Mondrian is a smart and easy-to-learn vector graphics web app.

Try it at mondrian.io.

Mondrian offers all the tools needed to create, modify, and export simple SVG files.

• Basic editing capabilities
  • Strict drawing with the pen tool
  • Loose drawing with the crayon tool
  • Shape manipulation (scaling & rotation)
  • Individual point manipulation with bezier controls
  • Basic typography
  • Zoom, eyedropper
  • Smooth, efficient tools & operations
• File import (via FileReader)
  • SVG
• File export
  • SVG
  • PNG (via canvas API)
• Clean UI
  • Minimal "flat" aesthetic with little visual distraction
  • A smart UI that shows only utilities that can be used at that moment
• Layout
  • Basic dot grid with snapping for layout

Mondrian also supports undo/redo through a (somewhat rough and unstable) file history API that

• stores operations, not states
• is tiny and JSON-serializable, so it can be persisted to a server and loaded back up in another session
• can visually reconstruct a file's entire history step-by-step

There are no tests written for this system. It's a big todo.

The app works out of the box. It's a simple static site. To run it locally:

git clone [email protected]:artursapek/mondrian.git
cd mondrian
npm install
coffee server.coffee --nodejs

Then, open localhost:3000 in your web browser, and there you have it!

You can also access the latest stable build at mondrian.io.

npm install

Run the build task to compile all of the files into the executable build.js:

cake build

It features a dumb progress bar that's based off the last compile time. It's actually pretty accurate.

> cake build
Compiling 16455 lines
[██████------------------------] 14 seconds remaining

The entire app is written in Coffeescript. You have to manually compile the app every time you make changes.

The source files are specified in an ordered map in build.yml. They are nested under their directory names. You can specify a different directory name using the _dir: key. null means no directory.

For example,

src: !!omap
  - setup:
    - _dir: null
    - settings
    - setup
  - userInterface:
    - _dir: ui
    - selection
  - geometry:
    - posn
    - line-segment

refers to

src/settings.coffee
src/setup.coffee
src/ui/selection.coffee
src/geometry/posn.coffee
src/geometry/line-segment.coffee

The stylesheets are written in LESS, and compiled into CSS like so:

cake styles

There's a lot to do! Read CONTRIBUTING.md for a list of what you can work on, context around the project, and guidelines.

Mondrian officially supports only the latest desktop stable versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

All of the Mondrian code and documentation is available under the MIT License.

You're welcome to contact me at [email protected].