WebGPU Inspector version history - 10 versions
WebGPU Inspector by brendan-duncan
WebGPU Inspector version history - 10 versions
Be careful with old versions! These versions are displayed for testing and reference purposes.You should always use the latest version of an add-on.
Latest version
Version 1.1.0
Released 20 May 2026 - 339.68 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterv1.1.0
Manual Inspection- Added API to enable webgpu_inspector.js to be added to a html, with an API to start capture frames and save capture data from Javascript.
Inspector Panel- Filter displayed objects, making it easier to find objects of interest.
Capture Panel- Save and Load captures
- Open capture in new tab (right click on capture tab)
- Open capture in new window (right click on capture tab)
- Misc fixes for compute shader debugging.
Shader Debugger- Variables panel: filter variables by name, and values that changed since the last step are highlighted.
- Callstack panel: shows each call frame with its current line, highlights the active frame, and clicking a frame jumps the editor to that line.
- Added a Detect Races button that runs the wgsl_reflect data-race detector, reporting data races and barrier issues caused by missing workgroup/storage barriers.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Older versions
Version 1.0.2
Released 4 Apr 2026 - 317.57 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterv1.0.2 - April 04, 2026- Optimize performance issues with the frame and object count plot widget.
- Fix error when inspecting a page that destructs the canvas texture.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 1.0.1
Released 1 Mar 2026 - 315.63 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterv1.0.1 - March 01, 2026- Version updated to 1.0 to improve the version naming scheme.
- Refreshed styling for a cleaner look.
- Index Buffers view is now paginated to improve performance of viewing them.
- Fix null errors with texture views.
- Version label is clickable and takes you to the github.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.19.1
Released 20 Jan 2026 - 312.95 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterFix error with capture texturesSource code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.19.0
Released 20 Jan 2026 - 312.94 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fix requestAnimationFrame inspection breaking threejs pages.
- Shader Edtior: Compile button will stay visible when scrolling large shaders.
- Texture Viewer: Fix display of 1 channel textures.
- Texture Viewer: Fix display of u32 and i32 textures.
- Texture Viewer: Add Auto Range option, to normalize auto texture values for display.
- Texture Viewer: Display texture min and max values
- Texture Viewer: Left-click on texture will display pixel value on the texture info bar.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.18.0
Released 28 Dec 2025 - 309.13 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later0.18.0
* Fix issues with Recorder tool.
* Improve connection from page to devtools panel.Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.17.0
Released 18 Dec 2025 - 306 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterv0.17.0- Zoomable texture views.
- Stacktrace lines link to source files.
- Fix text color for light color mode.
- Validation error text is now selectable.
- Improvements to capturing specific frames.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.16.0
Released 1 Nov 2025 - 304.75 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fix issue with shader editing on Firefox.
- Add inspection history navigation
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.15.0
Released 10 Sep 2025 - 302.62 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fixes to the WGSL shader parser for reflection information and compute shader debugging.
- Fixes for inspecting and recording sites that use Worker threads.
Source code released under MIT Licence
Version 0.14.0
Released 25 Jul 2025 - 301.81 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterSource code released under MIT Licence