skia-canvasv3.0.8, 25 Sept 2025
A multi-threaded, GPU-accelerated, Canvas API for Node
$ npm install skia-canvas| Metric | @napi-rs/canvas | skia-canvas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 17,659,459 | 170,348 | @napi-rs/canvas 103.7x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +1042% | +70% | @napi-rs/canvas +972 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 4 | skia-canvas 4 more |
| Unpacked size | 123 kB | 175 kB | @napi-rs/canvas 43% smaller |
| Latest release | 1.0.9, 9 Sept 2026 | 3.0.8, 25 Sept 2025 | @napi-rs/canvas 11 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 29 | - | - |
| First published | 27 Mar 2021 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 2,323 | 2,603 | skia-canvas +12% |
| Open issues | 76 | 11 | @napi-rs/canvas 65 more |
| Open pull requests | 8 | 10 | skia-canvas 2 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 200 | 237 | skia-canvas +19% |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
@napi-rs/canvas17.6m latest weekskia-canvas170.3k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
@napi-rs/canvas
Major versions
- 0.0.227 Mar 2021
- 1.0.04 May 2026
Last 5 releases
- 1.0.99 Sept 2026
- 1.0.824 Aug 2026
- 1.0.718 Aug 2026
- 1.0.613 Aug 2026
- 1.0.59 Aug 2026
120 releases in total, 29 in the last 12 months
skia-canvas
Major versions
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Last 5 releases
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- Need no runtime dependencies@napi-rs/canvas (@napi-rs/canvas has 0, skia-canvas has 4)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsskia-canvas (@napi-rs/canvas: CommonJS; skia-canvas: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirement@napi-rs/canvas: >= 10; skia-canvas: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent release@napi-rs/canvas (1.0.9 on 9 Sept 2026 vs 3.0.8 on 25 Sept 2025)
- Higher weekly npm downloads@napi-rs/canvas (17.7m vs 170.3k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
@napi-rs/canvas: @napi-rs/canvas npm registry, @napi-rs/canvas npm downloads, @napi-rs/canvas GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
skia-canvas: skia-canvas npm registry, skia-canvas npm downloads, skia-canvas GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.