diff --git a/vtkext/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkext/CMakeLists.txt
index b4bca7943c..751cb90aaf 100644
--- a/vtkext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-add_subdirectory(private)
 add_subdirectory(public)
+add_subdirectory(private)
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkext/private/Rendering/CMakeLists.txt
index 34472bad10..8f5df67a34 100644
--- a/vtkext/private/Rendering/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkext/private/Rendering/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ set(private_headers
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/F3DDefaultHDRI.h)
 
 set(shader_files
-  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl
-  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl
-  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl
-  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl
-  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl
   glsl/vtkF3DComputeDepthCS.glsl)
 
 foreach(file IN LISTS shader_files)
@@ -46,7 +41,7 @@ set(classes
 
 # Needs https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/10675
 if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9.3.20240203)
-  set(classes ${classes} vtkF3DBitonicSort vtkF3DPointSplatMapper)
+  set(classes ${classes} vtkF3DPointSplatMapper)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9.2.20220907)
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/Testing/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkext/private/Rendering/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ce40e049b..54ae787858 100644
--- a/vtkext/private/Rendering/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkext/private/Rendering/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ list(APPEND VTKExtensionsRenderingTests_list
      TestF3DCachedTexturesPrint.cxx
   )
 
-# Also needs https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/10675
-if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9.3.20240203)
-  list(APPEND VTKExtensionsRenderingTests_list 
-       TestF3DBitonicSort.cxx)
-endif()
-
 vtk_add_test_cxx(VTKExtensionsRenderingTests tests
   NO_DATA NO_VALID NO_OUTPUT
   ${VTKExtensionsRenderingTests_list}
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtk.module b/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtk.module
index 936681dabb..df3fdd710e 100644
--- a/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtk.module
+++ b/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtk.module
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PRIVATE_DEPENDS
   VTK::InteractionWidgets
   VTK::RenderingCore
   f3d::VTKExtensionsCore
+  f3d::vtkext
 OPTIONAL_DEPENDS
   VTK::RenderingExternal
   VTK::RenderingRayTracing
diff --git a/vtkext/public/module/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkext/public/module/CMakeLists.txt
index 88b9637396..a9d99d9a13 100644
--- a/vtkext/public/module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkext/public/module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
+set(shader_files
+  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl
+  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl
+  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl
+  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl
+  glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl)
+
+foreach(file IN LISTS shader_files)
+  vtk_encode_string(
+    INPUT         "${file}"
+    HEADER_OUTPUT header
+    SOURCE_OUTPUT source)
+  list(APPEND sources
+    "${source}")
+  list(APPEND private_headers
+    "${header}")
+endforeach()
+
 set(classes
   vtkF3DFaceVaryingPointDispatcher
   )
 
+# Needs https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/10675
+if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9.3.20240203)
+  set(classes ${classes} vtkF3DBitonicSort)
+endif()
+
 vtk_module_add_module(f3d::vtkext
-  CLASSES ${classes})
+  CLASSES ${classes}
+  SOURCES ${sources}
+  PRIVATE_HEADERS ${private_headers}
+  )
diff --git a/vtkext/public/module/Testing/CMakeLists.txt b/vtkext/public/module/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
index 256d3c65d4..c1c907852e 100644
--- a/vtkext/public/module/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vtkext/public/module/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ if(VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS_EQUAL 9.1.0)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0115 OLD)
 endif()
 
