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9Skia is an open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work
10across a variety of hardware and software platforms. It serves as the graphics
11engine for Google Chrome and ChromeOS, Android, Flutter, Mozilla Firefox and
12Firefox OS, and many other products.
13
14Skia is sponsored and managed by Google, but is available for use by anyone
15under the BSD Free Software License. While engineering of the core components is
16done by the Skia development team, we consider contributions from any source.
17
18- Canonical source tree:
19  [skia.googlesource.com/skia](https://skia.googlesource.com/skia).
20- Issue tracker: [bug.skia.org](https://bug.skia.org/).
21- Discussion forum:
22  [[email protected]](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/skia-discuss).
23- [API Reference and Overview](https://skia.org/docs/user/api/).
24- Skia Fiddle: [fiddle.skia.org](https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@skcanvas_paint).
25
26## Showcase
27
28Click on any image below to see the source code that generated the image.
29
30<table>
31  <tr><th>Shapes</th><th>Bézier Curves</th></tr>
32  <tr>
33    <td>
34      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@shapes'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@shapes_raster.png'></a>
35    </td>
36    <td>
37      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@bezier_curves'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@bezier_curves_raster.png'></a>
38    </td>
39  </tr>
40
41  <tr><th>Translations and Rotations</th><th>Text Rendering</th></tr>
42  <tr>
43    <td>
44      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@rotations'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@rotations_raster.png'></a>
45    </td>
46    <td>
47      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@text_rendering'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@text_rendering_raster.png'></a>
48    </td>
49  </tr>
50
51  <tr><th>Discrete Path Effects</th><th>Composed Path Effects</th></tr>
52  <tr>
53    <td>
54      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@discrete_path'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@discrete_path_raster.png'></a>
55    </td>
56    <td>
57      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@compose_path'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@compose_path_raster.png'></a>
58    </td>
59  </tr>
60  <tr><th>Sum Path Effects</th><th>Shaders</th></tr>
61  <tr>
62    <td>
63      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@sum_path_effect'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@sum_path_effect_raster.png'></a>
64    </td>
65    <td>
66      <a href='https://fiddle.skia.org/c/@shader'><img src='https://fiddle.skia.org/i/@shader_raster.png'></a>
67    </td>
68  </tr>
69</table>
70
71## Platforms
72
73- Windows 10, 11
74- macOS 10.15 or later
75- iOS 12 or later
76- Android 4.3 (JellyBean) or later
77- Ubuntu 18.04+, Debian 10+, openSUSE 15.2+, or Fedora Linux 32+
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