# 2D graphics Library Recommendations

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202 "2021-03-15T15:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![wali\_waqar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wali_waqar/32/22934_2.png) [@wali\_waqar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wali_waqar)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202/1 "2021-03-15T15:16:11Z")

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Hi, I am making a browser engine in Julia, could you please recommend a drawing/graphics library to use?

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**Author:** ![rikh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rikh/32/204104_2.png) [@rikh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rikh)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202/2 "2021-03-19T21:51:34Z")

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> [@wali\_waqar](#):
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> drawing/graphics library to use?

Do you mean a graphical user interface (GUI)?

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**Author:** ![wali\_waqar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wali_waqar/32/22934_2.png) [@wali\_waqar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wali_waqar)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202/3 "2021-03-20T07:47:17Z")

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Actually, I meant something like Cairo.jl.

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2d-graphics-library-recommendations/57202/4 "2021-03-20T10:38:13Z")

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Cairo was the engine for Firefox, for a while. I think Chrome (and Firefox) now use Skia. There’s a [Skia.jl](https://github.com/dcjones/Skia.jl) package, but that probably requires some updating.