What is Skia?
Skia is an open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms. Originally developed by Google, Skia serves as the graphics engine for Google Chrome and Chrome OS, Android, Flutter, Firefox, Firefox OS, and many other products.
Key features of Skia include:
- Cross-platform - Skia works across Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and the web via WASM.
- Hardware accelerated - Skia harnesses GPU power for fast graphics rendering.
- Vector graphics - Support for resolutions up to 64K pixels.
- Raster graphics - Fast pixel operations using SSE and NEON optimization.
- Text handling - Font management and text layout.
- Filters - Color matrix, blur, and more.
With its performance, quality, small footprint, extensive feature set, permissive license, and support for multiple platforms, Skia is used in a wide variety of products and applications where high quality fast 2D graphics are required.