literallycanvas/literallycanvas

A canvas in your browser. Literally. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/literallycanvas/literallycanvas · homepage · CoffeeScript · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

Activity 0
Release rhythm 8
Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 5043
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 2287
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1115 stars · 315 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Literally Canvas is an extensible, BSD-licensed HTML5 drawing widget for embedding sketching boards in web pages, with only React.js as a dependency. It provides basic drawing tools, panning/zooming, JSON save/load, and PNG/SVG export, but is no longer maintained.

Use cases

embed a drawing board in a web page
let users sketch on a canvas in the browser
build an MS Paint-like web drawing app
save and load drawings as JSON
export user sketches to PNG or SVG
add custom drawing tools via an API

When to choose

you need a quick, simple browser-based drawing widget with JSON and image export
you want an extensible canvas tool API and are willing to maintain your own bug fixes
your stack already uses React and you want a drop-in drawing component

When to avoid

you need actively maintained software with bug fixes and support
you need a multiuser/collaborative whiteboard
you require modern build tooling or compatibility with recent React versions

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

ui-components graphics web-development frontend graphics browser html5-canvas drawing-widget whiteboard ms-paint react unmaintained javascript nodejs

4 sources

readme: https://github.com/literallycanvas/literallycanvas · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7a881f893f65
homepage: http://www.literallycanvas.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b189f2b9607
site_page: http://literallycanvas.com/installing.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41477951c82d
registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/literallycanvas · fetched 2026-08-29 · 37f72dd7908e

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
literallycanvas/literallycanvas	main	10

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