Skia Graphics Engine
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| [[Programmer|Original authorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Skia Inc. |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Type | Graphics library |
| License | New BSD License |
| Website | skia |
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The Skia Graphics Engine or Skia is an open-source 2D graphics library written in C++. Skia abstracts away platform-specific graphics APIs (which differ from one to another).[1] Skia Inc. originally developed the library; Google acquired it in 2005,[2] and then released the software as open source licensed under the New BSD free software license in 2008.
Overview
In order to stay multi-platform, Skia supports several (platform-dependent) back-ends. These include:
- CPU software rasterization
- Portable Document Format (PDF) output
- GPU-accelerated rendering by using:[3]
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- XML Paper Specification (XPS)
Skia is most similar in purpose to Cairo or Pathfinder (meaning that it focuses on drawing) rather than to other more elaborate APIs like that of Qt that provide their own widgets and UI description language etc.[4]
Application
The library is used as of 2023[update] in Google Chrome, ChromeOS, ChromiumOS, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Android, Firefox OS, Flutter, Ladybird,[5] Avalonia (from Alpha 4), LibreOffice (from version 7.0) and RAD Studio[6](since version 12.0).
Supported platforms
- Windows 10, 11
- macOS 10.15 or later
- iOS 12 or later
- Android 4.3 (JellyBean) or later
- Ubuntu 18.04+, Debian 10+, openSUSE 15.2+, or Fedora Linux 32+
- Web Browsers[7]
Etymology
Skia is a romanisation of the word 'shadow' in Greek (Σκιά).
History
Skia Inc, developers of the Skia Graphics Engine, was founded in 2004 by Mike Reed and Cary Clark in Chapel Hill North Carolina, before being acquired by Google in 2005.[8]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Skia Graphics Library". skia.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Malik, Om (2 Sep 2008). "Google Open Sources Skia Graphics Engine". gigaom. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Specialized Builds". Skia. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Skia 2D Graphics Library From Google - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Skia Documentation". skia.org. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RAD Studio". embarcadero.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CanvasKit - Skia + WebAssembly". skia.org. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Inside Google's Chapel Hill outpost: A growing success story | WRAL TechWire". 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
External links
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- Skia & Freetype – Android 2D Graphics Essentials
- Pathfinder 3
