SkiaSharp
SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images. (by mono)
Microcharts
Create cross-platform (Xamarin, Windows, ...) simple charts. (by microcharts-dotnet)
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| SkiaSharp | Microcharts | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 8 | |
| 4,063 | 1,962 | |
| 2.5% | 0.6% | |
| 8.7 | 6.2 | |
| 5 days ago | 5 months ago | |
| C# | C# | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
SkiaSharp
Posts with mentions or reviews of SkiaSharp.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.
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Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
It looks like the port was compiled with a binary SkiaSharp [0] since that requires Google tooling to build. Interesting to see the committer allowing this. Apparently it is not the first time.
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System.Drawing just dosen't work
The library that I've had the best luck with is SkiaSharp with .net 3.1. That said, I agree with others that I'd update the version of .net if possible.
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Open-source cross-platform C# library that encode .BMP files?
Found this issue that basically say it's not supported in skia directly, and it's right, from this page it seems only supported on iOS/Mac. This is pretty frustrating considering the documentation of SkiaSharp Encode() doesn't mention it.
- Easy-to-use 2D graphics libraries
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Creating 2d Interactive Building Map with Blazor.
Yes, I'm not aware of any way to use either the canvas api or webgl directly. This project has bindings for the canvas API, but it hasn't been updated in two years:https://github.com/BlazorExtensions/Canvas. SkiaSharp seems a nice option too: https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp. It supports graphics across a whole load of platforms, including Blazor on the web.
- What library should I use to make basic 2D graphics which is simple to use and that is able to quickly draw a bunch of particles (circles) on the screen with updating positions every frame? (Not the best description ever. I explain it better in the post's text)
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Compress/resize images
If you want pure .NET, cross-platform, and future compatibility, SkiaSharp is the new way to do it.
- ImageSharp leaving the .NET Foundation due to licensing change
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Problem using Plugin.Firebase on IOS
This seems to be a clash with skiasharp. The other package I have which uses skiasharp is Mapsui Possibly related to this issue with SkiSharp mono/SkiaSharp#1879
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Blazor Hybrid looks amazing
This is interesting since SkiaSharp says:
Microcharts
Posts with mentions or reviews of Microcharts.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-28.
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Any good open source C# graphing libraries?
Open source and cross platform: Microcharts
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Using Microcharts with .NET MAUI
Microcharts is one of the most well-known open source charting libraries for Xamarin and many people, including me, would like to use it with .NET MAUI. Work on .NET MAUI support by Microcharts should arrive soon but while the PR is not merged, I want to show how to already use Microcharts with .NET MAUI.
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Add a triple record chart per entry [QuestPDF and MicroCharts]
Why not just save the chart as an image an then add it to the PDF?
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Libraries to generate a pdf with charts? C# .Net core
I was excited about a new charting tool, but it seems it's in beta, and not much activity for several months. Lead posted about working on a v1 release in 2020. (https://github.com/microcharts-dotnet/Microcharts/issues/208)
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Server Side Charting?
Have you looked at https://github.com/microcharts-dotnet/Microcharts
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QuestPDF 2021.11 - a new version of the open-source, MIT-licensed, C# library for generating PDF documents with fluent API, now with several community-driven improvements 🎉 Please help me make it popular 🚀
That's correct. Personally, I haven't tested SVG rendering but I know that others have incorporated Skia-related libraries with great success, e.g. when integrating charts with the Microcharts library. At some point, I should add an article in the documentation about it 😁
- Advices on making price movement charts
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Your experiences with Microcharts - The good, bad and ugly
Interested to hear who's using Microcharts and for those using it what have been your experiences? Do you feel this is as good as SyncFusion for charting, have you come across problems with using Microcharts, do you use it but you modified some charts, or maybe are you coding up your own charts with SkiaSharp?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SkiaSharp and Microcharts you can also consider the following projects:
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics - An experimental cross-platform native graphics library.
Microcharts.MAUI.Sample
MonoGame - One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.
QuestPDF - QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API. Easily generate PDF reports, invoices, exports, etc.
Oxyplot - A cross-platform plotting library for .NET
Maui - The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .NET MAUI developer easier
Rg.Plugins.Popup - Xamarin Forms popup plugin
iFakeLocation - Simulate locations on iOS devices on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu.
ChartJSCore - Implementation of Chart.js for use with .NET Core.
Uno Platform - Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.
WPF Application Framework (WAF) - Win Application Framework (WAF) is a lightweight Framework that helps you to create well structured XAML Applications.
SkiaSharp vs Microsoft.Maui.Graphics
Microcharts vs Microcharts.MAUI.Sample
SkiaSharp vs MonoGame
Microcharts vs QuestPDF
SkiaSharp vs QuestPDF
Microcharts vs Oxyplot
SkiaSharp vs Maui
Microcharts vs Rg.Plugins.Popup
SkiaSharp vs iFakeLocation
Microcharts vs ChartJSCore
SkiaSharp vs Uno Platform
Microcharts vs WPF Application Framework (WAF)