processing/p5.js
p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code and express themselves creatively on the web. It is based on the core principles of Processing. Looking for p5.js 2.0? http://beta.p5js.org observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
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: 16.5
- age_days: 4936
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 33
Adoption not part of the score
23905 stars · 3811 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
p5.js is a free, open-source JavaScript library for creative coding on the web, based on the principles of Processing. It provides an approachable set of drawing, animation, audio, and interaction tools aimed at artists, designers, students, and beginners.
Use cases
- learn to code through creative sketches
- create generative art in the browser
- make interactive animations and visualizations
- teach programming to beginners and students
- build audio-visual and WebGL experiments
- prototype interactive web art projects
When to choose
- you want an easy, beginner-friendly way to draw and animate in the browser
- you are teaching or learning programming through visual and creative projects
- you need quick sketches for generative art, sound, or interactive visuals
- you want a large community, tutorials, and extension libraries
When to avoid
- you need a high-performance production game engine or 3D pipeline
- you are building complex data-driven dashboards better suited to charting libraries
- you need fine-grained control over the DOM or a full frontend framework
- you require strict typing or enterprise-grade tooling
Facets
library · maturity stable
graphics animation audio-processing ui-components graphics education web-development data-visualization browser cross-platform creative-coding processing generative-art sketching webgl beginner-friendly art sound game-development javascript nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/processing/p5.js · fetched 2026-08-28 · 09d737fa6c7a
- homepage: http://p5js.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · e27ec01fd04a
- site_page: https://p5js.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7b2e51feb9d3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| processing/p5.js | main | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="processing/p5.js")
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