo3d - WebGL rendering engine for 3D games.
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WebGL 2
- PicoGL.js - Minimal WebGL 2-only rendering library.
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WebVR
- A-Frame - Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.
- Hologram - Desktop app that let you create and prototype WebVR in interactive way needing no previous coding knowledge.
- LÖVR - Simple framework for creating VR with Lua.
- Awesome-AFrame
- React 360 - Build VR websites and interactive 360 experiences with React.
- Primrose - Rapidly prototype VR applications in your browser.
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Related lists
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Others
- awesome-opengl - Curated list of awesome OpenGL libraries, debuggers and resources. Inspired by awesome-... stuff.
- awesome-vulkan - Curated list of awesome Vulkan projects and ecosystem.
- gamedev - Awesome list about game development.
- awesome - Curated list of awesome lists.
- glTF - Runtime 3D Asset Delivery designed for the web.
- graphics-resources - List of graphic programming resources.
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Testing
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Others
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WebGL
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Articles
- Context Loss & Preloading - How to manage WebGL when you run into the dreaded context lost.
- WebGL Off the Main Thread - How to use Web Workers in WebGL.
- Optimizing Scenes for Better WebGL Performance - optimization techniques that proved to work well for creating WebGL-based interactives.
- First steps in WebGL - Learn what WebGL is and how it works by drawing a triangle.
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Blog Series
- Codeflow - Many blogs on different tricks and techniques.
- WebGL Best Practices - Mozilla's offical set of best practices.
- WebGL Image Processing - Covers a range of _Image Processing_ algorithms in WebGL such as Color Correction, Blend Modes, Thresholding, Dithering, Convolution and Film Grain.
- WebGL Insights - This is the blog for the book _WebGL Insights_.
- WebGL Month
- Real-Time Rendering - This is the blog for the book _Real-Time Rendering_.
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Books
- Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL - Suitable for undergraduate students in computer science and engineering, for students in other disciplines who have good programming skills, and for professionals interested in computer animation and graphics using the latest version of WebGL.
- Professional WebGL Programming - Everything you need to know about developing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with WebGL.
- Programming 3D Applications with HTML5 and WebGL - Create high-performance, visually stunning 3D applications for the Web, using HTML5 and related technologies such as CSS3 and WebGL—the emerging web graphics standard.
- WebGL Beginner's guide - For JavaScript developer who wants to take the plunge into 3D web development via WebGL.
- WebGL Hotshot - For web designer looking to expand your knowledge of 3D graphics concepts and broaden your existing skill set.
- WebGL Programming Guide: Interactive 3D Graphics Programming with WebGL - WebGL Programming Guide will help you get started quickly with interactive WebGL 3D programming, even if you have no prior knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, 3D graphics, mathematics, or OpenGL.
- Book's Personal Site
- WebGL Insights - Presents real-world techniques for intermediate and advanced WebGL developers by assembling contributions from experienced WebGL engine and application developers, GPU vendors, browser developers, researchers, and educators.
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Bug Reporting
- Khronos Github Issue Page - Spec or Conformance related bugs
- Mozilla BugZilla - Firefox related bugs
- WebKit Bugzilla - Safari related bugs
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GLSL Editors
- Fractal Lab - Online fractal explorer allowing you to explore 2D and 2D fractal.
- Shader Toy - Most popular live editor for fragment shaders.
- ShaderExpo - Dependency free shader editor featuring inline error logs, auto completions, models and textures loading.
- GLSLbin - Fragment shader sandbox supporting [glslify](https://github.com/glslify/glslify).
- Official Specs for GLSL Version 1.00
- Official Specs for Open ES Version 2.0.25
- WebGL must conform to The OpenGL ES Shading Language, Version 1.00
- ShaderFrog - WebGL Shader Editor and Composer.
- GLSL Sandbox - Online live editor for fragment shaders.
- SHDR Editor - Live GLSL shader editor, viewer and validator.
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References
- WebVR Community Group - Group who's goal is to help bring high-performance Virtual Reality to the open Web.
- WebGL Errata - Known bugs in graphics drivers affect the conformance suite, and consequently, portability of code.
- WebGL Reference Card - WebGL 1.0 API Quick Reference Card for printing.
- Google Project ANGLE - Default WebGL backend for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on Windows platforms.
- WebGL Source Code - Source code to both view and contribute.
- WebGL Extensions - List of extensions for WebGL
- WebGL Spec Sheet - All the detailed information about WebGL.
