Literally Canvas is an extensible, open source (BSD-licensed), HTML5 drawing widget. Its only dependency is React.js. You can use it to embed drawing boards in web pages. It’s kind of like an extensible MS Paint in JavaScript. Users can sketch drawings and you can do what you like with the results. comes with an easy-to-use jQuery plugin.
Literally Canvas’s major features include:
You can donate to Literally Canvas’s development on Gratipay or post a bounty on a GitHub issue on Bountysource. Spontaneous improvements are rare otherwise, though they do happen.
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Chrome | √ | |
Safari | √ | |
iOS | √ | FastClick helps [1] |
Firefox 4+ | √ | |
IE 10+ | √ | Line dashes only supported in 11+ |
Opera | ?? | |
Android | ?? |
Footnotes
[1] | iOS delays click events so that it can detect gestures. To disable this behavior and get those events immediately, use FastClick. |
We are excited to see contributions of any form. New brushes, optimizations, feature requests, use cases, designs, bug reports – you name it, we want it! Just head on over to GitHub and get started.
Literally Canvas is developed by volunteers for fun. If missing features or compatibility are serious issues for you, the solution to your problem might be to help us write the code.
BrowserStack has generously donated resources to ensure that Literally Canvas works in as many environments as possible. If you care about your app’s compatibility, you should check it out.