The purpose and intent of this project was to create a library that allows for developers to create a browser canvas element that runs natively, without the need of a WebBrowser. Allowing for developers to code and develop portable canvas based applications that can run both on the WebBrowser and natively on any NodeJS platform.
- NodeJS 10+
- Install the native-canvas library
npm install native-canvas// Load the library
require('native-canvas');
// Use the globally exposed canvas
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.fillStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 150, 75);View the samples directory to see more examples.
// Load the library
require('native-canvas');
// Title the title attribute
document.title = 'Create Canvas with Document';
// Provides the current running canvas
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.height = 150;
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 400, 400);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(40, 40, 40, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();To install you need to install system deps first.
brew install python
arch -arm64 brew install pkg-config cairo pango jpeg giflib librsvg libffiTo install on Raspberry Pi, you need to prep your environment by installing a few dev libraries.
sudo apt install \
libpixman-1-dev \
libcairo2-dev \
libpango1.0-dev \
libjpeg-dev \
libgif-dev \
libsdl2-dev
Special Thanks to @dmcquillan314 for the support!