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Size (KB)LanguageLast updatedLicenseDocsForum/Group Unit testsModularDependenciesSVG ParserWebGL rendererIE<9Node.jsWatchersForksProject pageCode repositoryMinified size (KB)

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CAAT284JavaScript7/2/2013MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✓--590111http://hyperandroid.github.io/CAAT/https://github.com/hyperandroid/CAAT

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canvg57JavaScript6/18/2013MIT✕✕✓✕-✓✕--295--https://code.google.com/p/canvg/57

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Easel.js79JavaScript7/17/2013MIT✓✓✕✕-✕partial [1]✕ [2]unofficial2615575http://easeljs.com/https://github.com/CreateJS/EaselJS

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Fabric.js77-225JavaScript7/18/2013MIT✓✓✓✓-✓✕✓✓ [3]2822481http://fabricjs.comhttps://github.com/kangax/fabric.js

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Kinetic.js109JavaScript7/5/2013MIT, GPL V2✓✓✓✕-partial✕✕ [4]✕1691334http://www.kineticjs.com/https://github.com/ericdrowell/KineticJS/

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Paper.js167-200PaperScript / JavaScript7/18/2013MIT✓✓✓✕-✓✕✕ [5]✓2984280http://paperjs.org/https://github.com/paperjs/paper.js

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Processing.js226Processing3/30/2013MIT✓✓✓✕-✓✓✓- [6]1453356http://processingjs.org/https://github.com/jeresig/processing-js

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pixi.js87JavaScript7/14/2013MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✓✕ [7]-2250219http://www.pixijs.com/https://github.com/GoodBoyDigital/pixi.js/

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two.js50JavaScript7/12/2013MIT✓✕✓✓-✓✓✕-2180128http://jonobr1.github.io/two.js/https://github.com/jonobr1/two.js

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Canvas Query30JavaScript4/22/2013MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕✕-37639http://canvasquery.com/https://github.com/rezoner/CanvasQuery

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CGSG90JavaScript2/8/2013MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✕--6525http://gwennaelbuchet.github.io/cgSceneGraph/https://github.com/GwennaelBuchet/cgSceneGraph

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Cango79JavaScript6/6/2013Public domain✓✕✕✕-✓✕----http://www.arc.id.au/CanvasGraphics.html-

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goo.js3JavaScript6/28/2013✓✕✕✕-✕✕✕ [7]-655http://www.storminthecastle.com/projects/goo.js/https://github.com/johnrobinsn/goo.js

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LibCanvas180JavaScript4/25/2013MIT, GPL V2✓ [8]✕✓✓AtomJS [9]✕✕✕ [10]-31769http://libcanvas.comhttps://github.com/theshock/libcanvas

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Scrawl.js175JavaScript10/30/2013MIT✓✓✕✕ [11]-✕ [12]✕✕-12http://scrawl.rikweb.org.uk/https://github.com/KaliedaRik/Scrawl.js

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HTML 5 Canvas Library12JavaScript10/1/2012MIT✕✕✕✕-✕✕✓-7-https://canvastoolkit.codeplex.com/https://canvastoolkit.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest

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jCanvaScript58JavaScript9/20/2012MIT, GPL V2✓✕✕✕-✕ [13]✕✓-10513http://jcscript.com/https://github.com/apsavin/jCanvaScript

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bHive37JavaScript6/25/2012GPL✓✕✕✕-✕✕----http://www.bhivecanvas.com/-

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CAKE211JavaScript2/9/2012MIT✓✕✕✕-✓✕--265--https://code.google.com/p/cakejs/

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Inactive / Abandoned

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gury.js10JavaScript8/9/2011MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕ [14]-36621http://guryjs.org/https://github.com/rsandor/gury

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Artisan.js17JavaScript8/20/2011MIT, GPL✓✕✕✕-✕--526http://www.artisanjs.com/https://github.com/davidbrooks/Artisan

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HTML Canvas Lib25JavaScript4/11/2011MIT✓✕✕✕-✕ [13]✓---http://html-canvas-lib.sourceforge.net/http://sourceforge.net/projects/html-canvas-lib/

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doodle.js84JavaScript12/23/2011BSD✓✕✕✕-✕✕ [15]-22015http://www.lamberta.org/doodle-js/-

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Mootools Canvas Library8JavaScript5/31/2010MIT✕✕✕✕Mootools✕--293-https://github.com/Mtillmann/mootools-canvas-lib/

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Layered Canvas Library21JavaScript5/17/2010GPL V3✓✕✕✕-✕--13--https://code.google.com/p/layered-canvas-library/

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canto.js56JavaScript10/18/2010MIT✓✕✓✕-partial✕ [16]-85--http://code.google.com/p/canto-js/

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burst56JavaScript3/2/2009MIT✓✕✕✕-partial--74-https://github.com/osteele/burst

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Size values comparison may be unfair as some libraries compress source and some don't

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✓ = Yes, ✕ = NoWhy isn't Raphael included here?

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Last updated: Jul 23, 2013The table only includes <canvas>-based libraries, not SVG ones.
For SVG libraries see Raphael.js, Bonsai.js, svg.js, Snap.svg, d3.js, etc.

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20102011201220132014

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Corrections/suggestions:How often is the table updated?Fabric.js

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Easel.js

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kangax@gmail.comOnce in 4-6 monthsPaper.js

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orKinetic.js

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@kangaxWhy isn't Three.js included here?

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The table only includes 2D libraries; Three.js is mainly a 3D one

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Why isn't InfoVis library included here?

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The table includes mainly general-purpose libraries; InfoVis is very specific (data visualization)

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[1] Experimental/incomplete: https://github.com/CreateJS/EaselJS/issues/339
[2] https://github.com/CreateJS/EaselJS/issues/83
[3] https://npmjs.org/package/fabric
[4] http://www.kineticjs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1310&p=4030
[5] http://paperjs.org/about/#browser-support
[6] Unofficial support — https://github.com/halfninja/node-processing
[7] Uses `document.addEventListener`
[8] Only Russian — https://github.com/theshock/libcanvas/tree/master/Docs/Ru
[9] https://github.com/theshock/atomjs
[10] Getters/setters — https://raw.github.com/theshock/libcanvas/master/libcanvas-full-compiled.js
[11] two versions available: scrawl.js purely for canvas manipulation; scrawl+stack.js includes basic CSS3 3d manipulation.
[12] doesn't import svg files, but can use them.
[13] https://github.com/paperjs/paper.js/issues/22
[14] __defineGetter__ — https://github.com/rsandor/gury/issues/12
[15] Object.defineProperties — https://github.com/lamberta/doodle-js/blob/master/build/doodle-debug.js
[16] ES5 getters/setters — http://code.google.com/p/canto-js/source/browse/trunk/canto.js