Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation of the Canvas API for Node.js
A multi-threaded, GPU-powered, 2D vector graphics environment for Node.js - samizdatco/skia-canvas
Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation of the Canvas API for Node.js launched on September 3, 2020 with 187 votes, #127 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
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Skia-canvas is a Node.js library that implements the Canvas API without requiring a browser. It lets developers use familiar Canvas drawing functions in server-side JavaScript applications. The library is built on Google's Skia graphics engine, making it useful for generating images, PDFs, and graphics programmatically on the backend. It targets developers who need canvas functionality outside of web browsers.
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