# The Impeller Shader Compiler & Reflector | |
Host side tooling that consumes [GLSL 4.60 (Core | |
Profile)](https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/specs/gl/GLSLangSpec.4.60.pdf) | |
shaders and generates libraries suitable for consumption by an Impeller backend. | |
Along with said libraries, the reflector generates code and meta-data to | |
construct rendering and compute pipelines at runtime. |