Making it easier to work with shaders
Slang is a shading language that makes it easier to build and maintain large shader codebases in a modular and extensible fashion, while also maintaining the highest possible performance on modern GPUs and graphics APIs. Slang is based on years of collaboration between researchers at NVIDIA, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford, MIT, UCSD and the University of Washington.
| Publisher | The Slang Shading Language |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026.14.1 |
| Release date | 2026-07-30 |
| License | Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | shader-slang.slang |
| Dependencies | Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64 |
winget install --id=shader-slang.slang -ewinget upgrade --id=shader-slang.slang -ewinget uninstall --id=shader-slang.slang -eYes. Slang is free and open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception license.
The latest version is 2026.14.1, released on Jul 30, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 5ed0a59d650a0af0aca45d5db4e083b3d8fb5cea05748747dd95dfbe9c580658.
Slang runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Slang and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=shader-slang.slang -e.
Yes. Slang is available as a portable ZIP archive (slang-2026.14.1-windows-x86_64.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
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