WebGPU support?
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Question
With major browsers introducing WebGPU, is it possible for Mapbox Gl js to take advantage of this, improving performance for browsers which support it?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing WebGL rendering architecture and the browser support context described in the issue. Determine whether WebGPU should be supported as an alternative renderer and define compatibility and performance criteria; the payload names no files or tests, so the implementation scope is not yet mapped.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- computer-graphics, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100