# pissang/claygl

A WebGL graphic library for building scalable Web3D applications

Repository: https://github.com/pissang/claygl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/claygl
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: webgl, gltf, visualization, 3d
Last push: 2025-12-18T04:01:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4853, "days_push": 258, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2863, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:26.371701+00:00)

## What it is
ClayGL is a WebGL graphics library for building scalable Web3D applications in the browser. It offers a modular, tree-shakeable API (down to ~22k gzipped) for 3D rendering, GLTF support, and powers projects like ECharts GL.

## Use cases
- render 3d graphics in the browser with webgl
- load and view gltf 3d models on a web page
- build lightweight 3d web applications with a small bundle
- add 3d visualization to charts with echarts gl
- create a rotating 3d scene with camera and lighting
- embed an interactive 3d product viewer in a website

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, tree-shakeable WebGL engine for 3D web apps
- you want GLTF model loading and high-quality configurable rendering
- you're building 3D data visualizations, especially with ECharts GL

## When to avoid
- you need a full game engine with physics, audio, and asset pipelines
- you're targeting WebGPU rather than WebGL
- you need a large ecosystem and frequent updates compared to three.js

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: graphics, data-visualization, image-processing
- domain: graphics, web-development, data-visualization
- platform: browser
- tags: webgl, 3d, gltf, tree-shaking, echarts-gl, game-development, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- pissang/claygl (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.371701+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 2026-08-30T07:36:21.337246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pissang/claygl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.371701+00:00, sha d472d06f218f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/claygl (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:13.415968+00:00, sha 328c3276e2ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.