KineticJS is an HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework that enables high performance animations, transitions, node nesting, layering, filtering, caching, event handling for desktop and mobile applications.
An object oriented HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework with a well-documented API, along with tutorials and labs to cover most of the basic needs.
KineticJS is no longer maintained. A fork is available http://konvajs.github.io/.
KineticJS supports node nesting, layering, caching, serialization, deserialization, animations, transitions, filters, custom shapes, configurable drag & drop, and more.
Multiple Canvases are used to create a high performance animation and event detection system. KineticJS also utilizes a virtual node system which allows developers to create hierarchies which resemble familiar HTML DOM structures and use familiar selectors (eg. '#foo') to manipulate nodes.
KineticJS allows you to draw shapes onto the stage, add event listeners to them, group them, move them, scale them, and rotate them independently from other shapes to support high performance animations, even if your application uses thousands of shapes.
