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555af4b751432f96d9c29fad19cd021e3857d8c2
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Kai Ninomiya <kainino@chromium.org>
Mon Jun 08 23:00:09 2026 -0700
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dawn-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com <dawn-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Mon Jun 08 23:00:09 2026 -0700
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fe15cbd5053510e53c59267bb232aaf9e009f214
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6ebfd867b4aab0713eb13ad9015a75384fb9d912 [diff]
Tidy wasm/node build config, add development tips docs

- Make the build config consistent between Wasm and Node builds:
  - Default the GN args based on the .gclient setting
  - But still controllable separately in args.gn
- Add development tips doc
  - Create a "maximal" .gclient and args.gn meant for Dawn developers to
    use locally.
- Add missing note about possible cross-compilation issues.

Bug: none, 520153663
Change-Id: I28798802a8baea3bd7b08374c02904a3a7c1d660
Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/313916
Reviewed-by: dan sinclair <dsinclair@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Kai Ninomiya <kainino@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
10 files changed
tree: fe15cbd5053510e53c59267bb232aaf9e009f214
  1. .github/
  2. .vscode/
  3. agents/
  4. build_overrides/
  5. docs/
  6. generator/
  7. include/
  8. infra/
  9. scripts/
  10. src/
  11. test/
  12. third_party/
  13. tools/
  14. webgpu-cts/
  15. build
  16. buildtools
  17. testing
  18. .bazelrc
  19. .bazelversion
  20. .clang-format
  21. .clang-format-ignore
  22. .clang-tidy
  23. .git-blame-ignore-revs
  24. .gitattributes
  25. .gitignore
  26. .gitmodules
  27. .gn
  28. .style.yapf
  29. .vpython3
  30. AUTHORS
  31. BUILD.bazel
  32. BUILD.gn
  33. CMakeLists.txt
  34. CMakeSettings.json
  35. CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  36. codereview.settings
  37. CONTRIBUTING.md
  38. CPPLINT.cfg
  39. DEPS
  40. DIR_METADATA
  41. go.mod
  42. go.sum
  43. go_presubmit_support.py
  44. LICENSE
  45. MODULE.bazel
  46. MODULE.bazel.lock
  47. OWNERS
  48. PRESUBMIT.py
  49. PRESUBMIT_test.py
  50. README.chromium
  51. README.md
  52. unsafe_buffers_paths.txt
  53. WATCHLISTS
  54. WORKSPACE.bazel
README.md

Build Status Matrix Space

Dawn, a WebGPU implementation

Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. More precisely it implements webgpu.h that is a one-to-one mapping with the WebGPU IDL. Dawn is meant to be integrated as part of a larger system and is the underlying implementation of WebGPU in Chromium.

Dawn provides several WebGPU building blocks:

  • WebGPU C/C++ headers that applications and other building blocks use.
    • The webgpu.h version that Dawn implements.
    • A C++ wrapper for the webgpu.h.
  • A “native” implementation of WebGPU using platforms' GPU APIs: D3D12, Metal, Vulkan and OpenGL. See per API support for more details.
  • A client-server implementation of WebGPU for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers
  • Tint is a compiler for the WebGPU Shader Language (WGSL) that can be used in standalone to convert shaders from and to WGSL.

Helpful links:

Documentation table of content

Developer documentation:

User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with the webgpu.h docs)

License

BSD 3-Clause License, please see LICENSE.

Disclaimer

This is not an officially supported Google product.