glslang
brew install glslangOpenGL and OpenGL ES reference compiler for shading languages
https://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/Reference-Compiler/
License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT AND Apache-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/glslang.json
Formula code: glslang.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 16.6.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| spirv-headers | 1.4.363.0 | Headers for SPIR-V |
| spirv-tools | 1.4.363.0 | API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Uses from macOS: python (build)
Binaries:
glslang,
glslangValidator
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 81,659 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 724,698 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 5,045 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 16.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:40:18Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 5,039 | 11,050 | 32,539 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| Installs on Request | 4,552 | 9,693 | 26,698 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| Build Errors | 6 |