Built with Three.js, Vite, TypeScript and GLSL
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shader-template — Vite Starter Template
By rudrodip
A shader starter project template based on Three.js, Vite, TypeScript and GLSL, providing utility functions for rendering, camera, lights, post-processing and tick, and including two branch examples: main and organic.
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Built-in utility functions for rendering, camera, lights, effect composer, post-processing, tick and shaders
Online example links for the main and organic branches
Shader files are kept separately under src/shaders, including fragment.glsl and vertex.glsl
The README gives commands for cloning, installing dependencies, starting the development server and building
Template Details
This is a starter template for Three.js shader development. The README states that it was inspired by the shaders-crash-course repository, and that the author reimplemented it out of a preference for Vite and TypeScript. The tech stack is explicitly Three.js, Vite, TypeScript and GLSL. The project includes built-in utility functions for rendering, camera, lights, effect composer, post-processing, tick and shaders. The directory structure includes init.ts and tick-manager.ts under src/render, fragment.glsl and vertex.glsl under src/shaders, as well as app.ts, index.ts, index.html and style.css. The README provides online links for the main and organic branches, and gives steps for cloning, installing dependencies and starting the development server; the build command is bun run build. The README does not document specific Three.js or Vite versions, and does not describe performance, browser compatibility or production deployment details.
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Use Cases
- Learning the basic syntax and organization of GLSL shaders in Three.js
- Setting up a shader experiment project based on Vite and TypeScript
- Referencing the code structure of the render initialization and tick manager
- Adding custom shader effects on top of the existing utility functions
Suitable For
- Developers familiar with TypeScript who want to get started with Three.js shaders
- Front-end developers who prefer Vite over webpack
- Those who need a lightweight shader starter template for practice or prototype validation
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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After cloning the repository, enter the shader-template directory
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Use bun install to install dependencies; this can also be replaced with npm, yarn or pnpm
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Use bun run dev to start the development server
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Use bun run build to run the build
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The README does not provide environment variables, deployment configuration or version requirements
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- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 65 / 100
- Technologies
- Vite
- Website type
- Starter
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- 2024-07-10
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2026-10-15T06:29:53.460Z
Source file / repository# Three.js Shader Starter Simple starter project for three.js with shaders. Inspired from: [shaders-crash-course](https://github.com/visionary-3d/shaders-crash-course)  branch `main`: [live link](https://threejs-shaders-template.vercel.app) branch `organic`: [live link](https://shader-animation.vercel.app) ## Tech Stack - Three.js - Vite - TypeScript - GLSL > This project includes utility functions for rendering, camera, light, effect composer, post-processing, tick, and shaders. ## Getting Started > ![IMPORTANT] > You can use your favorite package manager instead of `bun`. Just replace `bun` with `npm` or `yarn` or `pnpm` or any other package manager. ```bash # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/rudrodip/shader-template.git # Change the directory cd shader-template # Install dependencies bun install # Start the development server bun run dev ``` ## Build ```bash bun run build ``` ## Folder Structure ```bash ├── src │ ├── render │ │ ├── init.ts │ │ └── tick-manager.ts │ ├── shaders │ │ ├── fragment.glsl │ │ └── vertex.glsl │ ├── app.ts │ ├── index.ts │ ├── index.html │ ├── style.css ``` ## License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE.md) file for details. ## Acknowledgements This project is inspired by [shaders-crash-course](https://github.com/visionary-3d/shaders-crash-course) repository. I am personally not a big fan of webpack, so I decided to create a similar project with Vite. And I prefer TypeScript over JavaScript.
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