# WASL

_The WebAssembly Shader Language_

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WASL is a library and standard for a way to translate WebAssembly modules to shaders that can be executed on the GPU.

WASL works by having a standardized WASM interface for interacting with the GPU as a shader, and by parsing WASM modules into the [Naga][__link0] intermediate representation ( [`naga::Module`][__link1] ) so that it can be translated to shader code for the target platform: SPIR-V, GLSL, HLSL, Metal, etc.

WASL also comes with tools to make it easier to compile WASL modules using the Rust language, allowing you to write Rust code that targets the GPU.



 [__link0]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga
 [__link1]: https://docs.rs/naga/0.5.0/naga/?search=naga::Module