Raphael vs SVG.js: What are the differences?

What is Raphael? JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It is a cross-browser JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It will use SVG for most browsers, but will use VML for older versions of Internet Explorer.

What is SVG.js? A lightweight library for manipulating and animating SVG. The lightweight library for manipulating and animating SVG. It has no dependencies and aims to be as small as possible.

Raphael and SVG.js belong to "Javascript Utilities & Libraries" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Raphael are:

• Cross-browser
• Designed specifically for artists and graphic designers
• You are given the power of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to be able to use your web browser to created detailed drawings

On the other hand, SVG.js provides the following key features:

• Animations on size, position, transformations, color,...
• Painless extension thanks to the modular structure
• Various useful plugins available

Raphael and SVG.js are both open source tools. Raphael with 10.6K GitHub stars and 1.62K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than SVG.js with 7.85K GitHub stars and 909 GitHub forks.