Canvas API
How vibe coders and indie builders use Canvas API: 75 projects built with it and 1 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
75
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.7%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
1
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
What's built with it
Latest projects built with Canvas API
- ToolDesk — Provides 41 browser-based file and utility tools, such as PDF editing, image compression and conversion, invoice generation, and QR codes, that process files locally without uploading them.“I built 41 browser tools that never upload your files (PDF editor, image compressor, invoice maker). Two months in: 5 clicks from Google. What am I doing wrong?”
- FormatFlash — Converts image files between HEIC, JPG, PNG and WebP entirely in the browser.“I built a free HEIC to JPG converter that runs 100% in your browser — no uploads, no signups, no server”
- ShiftPx — Resizes, crops, and converts images and PDFs entirely in the browser, including passport photo sizing and background whitening.“I was sick of Adobe and online converters putting simple image tools behind paywalls, so I built a 100% private browser toolkit with zero server uploads.”
- Dropdead — Lets players drop balls through upgradeable plinko boards in an asynchronous battle royale roguelite played in the browser.“How many buzzwords can I fit into a game. Asynchronous, 12-player, roguelite, battle royale… plinko. Play a round in your browser!”
- Created this liquid animation… — Renders a liquid animation using pure JavaScript and Canvas, generated by an AI model.“Created this liquid animation entirely with DeepSeek 4.1 Flash.Curious if anyone can replicate it with Claude Opus 5.5?”
- Toolthy — Provides a collection of free browser-based utilities for PDF, image, audio, calculators, QR codes and network diagnostics, processing files locally without uploading them.“I built a free tool site with 30+ browser-based utilities (PDF, images, audio, calculators) — everything runs client-side, nothing gets uploaded”
- Snaply — Runs image tools like background removal, metadata viewing and stripping, redaction, and compression entirely in the browser without uploading files.“Built a privacy-first image toolkit that runs entirely in your browser, no uploads, now open source”
- ToolsWallet — Provides a collection of browser-based file and developer utilities that process files client-side without uploading them.“I built 45+ free, privacy-first web utilities (Chat to PDF, converters) that run 100% in-browser with zero backend storage”
- s57-parser — Parses NOAA S-57 and S-101 electronic nautical charts in the browser and exports them as GeoJSON.“s57-parser - open-source browser tool to read NOAA nautical charts (S-57/S-101) and export GeoJSON”
- Minilith — Stores and renders a website's content and logic inside a single PNG image, with editing and export done locally in the browser.“Not another SaaS: I built a free, offline-first micro-CMS packaged inside a single PNG image.”
- file-viewer — Renders office documents, CAD drawings, 3D models, archives and other file formats in the browser using client-side decoders.“Built an open-source viewer that parses DOCX, CAD, and 3D models directly in the browser”
- OMEGA WebP Ultra — Compresses and converts images to WebP entirely in the browser using a local canvas, without uploading them.“I made an instant, client-side WebP image compressor with a futuristic 3D UI”
- The Infinite City — Lets anonymous visitors place permanent customized buildings on a shared, growing pixel city map.“I built a tiny city that strangers can add to, one permanent building at a time”
- 2run.tools — Converts, compresses and edits images entirely in the browser without uploading files to a server.“I built 2run.tools: 91 private, in-browser image tools. Zero backend costs, 99 Lighthouse score. What should I improve?”
- Markless — Removes visible AI-generated watermarks, strips provenance metadata, and cleans invisible characters from files entirely inside the browser.“I built a browser extension that cleans AI watermarks and metadata locally on your machine”
Latest add-ons built for Canvas API
- Canvas Refined — Restyles the Canvas LMS dashboard with a revised sidebar, custom backgrounds, and alternative course card styles.“Canvas Refined is out on the chrome web store!”