* Converts HLSL to readable, usable and efficient GLSL
* Converts HLSL to readable, usable and efficient ESSL
* Converts HLSL to readable, usable and efficient Metal Shading Language (MSL)
* Converts HLSL to readable, usable and efficient old shader model HLSL
* Supports all stages of shaders, vertex, pixel, hull, domain, geometry, and compute.
Note that this project is still in an early stage, and it is under active development.
## Architecture
ShaderConductor is not a real compiler. Instead, it glues existing open source components to do the cross-compiling.
1. [DirectX Shader Compiler](https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler) to compile HLSL to [DXIL](https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler/blob/master/docs/DXIL.rst) or [SPIR-V](https://www.khronos.org/registry/spir-v/),
1. [SPIRV-Cross](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross) to convert SPIR-V to target shading languages.
* [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads). Select the following workloads: Universal Windows Platform Development and Desktop Development with C++.
* [CMake](https://www.cmake.org/download/). Version 3.9 or up. It's highly recommended to choose "Add CMake to the system PATH for all users" during installation.
* [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/). Version 2.7 or up. You need not change your PATH variable during installation.
This script automatically grabs external dependencies to External folder, generates project file in Build/\<BuildSystem\>-\<Compiler\>-\<Platform\>-\<Architecture\>[-\<Configuration\>], and builds it.
After building, the output file ShaderConductor.dll can be located in \<YourCMakeTargetFolder\>/Bin/\<Configuration\>/. It depends on dxcompiler.dll in the same folder.
You can download [the prebuilt binaries generated by CI system](https://dev.azure.com/msft-ShaderConductor/public/_build/latest?definitionId=1&view=results). Currently, artifacts for Windows, Linux, macOS are published every commit.
