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Graphite

Multimedia art/design editor and graphics engine

Graphite is an in-development raster and vector graphics editing suite that's free and open source. It is powered by a node graph compositing engine that fuses layers with nodes, bringing a generative, procedural approach to the workflows of artists, designers, and animators ranging from students and hobbyists to creative professionals and studios. The node-based compositing engine is built similar to a game engine. It is both a real time render pipeline and a visual programming language, complete with a custom compiler letting artists export dynamic content to other applications. Over time, Graphite intends to evolve into the "everything app" across every major 2D creative discipline— a versatile creation suite for graphic design, photo manipulation, digital painting, motion graphics, desktop publishing, and generative art (both procedural and AI-powered). The five-year-old project is being rapidly developed by a global team of volunteers, composed mostly of students, who are passionate about crafting high-quality code that will transform and democratize the broader 2D creative industry. The mission of Graphite strives to unshackle the creativity of every budding artist and …

• rust
• vulkan
• webgpu

• compilers
• programming languages
• graphics
• computational geometry
• fonts

git-into-gsoc org "Graphite" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "Graphite"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "Graphite"

or ask your assistant:
"Which Graphite repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"