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overview

Package summary

API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

spirv-as
spirv-cfg
spirv-diff
spirv-dis
spirv-lesspipe.sh
spirv-link
spirv-lint
spirv-objdump
spirv-opt
spirv-reduce
spirv-val

history

Project history and usage

SPIRV-Tools is the Khronos Group toolkit of command-line programs and libraries for assembling, disassembling, validating, optimizing, linking, reducing, and inspecting SPIR-V modules.

Project history

SPIR-V became the Khronos-standard binary intermediate language for graphics shaders and compute kernels with the 2015 SPIR-V 1.0 release. SPIRV-Tools grew around that ecosystem as the practical toolbelt for working with modules after frontends emit them and before drivers or runtimes consume them.

The official README describes a shared implementation underneath standalone tools: an assembler, binary parser, disassembler, validator, and optimizer, with stable interfaces for existing features. The project also documents that official releases are distributed through the Vulkan SDK rather than GitHub releases.

Adoption history

The supplied package-manager data lists SPIRV-Tools in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE-family packaging. Its broad packaging is unsurprising because shader compilers, validation layers, SDKs, and build systems often need the same `spirv-*` commands available on developer machines and CI workers.

How it is used

Common commands include `spirv-as`, `spirv-dis`, `spirv-val`, `spirv-opt`, `spirv-link`, `spirv-reduce`, and `spirv-objdump`. Package users typically install it to validate generated SPIR-V, inspect shader/compiler output, run optimizer passes, or satisfy build dependencies in Vulkan/OpenCL projects.

Why package nerds care

SPIRV-Tools is one of those packages whose command names show up in failing configure logs and CI scripts. It matters to maintainers because it sits at the junction of Khronos specifications, Vulkan SDK releases, SPIRV-Headers grammar updates, and downstream shader/compiler projects.

Timeline

2015: Khronos releases SPIR-V 1.0 and announces open source SPIR-V utilities.
2016: README version examples begin with the `v2016.x` SPIRV-Tools versioning scheme.
2023: README notes that development occurs on the `main` branch.

Related projects

SPIRV-Headers provides the Khronos headers and grammar files used by SPIR-V tooling.
SPIRV-LLVM-Translator can use SPIRV-Tools commands such as `spirv-as` and `spirv-val` in its tests and validation workflows.
The Vulkan SDK is the official release channel named by the SPIRV-Tools README.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for spirv-tools. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`spirv-as`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-cfg`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-diff`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-dis`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-lesspipe.sh`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-link`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-lint`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-objdump`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-opt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-reduce`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`spirv-val`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.4.357.0

manager updated2026-07-29

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:spirv-tools
Version	1.4.357.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools
Repository	https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools
Last updated	2026-07-29T00:07:22Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

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source trail

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Combined YAML source

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combined/spirv-tools.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

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