# Install spirv-cross with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Performing reflection and disassembling SPIR-V. Version 1.4.357.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:spirv-cross ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install spirv-cross ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install spirv-cross ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/spirv-cross/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install spirv-cross ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: spirv-cross from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#spirv-cross ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spirv-cross/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S spirv-cross ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: spirv-cross from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install spirv-cross ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spirv-cross from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:spirv-cross - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.4.357.0 - **Source summary:** Performing reflection and disassembling SPIR-V - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T21:14:40Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - spirv-cross (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.4.357.0 ## Project history and usage SPIRV-Cross is a Khronos Group tool and library for parsing SPIR-V, converting it to shader languages such as GLSL, MSL, and HLSL, and producing reflection data. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in April 2016, early in the Vulkan/SPIR-V tooling era. The README describes SPIRV-Cross as a tool designed for parsing and converting SPIR-V to other shader languages. ### Adoption history SPIRV-Cross became part of graphics developer package sets because SPIR-V tooling is needed outside full SDK installs. The input facts list Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE packages. ### How it is used The README documents both library features and direct CLI examples such as compiling a shader to SPIR-V with glslangValidator and then running `spirv-cross` to emit GLSL ES, desktop GLSL, or reflected output. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, SPIRV-Cross sits at a useful boundary: it is a standalone CLI, a C/C++ library, and a bridge between Vulkan-era intermediate representation and platform shader languages, so downstream tools want it available as a normal dependency. ### Timeline - 2016: GitHub repository created. - 2018: GitHub wiki home page edited with a Reflection API user guide link. - 2023: README records branch rename from master to main on January 12. - 2026: GitHub tags show Vulkan SDK-tagged releases, including vulkan-sdk-1.4.350.1. ### Related projects - SPIR-V - Vulkan SDK - glslangValidator - GLSL - HLSL - Metal Shading Language ### Sources - - - - - input source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for spirv-cross. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev - 2021.01.15+1.4.304.1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (development files) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - Debian apt - libspirv-cross-c-shared0 - 2021.01.15+1.4.304.1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspirv-cross-c-shared0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (shared library) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - Debian apt - spirv-cross - 2021.01.15+1.4.304.1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: spirv-cross from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (CLI tool) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - Nix - spirv-cross: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spirv-cross/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev - 2021.01.15+1.3.239.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (development files) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - Ubuntu apt - libspirv-cross-c-shared0 - 2021.01.15+1.3.239.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspirv-cross-c-shared0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (shared library) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - Ubuntu apt - spirv-cross - 2021.01.15+1.3.239.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: spirv-cross from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (CLI tool) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - pacman - spirv-cross - 1.4.357.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: spirv-cross from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tool and library for parsing and converting SPIR-V to other shader languages | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross/ - zypper - libspirv-cross-c-shared0 - 1.4.313.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libspirv-cross-c-shared0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for SPIR-V reflection and disassembly | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - zypper - spirv-cross - 1.4.313.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spirv-cross from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tool and library for SPIR-V reflection and disassembly | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - zypper - spirv-cross-devel - 1.4.313.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spirv-cross-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development headers for the SPIRV-Cross library | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross - MacPorts - spirv-cross: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/spirv-cross/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/spirv-cross.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/spirv-cross.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph