Editing Cairo (graphics) (section)

== Notable usage ==
Cairo is popular in the open source community for providing cross-platform support for advanced 2D drawing.

* [[GTK]], starting in 2005 with version 2.8, uses Cairo to render the majority of its [[Graphical control element (software)|graphical control elements]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/04/2021236 |title=GTK+ to Use Cairo Vector Engine |date=February 5, 2005 |access-date=December 27, 2009}}</ref> Since GTK version 3, all the rendering is done using Cairo.
** A program called {{tt|gtk-vector-screenshot}} found in [[Debian]] allows for taking vector (SVG, PDF, or PostScript) [[screenshot]]s of GTK 3 applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Details of package gtk-vector-screenshot in stretch |url=https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gtk-vector-screenshot |website=Debian}} [https://github.com/nomeata/gtk-vector-screenshot GitHub]</ref>
* The [[Mono (software)|Mono Project]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mono-project.com/Drawing |title=Mono - Drawing |access-date=December 27, 2009}}</ref> including [[Moonlight (runtime)|Moonlight]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mono-project.com/MoonlightNotes#Rendering |title=Moonlight Notes |access-date=December 27, 2009}}</ref> has been using Cairo since very early in conception to power the back-ends of its [[GDI+]] (libgdiplus) and System.Drawing [[namespaces]].
* The [[Mozilla]] project has made use of Cairo in its [[Gecko (software)|Gecko layout engine]], used for rendering the graphical output of Mozilla products. Gecko 1.8, the layout engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and [[SeaMonkey]] 1.0, used Cairo to render SVG and [[Canvas element|<canvas>]] content. Gecko 1.9,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko_1.9_Roadmap#cairo_Graphics_Substrate |title=Gecko 1.9 Roadmap |access-date=December 27, 2009}}</ref> the release of Gecko that serves as the basis of [[Mozilla Firefox 3|Firefox 3]], uses Cairo as the graphics back-end for rendering both web page content and the [[user interface]] (or "chrome").
* The [[WebKit]] framework uses Cairo for all rendering in the [[GTK]] and [[Enlightenment Foundation Libraries|EFL]] ports. Support has also been added for SVG and <canvas> content using Cairo.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* The [[Poppler (software)|Poppler]] library uses Cairo to render PDF documents. Cairo enables the drawing of antialiased vector graphics and transparent objects.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* The vector graphics application [[Inkscape]] uses the Cairo library for its outline mode display, as well as for [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and [[PostScript]] export since release 0.46.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 |title=ReleaseNotes046 |work=Inkscape Wiki |access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref>
* The original version of [[Manim]] referred to as ManimCairo, a mathematical animation engine used in the animations of 3Blue1Brown's YouTube Videos. Manim has since moved to using [[OpenGL]]. This version is referred to as ManimGL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ManimCE tutorial by TheoremOfBeethoven — ManimCE tutorial by TB documentation |url=https://zavden.github.io/manimce-tutorial/docs/html/index.html |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=zavden.github.io}}</ref>
* [[MorphOS]] 2.5 features a shared library implementation of Cairo, which was available as stand-alone release for earlier MorphOS versions.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* [[AmigaOS]] 4.1 supports a shared object library of Cairo (libcairo.so) in its default installation.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* [[FontForge]] enabled Cairo by default for rendering in mid-October 2008.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* [[R (programming language)|R]] can output plots in [[Portable Document Format|PDF]], [[PostScript]] and [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] formats using Cairo if available.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* [[Gnuplot]] 4.4 now uses Cairo for rendering [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] output.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.4.0 | title = Gnuplot version 4.4.0 announcement | work = Gnuplot homepage | access-date = February 22, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514115341/http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.4.0 | archive-date = May 14, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Internet Browser for PlayStation 3 uses Cairo since system software update 4.10.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* [[Synfig]] 0.64 now supports optional Cairo rendering.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* On-demand graphing of time series data in [[Graphite (software)|Graphite]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* The Konfabulator/Yahoo widget engine uses Cairo for identical output to both Win32 and Quartz on [[Mac OS/X]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}
*[[SolveSpace]], free and open source 2D and [[3D CAD]] software.{{cn|date=October 2024}}