paper-design/shaders
Zero-dependency canvas shaders that can be installed from npm or designed in Paper
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Where it stands
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The project lists 16 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides zero-dependency, customizable HTML canvas shaders for web projects, installable via npm or designed visually in Paper.
- Delivers lightweight, high-performance shaders with easy-to-use abstractions and broad browser and device compatibility.
- Use for adding animated or static textured backgrounds in React web applications with minimal setup.
- Use for integrating visually designed shaders into vanilla JavaScript projects to enhance UI aesthetics without dependencies.
- Use for enabling designers to create and export shader effects visually, streamlining collaboration between design and development.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.
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From the README
Paper Shaders is licensed under Apache 2.0.
You can use Paper Shaders in commercial websites, apps, games, videos, prototypes, internal tools, and other end products without visible attribution.
If you redistribute Paper Shaders code as part of another shader library, plugin, or tool, please preserve the included LICENSE and NOTICE files. Visible credit such as “Powered by Paper Shaders” is also appreciated and helps us continue investing in this library.
Copyright Lost Coast Labs, Inc. (http://paper.design)
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Forks
173+34
Open issues
15+2
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| paper-design/shaders | 3.9K | — | 16 | — |
| Category median | 71.1K | +2.4K | 45 | — |
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