MetalASM

In-process LLVM IR to Metal library (.metallib) assembler, written in pure Swift.

Parses LLVM IR strings into an IR model, serializes to AIR bitcode, and wraps in the metallib container format — all without shelling out to metal-as or metallib CLI tools. This means it works on both macOS and iOS.

Usage

import MetalASM

let ir = "..."  // LLVM IR string (generated in-memory, e.g. by a JIT kernel compiler)
let metallib = try MetalASM.assemble(ir: ir, platform: .macOS(version: 26))

// Load directly on GPU
let dispatchData = metallib.withUnsafeBytes { DispatchData(bytes: $0) }
let library = try device.makeLibrary(data: dispatchData)

Supported platforms

• macOS 14+
• iOS 17+

Installation

Add to your Package.swift:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/imperatormk/MetalASM.git", from: "0.1.0"),
]

Tests

swift test

License

MIT