| Metric | canvg | zrender | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 9,748,797 | 3,680,956 | canvg 2.6x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +261% | +237% | canvg +23 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 5 | 1 | canvg 4 more |
| Unpacked size | 1.2 MB | 4.1 MB | canvg 3.3x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.0.3, 12 Mar 2025 | 6.1.0, 4 May 2026 | zrender 14 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 1 | zrender 1 more |
| First published | 14 Dec 2012 | 29 Aug 2014 | canvg 20 months earlier |
| GitHub stars | 3,836 | 6,307 | zrender 1.6x higher |
| Open issues | 117 | 326 | zrender 209 more |
| Open pull requests | 22 | 48 | zrender 26 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 8 | 32 | zrender 4.0x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | Differs |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
canvg9.7m latest weekzrender3.7m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
canvg
Major versions
- 0.0.114 Dec 2012
- 1.0.09 Mar 2018
- 2.0.018 May 2019
- 3.0.04 Dec 2019
- 4.0.017 Feb 2022
Last 5 releases
- 3.0.1113 Mar 2025
- 4.0.312 Mar 2025
- 4.0.222 Apr 2024
- 4.0.119 Jul 2022
- 4.0.017 Feb 2022
28 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
zrender
Major versions
- 2.0.229 Aug 2014
- 3.0.014 Jan 2016
- 4.0.016 Jan 2018
- 5.0.010 Nov 2020
- 6.0.023 Jul 2025
Last 5 releases
- 6.1.04 May 2026
- 6.0.023 Jul 2025
- 5.6.111 Dec 2024
- 4.3.36 Dec 2024
- 5.6.017 Jun 2024
74 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
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- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementcanvg: >=12.0.0; zrender: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasezrender (6.1.0 on 4 May 2026 vs 4.0.3 on 12 Mar 2025)
- Higher weekly npm downloadscanvg (9.7m vs 3.7m)
- Licensecanvg: MIT; zrender: BSD-3-Clause
Each line is generated from the data above.
- canvg vs dom-to-imageNo search data
- canvg vs html-to-imageNo search data
- zrender vs dom-to-imageNo search data
- html-to-image vs zrenderNo search data
canvg: canvg npm registry, canvg npm downloads, canvg GitHub, canvg jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
zrender: zrender npm registry, zrender npm downloads, zrender GitHub, zrender jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.