WGSL

WGSL is the strongly typed, C-style shading language designed specifically for the WebGPU API to execute high-performance graphics and compute kernels on modern GPUs.

WebGPU Shading Language (WGSL) acts as the bridge between the WebGPU API and the underlying hardware (Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12). It replaces the aging GLSL used in WebGL, offering a syntax that balances human readability with strict validation to ensure security in browser environments. By utilizing a data-driven grammar and a robust type system, WGSL allows developers to write complex compute shaders and render pipelines that leverage hardware features like subgroups and storage buffers. This ensures consistent, cross-platform performance for 3D engines and machine learning frameworks (such as TensorFlow.js) without the overhead of runtime SPIR-V translation.

https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/