1--- 2title: 'Documentation' 3linkTitle: 'Documentation' 4menu: 5 main: 6 weight: 15 7--- 8 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 Chrome OS, 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 [skia-discuss@googlegroups.com](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## Roadmap 72 73For a look at high level themes we have on tap the next 6-12 months, view our 74roadmap 75[here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LSdO3I-IdZVZCtEnW9pu3k_32gfPIcB_YeSn-OJBGZI/edit?usp=sharing). 76Note it is a living document that changes based on the requirements of our 77users. 78 79## Platforms 80 81- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 82- macOS 10.10.5 or later 83- iOS 11 or later 84- Android 4.1 (JellyBean) or later 85- Ubuntu 18.04+, Debian 10+, openSUSE 15.2+, or Fedora Linux 32+ 86
