# Librend 0.5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/librend-0-5/94043 "2006-04-18T23:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilmari\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a587f6/32.png) [@Ilmari\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ilmari_H)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/librend-0-5/94043/1 "2006-04-18T23:53:14Z")
Librend is a real-time graphics library for Ruby. It provides a scenegraph canvas for drawing 3D, 2D and vector graphics with an event-driven API. Wiki: [http://librend.rubyforge.org/](http://librend.rubyforge.org/) Project page: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/librend/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/librend/) Downloads: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=716](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=716) New features: - SVG support ([http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/shaderblur.png](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/shaderblur.png)) - quite powerful masking system for vector scenes ([http://dark.fhtr.org/textmask.png](http://dark.fhtr.org/textmask.png)) - real-time convolution post filters with GLSL ([http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/edgedetect.png](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/edgedetect.png)) - broken text layout inside polygon ([http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/text\_inside\_polygon5.png](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/text_inside_polygon5.png)) - bunch of other junk ([http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/2006-03-10.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1073/1331/1600/2006-03-10.jpg)) (like: Cardinal spline motion, a bunch of bugfixes, some new bugs, partially works with YARV, threading is evil, curves for faders (eased, exponential, lambda-defined), one broken test, maybe broken against non-HEAD rcairo, life is such a joy…)