What is Raphael?
It is a cross-browser JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It will use SVG for most browsers, but will use VML for older versions of Internet Explorer.
Raphael is a tool in the Javascript Utilities & Libraries category of a tech stack.
Raphael is an open source tool with 11.3K GitHub stars and 1.7K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Raphael's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Raphael?
Companies
307 companies reportedly use Raphael in their tech stacks, including Deloitte, Albiononline2d.com, and Flutterwave.
Developers
35 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Raphael.
Raphael Integrations
Raphael's Features
- Cross-browser
- Designed specifically for artists and graphic designers
- You are given the power of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to be able to use your web browser to created detailed drawings
Raphael Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Raphael?
jQuery
jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
AngularJS
AngularJS lets you write client-side web applications as if you had a smarter browser. It lets you use good old HTML (or HAML, Jade and friends!) as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. It automatically synchronizes data from your UI (view) with your JavaScript objects (model) through 2-way data binding.
Vue.js
It is a library for building interactive web interfaces. It provides data-reactive components with a simple and flexible API.
jQuery UI
Whether you're building highly interactive web applications or you just need to add a date picker to a form control, jQuery UI is the perfect choice.
