Project Summary
Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices, both raster and vector.
It focusses on high quality output at display resolutions and features an extremely easy to use API.
In a Nutshell, Cairo...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 60 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in June, 2002
ending with its most recent commit 16 days ago
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