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pixi.js87JavaScript7/18/2014MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✓✕-62691232http://www.pixijs.com/https://github.com/GoodBoyDigital/pixi.js/
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Paper.js167-200PaperScript / JavaScript7/31/2014MIT✓✓✓✕-✓✕✕✓4589474http://paperjs.org/https://github.com/paperjs/paper.js
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Easel.js79JavaScript7/25/2014MIT✓✓✕✕-✕partial✕unofficial39191066http://easeljs.com/https://github.com/CreateJS/EaselJS
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Fabric.js77-225JavaScript8/13/2014MIT✓✓✓✓-✓✕✓✓✓3759656http://fabricjs.comhttps://github.com/kangax/fabric.js
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two.js50JavaScript7/22/2014MIT✓✕✓✓-✓✓✕-2782185http://jonobr1.github.io/two.js/https://github.com/jonobr1/two.js
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CutJS38JavaScript5/31/2014MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕--68391http://cutjs.org/https://github.com/piqnt/cutjs
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Canvas Query30JavaScript6/4/2014MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕✕-50450http://canvasquery.com/https://github.com/rezoner/CanvasQuery
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canvg57JavaScript8/15/2014MIT✕✕✓✕-✓✕--369--https://code.google.com/p/canvg/57
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CGSG90JavaScript7/25/2014MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✕--9029http://gwennaelbuchet.github.io/cgSceneGraph/https://github.com/GwennaelBuchet/SceneGraph.js
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Graphics2D.js39JavaScript28/11/2014MIT, LGPL✓✕✕✕-partial✕✕✕202http://keyten.github.io/Graphics2D/https://github.com/keyten/Graphics2D
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Scrawl.js175JavaScript8/5/2014MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✕✕-60http://scrawl.rikweb.org.uk/https://github.com/KaliedaRik/Scrawl.js
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Cango79JavaScript8/13/2014Public domain✓✕✕✕-✓✕----http://www.arc.id.au/CanvasGraphics.html-
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Konva.js127JavaScript2/27/2015MIT✓✓✓✕-partial✕✕✓✓34313http://konvajs.github.io/https://github.com/konvajs/konva
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Kinetic.js109JavaScript8/14/2014MIT, GPL V2✓✓✓✕-partial✕✕✕3005627http://www.kineticjs.com/https://github.com/ericdrowell/KineticJS/
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LibCanvas180JavaScript12/12/2013MIT, GPL V2✓✕✓✓AtomJS✕✕✕-37280http://libcanvas.comhttps://github.com/theshock/libcanvas
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goo.js3JavaScript10/13/2013MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕✕-655http://www.storminthecastle.com/projects/goo.js/https://github.com/johnrobinsn/goo.js
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CAAT284JavaScript7/2/2013MIT✓✓✕✕-✕✓--590111http://hyperandroid.github.io/CAAT/https://github.com/hyperandroid/CAAT
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Processing.js226Processing7/30/2012MIT✓✓✓✕-✓✓✓-1613498http://processingjs.org/https://github.com/jeresig/processing-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✓✕✕✕-✕✕✓-11419http://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✓✕✕✕-✓✕--272--https://code.google.com/p/cakejs/
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gury.js10JavaScript8/9/2011MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✕-37021http://guryjs.org/https://github.com/rsandor/gury
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Artisan.js17JavaScript8/20/2011MIT, GPL✓✕✕✕-✕--556http://www.artisanjs.com/https://github.com/davidbrooks/Artisan
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HTML Canvas Lib25JavaScript4/11/2011MIT✓✕✕✕-✕✓---http://html-canvas-lib.sourceforge.net/http://sourceforge.net/projects/html-canvas-lib/
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doodle.js84JavaScript12/23/2011BSD✓✕✕✕-✕✕-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✕-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: Aug 18, 2014The 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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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?Two.js
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Pixi.js
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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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