2Dkuvaa

2Dkuvaa is an open-source framework for 2D computer graphics and visualization. It provides a compact scene graph, a domain-specific language for defining shapes, gradients, and textures, and a cross-platform renderer. The project emphasizes reproducible rendering across devices and deterministic results for procedural art and UI components.

The project emerged from a community-driven effort in the early 2020s, with aims to simplify 2D rendering workflows and to offer a lightweight alternative to larger engines for 2D tasks. It is developed by a core team and a global contributor community and is distributed under a permissive open-source license.

The core includes a scene graph, a shader-like expression language, and a 2D rasterizer. It supports vector primitives (lines, curves, polygons), bitmap textures, gradients, patterns, tiling, and boolean operations. It supports transformations, compositing, and animation. It can export to common formats such as SVG and PNG, and can export a WebGL-ready representation for real-time rendering.

Implementation and API: Available in C++ with bindings for Python and JavaScript; provides a C API; integration with WebAssembly for web usage. It provides a minimal runtime and a plugin system for extensions, such as advanced tessellation, font rendering, or GPU-based shading.

Usage and reception: Used in indie games, data visualization dashboards, digital art. Has a small but active community; rich documentation, examples, and tutorials; frequent updates.

See also: vector graphics, procedural generation, WebGL, SVG.