- Khronos Official Wiki - The official wiki for WebGL.
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Talks
- List of Presentations - List presented by Khronos of various WebGL related presentations.
- Next-Generation 3D Graphics on the Web - Talk at Google I/O 19 from Ricardo Cabello (MrDoob).
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Tools/Debugging
- Spector.js - Agnostic JavaScript framework for exploring and troubleshooting your WebGL scenes.
- Canvas Debugger - Quick tutorial how to use Firefox's developer tools to debug WebGL Shaders.
- Shader Editor - Quick tutorial how to use Firefox's developer tools to debug WebGL Shaders.
- Khronos Dev Tools - Useful WebGL developer tools, intended to be used as an ES6 module.
- Web Tracing Framework - Set of libraries, tools, and visualizers for the tracing and investigation of complex web applications.
- GLSL Shader Editor Extension - Chrome DevTools extension to help you edit shaders live in the browser.
- Webgl Insight - Chrome extension WebGL debugging toolkit providing a variety of capabilities.
- WebGL Inspector - Tool inspired by gDEBugger and PIX with the goal of making the development of advanced WebGL applications easier.
- WebGl Playground - The editor lets you work on the JavaScript code and the GLSL vertex/fragment shaders (if you have any) at the same time in a convenient way. Everything is organized, formatted and highlighted properly, just as you would like.
- WebGL Texture Tester - Attempts to load one of every texture format supported by WebGL, intended to quickly show which formats your browser/device supports.
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Tutorials
- Get Started Tutorial - Khronos' tutorial how to get up and running with WebGL.
- Getting Started with WebGL - Mozilla Foundation guide to getting started with WebGL.
- Learn WebGL - Tutorials Point set of article to get you familiar with WebGL terms.
- The Book of Shaders - Gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders.
- WebGL Fundamentals - Series of online tutorials with code samples and live demonstrations.
- WebGL Academy - Simplified online IDE with automatic indentation, syntax highlighting for HTML, Javascript, GLSL and Python. You can run your code and download your projects.
- WebGL Workshop - Interactive workshop to get you up and running with WebGL.
- Learning WebGL - Tutorials from the author of _WebGL Up and Running_.
- Multitexturing using a Blendmap - How to use a blendmap to multitexture a terrain.
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Videos
- An Introduction to WebGL Programming - 3 hour overview of WebGL by SIGGRAPH University.
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WebGL 2
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Articles
- WebGL 2 What's New - Look into the new features added in WebGL 2.
- What's Coming in WebGL 2.0 - Look into the upcoming features of WebGL 2.
- WebGL 2 SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 - Presentation by Zhenyao Mo, Ken Russell of Google during SIGGRAPH Asia 2015.
- WebGL 2 Lands in Firefox - Information the support for WebGL 2 starting with Firefox 51.
- WebGL 2 Basics - Blog post about getting started with WebGL 2.
- WebGL 2 New Features - Blog post about whats new and cool in WebGl 2.
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References
- WebGL 2 Reference Card - WebGL 2.0 API Quick Reference Card for printing.
- WebGL 2 Compatible Chart - Chart to show current browsers supporting WebGL 2
- WebGL 2 Spec Sheet (Editor Draft) - All the detailed information about WebGL 2.
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Tutorials
- WebGL 2 Fundamentals - Series of online tutorials with code samples and live demonstrations.
- WebGL 2 Samples - Great source of many different WebGL 2 work with very good commenting.
- WebGL 2 Examples - Rendering algorithms implemented in raw WebGL 2.
- WebGL 2 & GLSL Primer: A Zero-to-Hero, Spaced-Repetition Guide - Grok WebGL2 and GLSL through a sequence of guided lessons, each chunked into atomic Q&A cards, with hands-on projects and solution code integrated throughout.
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Videos
- WebGL 2.0 is Here: What You Need To Know - Khronos Webinar April 2017.
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WebVR
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Blog Series
- Mozilla VR Blog - WebVR focused blog from makers of Firefox.
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Platforms
- JanusVR - Webpages as collaborative 3D webspaces interconnected by portals.
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References
- Browser Support - Shows support by browser, headset, and OS.
- UX of VR - Curated list of resources to help create good UX in WebVR.
- How to read WebVR Specs
- WebXR Device API - The W3C draft API for WebXR.
- WebVR Spec - The official W3C WebVR spec (legacy).
- Mozilla VR - Mozilla's official WebVR page.
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