Creative coding
We have put together a list of some creative coding software and related libraries for aspiring artists. If you have any recommendations, we would love to hear from you.
Cinder
Free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++
JavaScript (three.js)
Stunning 3D Web Graphics Library (WebGL)
Nannou
Open-source creative-coding framework for Rust
Processing
Flexible software sketchbook
JavaFX
Rich graphical library preceded by Java Canvas Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing
MakeCode
Free online learn-to-code Microsoft platform
Simple DirectMedia Layer
Cross-platform development library with low level access
Quil
Clojure/ClojureScript library for creating interactive drawings and animations
Metal by Apple
Graphics acceleration
Vulkan by NVIDIA
New generation ray tracing technologies with NVIDIA GeForce, RTX and Quadro Graphical Processing Units (GPUs)
DirectX by Microsoft
High-performance 2D and 3D graphics
Radeon by AMD
Next-generation performance, visuals, and efficiency
Point-E
3D point cloud generation by OpenAI
Magic3D
Text-to-3D content creation by NVIDIA
DreamFusion
Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusion
ggplot2
Data visualization package
Tableau Public
Free data visualisations platform
Infogram
Intuitive visualization tool
Datamatic
Free beautiful data visualizations
Datawrapper
Beautiful charts, maps, and tables
Flourish
Beautiful and easy data visualization and storytelling
Matplotlib
Static, animated, and interactive visualizations
Bokeh
Interactive visual library for browsers
Plotly JavaScript
Open Source Graphing Library
The above list is only for information purpose to help you get started. We encourage you to research independently and thoroughly before making any decisions. Did we miss your favourite creative coding software or related library? Write to us at info@chitrapata.in and let us know.
