Getting Started

Try Slang

Try Slang locally in your browser without downloading or installing anything with Slang-Playground.

Download Prebuilt Release

Download latest release here.

Binary packages are currently available for:

• Windows 64-bit x86-64, arm64
• Ubuntu Linux 64-bit x86-64, arm64
• MacOS x86-64, Apple Silicon

Binary releases include the command-line compiler slangc, a shared library for the compiler, and the header files necessary for interacting with that library.

Slang is also distributed with the Vulkan SDK.

Build from Source

Instructions for building Slang from source code are maintained as part of the source code repository, here.

Your First Slang Shader

Follow this tutorial on how to write your first Slang shader and compile it for execution with the Vulkan API.

The User-Guide

Check out the Slang User’s Guide to learn more about the language features, and Slang Standard Library Reference for detailed documentation on Slang’s builtin types and functions available for use in your shader code.