GraphicsJS Alternatives

GraphicsJS is described as 'Free open-source JavaScript library for easily drawing HTML5 graphics and animation. It is lightweight and more powerful in terms of out-of-the-box features than the existing SVG/VML based components including Raphaël and Bonsai' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GraphicsJS for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, JavaScript, Web-based, Adobe After Effects and Typescript apps. The best GraphicsJS alternative is D3.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GraphicsJS are Three.js, Raphaël, Paper.js and Zdog.

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  1. D3.js icon
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    D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.

    76 D3.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • D3.js is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to GraphicsJS.

    • D3.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GraphicsJS.

    • D3.js is Free and Open SourceGraphicsJS is also Free and Open Source
  2. Three.js icon
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    The aim of the project is to create a lightweight 3D library with a very low level of complexity — in other words, for dummies. The library provides <canvas>, <svg>, CSS3D and WebGL renderers.

    18 Three.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • WebGL
    • JavaScript
     
    • Three.js is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GraphicsJS.

    • Three.js is Free and Open SourceGraphicsJS is also Free and Open Source
  3. Rapha&#235;l icon
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    Raphaël is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Paper.js icon
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    Paper.js is an open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It offers a clean Scene Graph / Document Object Model and a lot of powerful functionality to create and work with vector graphics and bezier curves, all neatly wrapped up in a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  5. Zdog icon
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    Zdog is a 3D JavaScript engine for <canvas> and SVG. With Zdog, you can design and render simple 3D models on the Web. Zdog is a pseudo-3D engine. Its geometries exist in 3D space, but are rendered as flat shapes. This makes Zdog special.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Bodymovin icon
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    bodymovin is essentially an After Effects to HTML library, an Adobe After Effects plugin for exporting animations to SVG/canvas/HTML + JS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Adobe After Effects
     
  7. Snap.svg icon
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    Snap.svg is a brand new JavaScript library for working with SVG. Snap provides web developers with a clean, streamlined, intuitive, and powerful API for animating and manipulating both existing SVG content, and SVG content generated with Snap.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. StageXL icon
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    StageXL is an API for HTML5 game and application development that closely models and is nearly identical to the Adobe Flash API. It's built on the Dart programming language and offers an intuitive and complete library for impressive 2D...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Dart
     
  9.  Like
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    faces.js is a JavaScript library that generates and displays cartoon faces, somewhat reminiscent of how the Nintendo Wii generates random Miis. Faces are drawn as scalable vector graphics (SVG). Each face can also be represented by a small JavaScript object, which allows you to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  10. Threlte icon
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    Threlte is a Svelte library that simplifies creating 3D apps for the web. It provides a declarative, type-safe, reactive and interactive API out-of-the-box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  11. Spark icon
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    An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Self-Hosted
     
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