# ericdrowell/KineticJS

KineticJS is an HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework that extends the 2d context by enabling canvas interactivity for desktop and mobile applications.

Repository: https://github.com/ericdrowell/KineticJS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kineticjs
Homepage: http://www.kineticjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-10-11T06:25:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5295, "days_push": 2152, "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 4012, forks 741 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.342693+00:00)

## What it is
KineticJS is an HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework that extends the 2d context with a scene graph, enabling canvas interactivity for desktop and mobile applications. The project is explicitly mothballed by its author, who recommends forking or using the lightweight Concrete.js alternative.

## Use cases
- build interactive canvas drawings and diagrams in the browser
- add hit detection and event handling to HTML5 canvas shapes
- create layered 2d graphics with a scene graph
- render interactive animations for desktop and mobile web apps
- export and cache canvas content
- run canvas rendering in NodeJS with node-canvas

## When to choose
- you need a mature, battle-tested canvas scene graph and are comfortable maintaining it yourself
- you are forking the project to continue development
- you want the heavyweight scene-graph features Concrete.js omits

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library with bug fixes and security updates
- you want a lightweight canvas helper without a scene graph (use Concrete.js)
- you need long-term support or community maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, animation, graphics
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics, cross-platform
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: html5-canvas, canvas-interactivity, scene-graph, 2d-graphics, mothballed, hit-detection, desktop-and-mobile, nodejs, mobile

## Member repositories
- ericdrowell/KineticJS (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.342693+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 2026-08-29T18:24:00.947447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ericdrowell/KineticJS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.342693+00:00, sha 03bd442a7e4b)
  - homepage: http://www.kineticjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:14.420068+00:00, sha 238cbb488cb2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.