# GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

Repository: https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/graphiteeditor-graphite
Homepage: https://graphite.art
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: graphics-editor, photo-editor, 2d-graphics, art, design, procedural-drawing, image-processing, image-manipulation, node-graph, svg-editor, graphic-design, procedural, motion-graphics, motion-design, vector-graphics, graphics, procedural-generation, creative-coding, animation
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:17:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2320, "days_push": 7, "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 26939, forks 1240 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:47.211328+00:00)

## What it is
Graphite is a free, open source 2D graphics editor built in Rust that combines layer-based compositing with a node-based procedural graphics engine. It runs as a lightweight offline web app in alpha, with planned native desktop apps and roadmap features spanning photo editing, motion graphics, digital painting, and VFX compositing.

## Use cases
- edit vector graphics and svg files nondestructively
- create procedural generative designs with a node graph
- do graphic design and digital art in a free open source tool
- make 2d motion graphics and animations
- edit photos with layer-based raster tools
- composite vfx-style layered images procedurally

## When to choose
- you want a free, open source alternative to Illustrator or Photoshop with a procedural workflow
- you prefer nondestructive, node-based editing for 2D graphics
- you want a lightweight offline web app for vector art and design
- you're interested in creative coding with a visual node graph

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, production-stable editor — it's still in alpha with limited raster tooling
- you need desktop publishing, digital painting, or VFX compositing today — those are roadmap features
- you require native desktop apps right now — only the web app is available
- you need live collaboration — that's planned but not yet shipped

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: image-processing, graphics, animation, ui-components
- domain: graphics, web-design, image-processing
- platform: cross-platform, rust, wasm
- tags: vector-graphics, raster-editing, node-graph, procedural-design, motion-graphics, graphic-design, nondestructive-editing, svg-editor, creative-coding, photo-editing, game-development, web-server

## Member repositories
- GraphiteEditor/Graphite (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.211328+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 2026-08-29T16:54:37.044137+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.211328+00:00, sha 5acc118dccf3)
  - homepage: https://graphite.art (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:00.161351+00:00, sha 46b2d1431377)
  - site_page: https://graphite.art/features (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:00.184920+00:00, sha 8a934558cd28)
  - site_page: https://graphite.art/about (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:00.187847+00:00, sha 42a4782aad27)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.