-#vtk_add_test_cxx(VTKExtensionsCoreTests tests
-#  NO_DATA NO_VALID NO_OUTPUT
-#  TestF3DLog.cxx
-#  ${F3D_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Testing/Temporary/)
-#vtk_test_cxx_executable(VTKExtensionsCoreTests tests)
+set(vtkextTests_list)
+
+# Also needs https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/10675
+if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9.3.20240203)
+  list(APPEND vtkextTests_list 
+       TestF3DBitonicSort.cxx)
+endif()
+
+vtk_add_test_cxx(vtkextTests tests
+  NO_DATA NO_VALID NO_OUTPUT
+  ${vtkextTests_list}
+  ${F3D_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Testing/Temporary/)
+vtk_test_cxx_executable(vtkextTests tests)
diff --git a/vtkext/public/module/Testing/TestF3DBitonicSort.cxx b/vtkext/public/module/Testing/TestF3DBitonicSort.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5eca637f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtkext/public/module/Testing/TestF3DBitonicSort.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#include <vtkOpenGLBufferObject.h>
+#include <vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.h>
+#include <vtkShader.h>
+
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSort.h"
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.h"
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.h"
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.h"
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.h"
+#include "vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <random>
+
+int TestF3DBitonicSort(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+  // Turn off VTK error reporting to avoid unwanted failure detection by ctest
+  vtkObject::GlobalWarningDisplayOff();
+
+  // we need an OpenGL context
+  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
+  renWin->OffScreenRenderingOn();
+  renWin->Start();
+
+  if (!vtkShader::IsComputeShaderSupported())
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Compute shaders are not supported on this system, skipping the test.\n";
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  }
+
+  constexpr int nbElements = 10000;
+
+  // fill CPU keys and values buffers
+  std::vector<double> keys(nbElements);
+  std::vector<int> values(nbElements);
+
+  std::random_device dev;
+  std::mt19937 rng(dev());
+  std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist(0.0, 1.0);
+
+  std::generate(std::begin(keys), std::end(keys), [&]() { return dist(rng); });
+  std::fill(std::begin(values), std::end(values), 0); // we do not care about the values
+
+  // upload these buffers to the GPU
+  vtkNew<vtkOpenGLBufferObject> bufferKeys;
+  vtkNew<vtkOpenGLBufferObject> bufferValues;
+
+  bufferKeys->Upload(keys, vtkOpenGLBufferObject::ArrayBuffer);
+  bufferValues->Upload(values, vtkOpenGLBufferObject::ArrayBuffer);
+
+  // sort
+  vtkNew<vtkF3DBitonicSort> sorter;
+
+  // check invalid workgroup size
+  if (sorter->Initialize(-1, VTK_FLOAT, VTK_FLOAT))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "The invalid workgroup size is not failing" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  // check invalid types
+  if (sorter->Initialize(128, VTK_CHAR, VTK_FLOAT))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "The invalid key type is not failing" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  if (sorter->Initialize(128, VTK_FLOAT, VTK_CHAR))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "The invalid key type is not failing" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  if (sorter->Run(
+        vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::SafeDownCast(renWin), nbElements, bufferKeys, bufferValues))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Uninitialized run is not failing" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  if (!sorter->Initialize(128, VTK_DOUBLE, VTK_INT))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Valid Initialize call failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  if (!sorter->Run(
+        vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::SafeDownCast(renWin), nbElements, bufferKeys, bufferValues))
+  {
+    std::cerr << "Sorter Run call failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  // download sorted key buffer to CPU
+  bufferKeys->Download(keys.data(), keys.size());
+
+  // check if correctly sorted
+  for (int i = 1; i < nbElements; i++)
+  {
+    if (keys[i - 1] > keys[i])
+    {
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl b/vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl
rename to vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortFunctions.glsl
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl b/vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl
rename to vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalDisperseCS.glsl
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl b/vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl
rename to vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortGlobalFlipCS.glsl
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl b/vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl
rename to vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalDisperseCS.glsl
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl b/vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl
rename to vtkext/public/module/glsl/vtkF3DBitonicSortLocalSortCS.glsl
diff --git a/vtkext/public/module/vtk.module b/vtkext/public/module/vtk.module
index 2e185cedc7..9c8461dfb8 100644
--- a/vtkext/public/module/vtk.module
+++ b/vtkext/public/module/vtk.module
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ DEPENDS
   VTK::CommonExecutionModel
 PRIVATE_DEPENDS
   VTK::CommonCore
+  VTK::RenderingOpenGL2
 TEST_DEPENDS
   VTK::TestingCore
+  VTK::RenderingOpenGL2
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtkF3DBitonicSort.cxx b/vtkext/public/module/vtkF3DBitonicSort.cxx
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/vtkF3DBitonicSort.cxx
rename to vtkext/public/module/vtkF3DBitonicSort.cxx
diff --git a/vtkext/private/Rendering/vtkF3DBitonicSort.h b/vtkext/public/module/vtkF3DBitonicSort.h
similarity index 100%
rename from vtkext/private/Rendering/vtkF3DBitonicSort.h
rename to vtkext/public/module/vtkF3DBitonicSort.h