Window.js is a JavaScript runtime for desktop graphics programming. It offers access to desktop windowing, input, file and graphics APIs.
Window.js comes with APIs familiar to web and desktop developers:
- Canvas API for 2D graphics and animated rendering.
- Input event handling and window manipulation.
- Additional APIs for file access and subprocesses.
- Runs Processing scripts for p5.js.
- Distributed as a single binary with no external dependencies.
This is free and open source software.
Website: windowjs.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Joao da Silva
License: MIT License
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