ecomfe/zrender

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6303 stars · 1582 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

ZRender is a lightweight 2D graphics rendering engine for the web, supporting Canvas, SVG, and VML backends. It serves as the underlying renderer for Apache ECharts and can also be used standalone to draw and animate vector graphics.

Use cases

• draw 2d shapes on canvas or svg in the browser
• build custom data visualizations with a lightweight rendering engine
• render charts as the graphics layer for echarts
• create and animate vector graphics in html5
• extend custom shape types for 2d drawing

When to choose

• you need a lightweight 2d drawing engine with canvas and svg backends
• you are building visualizations on top of or alongside Apache ECharts
• you want fine-grained control over shapes, styles, and repaints in the browser

When to avoid

• you need 3d rendering or WebGL-based graphics
• you want a full charting library rather than a low-level drawing engine
• you need server-side or native (non-browser) rendering

Facets

library · maturity active

graphics animation graphics data-visualization web-development frontend browser cross-platform canvas svg 2d-graphics vector-graphics echarts rendering-engine typescript nodejs

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