soulwire/sketch.js

Health v2 · maintenance only

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4122 stars · 433 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A tiny (~2kb gzipped) JavaScript creative coding framework that provides a graphics context, animation loop, and normalized input events. It removes boilerplate so developers can focus on drawing and interactive visuals in the browser.

Use cases

• create generative art in the browser
• build interactive canvas sketches with mouse and touch input
• prototype particle systems and visual experiments
• use WebGL or Canvas2D without boilerplate setup
• teach creative coding with a minimal API
• combine with THREE.js by supplying a custom context

When to choose

• you want a minimal, dependency-free creative coding setup
• you need unified mouse and touch event handling
• you want an easy animation loop with setup/update/draw callbacks
• you want to pair a sketch loop with libraries like THREE.js

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured game engine or physics engine
• you require long-term active maintenance and frequent updates
• you need server-side or non-browser rendering
• you prefer a larger ecosystem like p5.js with extensive community resources

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

graphics animation gui web-development graphics browser creative-coding canvas webgl generative-art animation-loop tiny-library javascript

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