Raphaël

Health v2 · maintenance only

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11270 stars · 1634 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Raphaël is a small JavaScript library for cross-browser vector graphics on the web, built on SVG and VML so every drawn object is also a DOM object that can receive events and be modified. It includes gRaphael for charting and supports animation, gradients, and custom shapes.

Use cases

• draw vector graphics in the browser with svg
• create custom charts in javascript
• build cross-browser graphics supporting old ie with vml
• animate shapes and paths on a web page
• make interactive diagrams with clickable svg elements
• render maps and custom widgets as vector art

When to choose

• you need to support legacy browsers like Internet Explorer via VML
• you want lightweight, dependency-free vector drawing with DOM-integrated shapes
• you need simple charting via the gRaphael companion library

When to avoid

• you only target modern browsers and can use Snap.svg or native SVG directly
• you need high-performance canvas or WebGL rendering
• you want a full-featured data visualization framework like D3

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

graphics animation data-visualization web-development frontend graphics data-visualization browser svg vml vector-graphics cross-browser charts dom-graphics javascript

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