Cairo (graphics)

Original author(s)Keith Packard, Carl Worth
Developer(s)Carl Worth, Behdad Esfahbod
Initial releaseBefore 2003 (2003)
Stable release
1.18.4 (March 8, 2025 (2025-03-08)) [±]
Repositorygitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo
Written inC
TypeGraphics library
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (only) or Mozilla Public License 1.1
Websitewww.cairographics.org

Cairo (stylized as cairo) is an open-source graphics library that provides a vector graphics-based, device-independent API for software developers. It provides primitives for two-dimensional drawing across a number of different backends. Cairo uses hardware acceleration when available.