Shader Atlas is a guide for frontend developers and designers who want to add WebGPU backgrounds and effects to a page. If an effect name or parameter is unfamiliar, see it first, then follow the explanation to the code.
Each entry shows what an effect looks like and which values shape it. Demos run in WebGPU-capable browsers, and the code tab provides the same setup to copy.
Licenses and sources
The demo engine and components use the shaders GitHub repository and the shaders package on npm. The engine and components are licensed under MIT.
shaders — MIT License
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Shader Effects Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
The FilmStock LUT data comes from the RawTherapee Film Simulation Collection by Pat David, Pavlov Dmitry, and Michael Ezra, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Original source. The library authors downsampled the data to 17³; this site makes no further changes.
TypeGPU, bundled with the library, is MIT-licensed software by Software Mansion: TypeGPU on GitHub.
Shader Atlas is an independent site and is not affiliated with Shader Effects, Inc. All demos run with telemetry disabled.