Cairo (graphics)

Original author(s)Keith Packard, Carl Worth[1]
Developer(s)Carl Worth, Behdad Esfahbod
Initial releaseBefore 2003; 21 years ago (2003)[2]
Stable release
1.18.2 (September 1, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-09-01)[3]) [±]
Repositorygitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo
Written inC
TypeGraphics library
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (only) or Mozilla Public License 1.1
Websitewww.cairographics.org

Cairo (stylized as cairo) is an open-source graphics library that provides a vector graphics-based, device-independent API for software developers. It provides primitives for two-dimensional drawing across a number of different backends. Cairo uses hardware acceleration[4] when available.

  1. ^ "Carl's boring web pages". cworth.org. 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Xr: Cross-device Rendering for Vector Graphics". Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "cairo-1.18.2". www.cairographics.org. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cairo homepage". Retrieved October 30, 2010.