# manuhabitela/drawingboard.js

A canvas based drawing app that you can integrate easily on your website.

Repository: https://github.com/manuhabitela/drawingboard.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/drawingboardjs
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: canvas, drawingboard, drawing, paint
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-09-15T11:42:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4950, "days_push": 1448, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2202, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:25.679024+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight JavaScript library that adds a canvas-based drawing board to any website, with controls like a color picker, pencil, eraser, and paint can. It supports mouse and touch input, background images, and local/session storage persistence of drawings.

## Use cases
- add a drawing pad to my website
- let users sketch on a canvas in the browser
- embed a simple paint app on a webpage
- allow touch drawing on mobile web pages
- save user drawings between sessions
- let users drop a background image and draw on it

## When to choose
- you need a simple, lightweight drawing canvas with minimal setup
- your site already uses jQuery
- you want built-in controls like color picker, eraser, and reset
- you need mouse and touch support across browsers

## When to avoid
- you need advanced drawing features like layers or vector editing
- your project avoids jQuery as a dependency
- you need a full-featured graphics editor rather than a simple sketchpad
- you need actively developed software with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: canvas, drawing, paint, jquery, touch-support, javascript

## Member repositories
- manuhabitela/drawingboard.js (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:25.679024+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 2026-08-30T02:47:02.672634+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/manuhabitela/drawingboard.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:25.679024+00:00, sha 81fe9e8896a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.