vaneenige/phenomenon

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1841 stars · 47 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Phenomenon is a 2kB, dependency-free, low-level WebGL library written in TypeScript. It provides the essentials for high-performance GPU rendering, focused on animating millions of particles via shaders.

Use cases

• render millions of particles in the browser
• create lightweight WebGL animations with shaders
• build interactive GPU-based visual effects on a canvas
• add high-performance graphics to a web page without heavy dependencies
• prototype WebGL scenes quickly with a minimal API

When to choose

• you need a tiny, zero-dependency WebGL renderer
• your project centers on GPU-driven particle effects
• you want low-level control over shaders and attributes
• bundle size is a critical constraint

When to avoid

• you need a full 3D engine with scene graphs, lighting, and model loading
• you prefer high-level abstractions like Three.js
• you need WebGPU features
• you require long-term active maintenance, as releases have slowed

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

graphics animation web-development frontend graphics browser cross-platform webgl particles shaders gpu-rendering tiny-library typescript web-server

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