bgra8unorm-storage

Availability now
87%
last 30 days, n = 180
Year over year
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The preferred canvas format on many platforms is bgra8unorm, but base WebGPU only guarantees storage writes for rgba8unorm. This feature closes the gap, letting compute shaders write directly into a texture you can present or copy cheaply, instead of writing RGBA and swizzling or blitting.

Compute-based post-processing, GPU video pipelines, and UI compositors are the typical beneficiaries: one less full-screen copy per frame. Availability is high on desktop; on platforms where the preferred format is already rgba8unorm the feature matters less.

Availability by month

MonthWith featureEligible reportsAvailability
2026-08 223 238 93.7%
2026-09 154 175 88.0%
2026-10 94 102 92.2%

By browser (last 30 days)

BrowserAvailabilityn
chrome 83.3% 120
edge 85.7% 21
firefox 100.0% 18
safari 100.0% 15
opera 100.0% 1

Availability = share of first-party, non-quarantined reports with WebGPU on a hardware (non-fallback) adapter that expose this feature. Developer-leaning sample. Full methodology.