Lua Plugin

Easily draw and integrate with other programming languages without recompiling (D).

Rich text support

Render text with font, size, weight, and colour control. Mix styles in a single paragraph using TextStyle. Syntax highlighting is also supported via pygmentize CLI.

Flexible Canvases, Real-World Units

Create canvases by pixel count, paper size, or physical units. Landscape, portrait, custom - all supported.

Multiple Output Formats

Save graphics as PNG, SVG, PDF, GIF, MP4, or WEBM.

Animation

Easily create 2D animation powered by ffmpeg. Chitra generates PNG images for each frame and runs the ffmpeg command with the right arguments to generate the animation.

Built-in QR support

Easily create QR codes with the required color or background. Arrange the QR image on the canvas with pixel-perfect precision.

Grids, Layout Boxes and Tables

Chitra supports creating multiple grids and tables that handle the coordinate arithmetic for you.

And much more..

See features page.