# uxebu/bonsai

BonsaiJS is a graphics library and renderer

Repository: https://github.com/uxebu/bonsai
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bonsai
Homepage: http://bonsaijs.org
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-12-18T22:54:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5180, "days_push": 3180, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1962, forks 183 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.594096+00:00)

## What it is
BonsaiJS is a JavaScript graphics library and renderer for drawing shapes, paths, and assets with keyframe and easing-based animation. It features an architecturally separated runner and renderer that can execute in iFrame, Web Worker, or Node contexts.

## Use cases
- draw animated shapes and paths in the browser
- render graphics in a web worker or iframe context
- morph shapes and animate with easing functions
- build interactive vector-style graphics with JavaScript
- load and display images, videos, and fonts on a canvas-like stage

## When to choose
- you need a retained-mode graphics API with animation in the browser
- you want rendering decoupled from the running context (worker/iframe/node)

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library with recent updates
- you need WebGL/3D rendering or high-performance game graphics
- you want broad ecosystem support or modern documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, animation, image-processing
- domain: graphics, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: renderer, shapes, keyframe-animation, svg-like-graphics, worker-contexts, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- uxebu/bonsai (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.594096+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:05:36.389798+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/uxebu/bonsai (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.594096+00:00, sha 2519216974f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.