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System Requirements

Last reviewed January 2024

Crab Island requires a web browser that supports WebGPU.

A simple test

Click here to try drawing a simple triangle with WebGPU. If you can't draw a triangle, then you won't be able to render Crab Island.

What supports WebGPU?

As of January 2024, WebGPU is available in the following combinations of web browsers and operating systems:

Google Chrome

✅ WebGPU is well supported by Google Chrome on Windows

✅ WebGPU is well supported by Google Chrome on macOS

On Linux, you must install Chrome Dev and set the enable-unsafe-webgpu flag Instuctions for enabling flags on Chrome are here

  • ✅ On Android 12 (or newer) Chrome will likely support WebGPU
  • On Android 11 (or older) or Linux, you must install Chrome Dev and set the enable-unsafe-webgpu flag
  • Instuctions for enabling flags on Chrome are here
  • More info on Android Chrome WebGPU compatibility can be found here
  • On Android, you can download Chrome Dev from the Google Play store here

✅ WebGPU is well supported by Google Chrome on ChromeOS

Firefox

On Firefox, WebGPU support is disabled by default. To enable it, you must set the dom.webgpu.enabled pref to true