# Raphaël

JavaScript Vector Library

Repository: https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/raphael
Homepage: https://dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-12T12:51:17+00:00
Link (homepage): https://dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/

## 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": 6574, "days_push": 964, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11270, forks 1634 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.620093+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, animation, data-visualization
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics, data-visualization
- platform: browser
- tags: svg, vml, vector-graphics, cross-browser, charts, dom-graphics, javascript

## Member repositories
- DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael (main) score 23
- DmitryBaranovskiy/g.raphael (plugin) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.620093+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 2026-08-29T17:16:00.366708+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.620093+00:00, sha f87815c98f2f)
  - homepage: https://dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:35.434591+00:00, sha 8c2840878979)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/raphael (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:35.439852+00:00, sha 55c856006eee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.