ShaderMania

Create, edit, render, and share Metal shaders on macOS and iPadOS.

ShaderMania combines live Metal shader editing with a visual node graph. Build shader projects from shader and image nodes, connect named inputs, adjust parameters, preview changes in realtime, and export the rendered result.

Main Features

• Live Metal editing - Write fragment shaders with realtime syntax feedback, warnings, and errors.
• Node-based projects - Connect shader and image nodes to build reusable visual pipelines.
• Shader inputs - Declare named input slots in shader source and wire them directly in the graph.
• Interactive parameters - Expose shader values as UI controls for fast visual iteration.
• Rendering and export - Render to custom resolutions and export shader output as PNG.
• Shader library - Browse public shader examples, add them to projects, and share useful shader work.
• macOS and iPadOS - Work on desktop or iPad with a workflow designed for creative shader exploration.

ShaderMania is useful for learning Metal shader programming, experimenting with procedural visuals, creating still shader renders, and building small reusable shader graphs.