Canvas Tile Engine – Maps,Grids&Editors

What it does

Build interactive 2D maps, game boards, pixel editors, minimaps, and large data grids with a renderer-agnostic TypeScript engine. Canvas Tile Engine supports Canvas2D, WebGL, React, React Native (Skia), and server-side rendering, providing a unified API with pan/zoom, layers, sprites, viewport culling, and high-performance rendering across platforms.

Build zoomable 2D maps, game boards, editors, minimaps, and data-heavy grid views with one renderer-agnostic TypeScript engine.

A renderer-agnostic TypeScript engine for building zoomable 2D maps, game boards, editors, and grid-based UIs, with camera controls, coordinate math, and hit testing handled for you. Claude Code, Cursor & friends learn the entire API from one skill — no guessed method names. Everything you need to build performant, interactive grid-based applications. Render 100k+ live tiles at a smooth 60fps, even on huge maps and dense grids. Drag, wheel, and pinch out of the box — plus animated flights and fitBounds framing any region for you. Filled shapes with holes, curves, and dash patterns that flow around rounded corners — identical on every renderer. Swap between Canvas2D, WebGL, Skia, or server…from canvastileengine.com

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