ShadowDusk.Cli 0.5.1

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet tool install --global ShadowDusk.Cli --version 0.5.1
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
dotnet new tool-manifest
                    


                            if you are setting up this repo
                        

                    

                
dotnet tool install --local ShadowDusk.Cli --version 0.5.1
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
#tool dotnet:?package=ShadowDusk.Cli&version=0.5.1
                    


                    

                
nuke :add-package ShadowDusk.Cli --version 0.5.1

ShadowDusk.Cli (ShadowDuskCLI)

Cross-platform drop-in replacement for MonoGame's mgfxc shader compiler, as a dotnet tool: compiles .fx to MonoGame/KNI .mgfx and FNA D3D9 fx_2_0 .fxb on Linux, macOS, and Windows — no fxc.exe, no Wine, no Windows SDK. Same flags, same output format, same exit codes, and MGCB-parseable stderr diagnostics, so an existing MonoGame content pipeline can switch with zero code changes.

Install

dotnet tool install --global ShadowDusk.Cli

Use

ShadowDuskCLI <input.fx> <output.mgfx> /Profile:OpenGL
ShadowDuskCLI <input.fx> <output.mgfx> /Profile:DirectX_11
ShadowDuskCLI <input.fx> <output.fxb>  /Profile:FNA

Flags mirror mgfxc (/Profile, /Defines, /Debug, …). Run ShadowDuskCLI --help for the full list.

As the MGCB shader compiler

Point MGCB's ExternalTool at ShadowDuskCLI (or alias it to mgfxc on PATH) and the MonoGame Content Pipeline uses ShadowDusk transparently — including on Linux/macOS build agents where mgfxc cannot run.

Self-contained single-file binaries (no .NET install needed) for win-x64, linux-x64, osx-x64, and osx-arm64 are attached to each GitHub Release.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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