metafizzy/zdog

Health v2 · maintenance only

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10649 stars · 407 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Zdog is a small, designer-friendly pseudo-3D JavaScript engine that renders simple 3D models as flat shapes on <canvas> or SVG. It uses a declarative API to build scenes from basic shapes like circles, rects, and thick lines, with built-in rotation and drag interaction.

Use cases

• render simple 3D models on a web page
• create animated 3D illustrations with canvas or SVG
• add drag-to-rotate 3D graphics to a website
• build lightweight 3D visuals without WebGL
• design flat round 3D-style icons and characters
• teach 3D concepts with a simple declarative API

When to choose

• you want simple, round, flat-shaded 3D visuals without the complexity of Three.js or WebGL
• you need a tiny dependency (28KB minified) with a declarative, designer-friendly API
• your project targets canvas or SVG rendering with vector-crisp circles

When to avoid

• you need realistic lighting, textures, shadows, or full 3D rendering
• you need high-performance rendering of complex scenes or large polygon counts
• you need a mature, actively developed engine - Zdog v1 is self-described as beta and development has slowed

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

graphics animation ui-components web-development frontend graphics browser pseudo-3d canvas svg declarative-api vector-graphics 3d-modeling game-development javascript nodejs

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