Experimenting with the pretext library... saw a brick breaker demo and had to try making it in PixiJS. Wanted to see what happens when you add WebGL/WebGPU shaders to the mix. Using bloom, glow, rgb split filters from pixi-filters. plus gsaps physics plugin for the text effect.

PixiJS v8.17.0 is out 🎉 • Major improvements to text rendering • BlurFilter optimized for WebGL + WebGPU (faster + better quality) • tagStyles support in SplitText • Lots of bug fixes across Graphics, filters, and more

Been seeing shader editors pop up lately, so I finally decided to try building one. This is super rough... just a proof of concept. The cool part is we already have a pretty big library of effects ready to plug in. Might be worth exploring for prototyping effects quickly?

Working on an inner shadow filter for the next release. Great for matching Figma mockups and adding subtle depth to UI elements. Still working on the best way to showcase the effect...

We’ve been looking at refreshing our examples. Our current ones are… let’s say… very developer designed. We are definitely not designers. We prefer writing rendering engines. So this is slightly outside our comfort zone 😅

This month we’re focusing on making PixiJS easier to use alongside AI tooling. If you’re building with AI tools, what could Pixi be doing better? Where are the pain points right now?

PixiJS v8.16.0 is out 🎉 - Return of Canvas 2D renderer - Tagged text for inline styling - Major SplitText improvements - Cube textures, external textures, mip level rendering - Broad engine stability updates Plus a small preview for 3D 👀 pixijs.com/blog/8.16.0

Beginning the performance optimisation journey! Currently rendering ~200,000 objects, all automatically batched. No manual setup required, the engine optimises the scene for you.

Early experiments with PBR materials, lighting, and shadows as we explore native 3D in PixiJS. Still rough around the edges, but the rendering pipeline is taking shape.

Sometimes you just need a little sprinkle of 3D in your 2D Started exploring that today, watch this space!

The canvas renderer is coming back in the next PixiJS release. This has been requested by the community since v8, and thanks to an awesome community contribution, it’s now a reality!

Next PixiJS release is shaping up nicely Up to a 15% reduction in bundle size thanks to improved tree-shaking. Not naming who made it 15% bigger in the first place… but @zyie.bsky.social definitely knows 😄

New year, new PixiJS features ✨ The next release introduces multi-style text: apply multiple styles inside a single text string. No more splitting text just to highlight a word!

PixiJS is heading to #GitHubUniverse! Find us in the open source zone on Oct 28th Swing by, say hello, and grab some stickers!

🚀 PixiJS 8.13.0 is out! What’s new: - SVG fill rule support - Smarter text caching + measuring - 20+ bug fixes Coming Soon: gl2D, Figma plugin, Native 3D support See the latest blog post for details pixijs.com/blog/8.13.0

🚀 PixiJS 8.12.0 is out! This release wraps up Bug Hunt Month with: ✅ 45 fixes ✅ 250+ issues closed 🆕 Layout v3.1.0 released Huge thanks to all the new contributors who jumped in and helped improve the project! See the latest blog post for details pixijs.com/blog/8.12.0

🐛 Bug Hunt Month progress check: • ~30 bugs fixed • 200+ issues closed Thanks to everyone who’s helped so far. Let us know which bugs you want fixed next! #opensource

🐛 Bug Hunt Month! For all of July, we’re focusing on fixing the bugs that matter most to the community. PixiJS is vast and we are a small team. We want to prioritise the issues that actually slow you down. 💬 Tell us which bugs matter most to you! #opensource

🚀 PixiJS 8.11.0 is here! Split text into characters, words, and lines for full control over text effects with the new SplitText class Also: quality-of-life updates with container.origin, container.replaceChild, and breakWords support for BitmapText 👉 pixijs.com/blog/8.11.0

🚀 The PixiJS Showcase is live! Check out what the Pixi community has been building: 👉 pixijs.com/showcase Seen something you love? Let us know!

Quick update on the PixiJS Showcase! We’ve made it super easy to submit. Just fill out this form: 👉 form.jotform.com/25175567897... Only a couple of days left to get your project in! If you’ve built something cool with PixiJS, now’s the time to share it.

Text animation just got easier in PixiJS! Inspired by @gsap-greensock.bsky.social's SplitText, you can now easily break down text into characters, words, or lines and let the animation magic begin. 💚 Shipping with v8.11.0 soon!

🚀 GitHub Sponsors is live! PixiJS is now live on github sponsors and we’ve updated our tiers across both @github.com and open collective! 👉 pixijs.com/8.x/sponsor We’d love your support, especially from companies who rely on PixiJS. Help us keep pushing the web forward!

1 week left to get your project in for the PixiJS Showcase relaunch! If you've built something cool with Pixi (any version), this is your chance to show it off. Add your project here: 🔗 github.com/pixijs/pixi...

Following up on the LLM docs post: We just published a GPT assistant that’s wired into our official guides and docs. Give it a try: chatgpt.com/g/g-681259d... Feedback welcome!

🚀 New LLM Docs If you’ve asked an LLM for help with PixiJS v8, there’s a good chance it gave you v7 code. We’ve just published our llms.txt files to help fix that. 🔗 pixijs.com/8.x/llms It's a small step, but hopefully one that leads to better answers!

🌟 The PixiJS Showcase is returning! 🌟 We're relaunching at end of the month, highlighting awesome projects built with PixiJS on our website. Got something cool? Add it to the PR: github.com/pixijs/pixij...

🚀 PixiJS v8.10.0 is out! This release includes: • A full docs overhaul • Baked text filters • Text trimming • Texture style control for text Check out the blog post showcasing on the new features: 🔗 pixijs.com/blog/8.10.0

It has recently come to our attention that a few sites have been using our pixijs.download domain in production. PLEASE don’t do this. We are not setup to support or fund non-development uses. Use jsdelivr, another CDN or host yourself. Thanks!

🎉 PixiJS Layout v3 is here! 🎉 • A complete ground-up rewrite built on Yoga! • Opt-in layout for any PixiJS object • Web-style features like objectFit, objectPosition, and overflow Check out the full details in our blog post: pixijs.com/blog/layout-v3

Introducing PixiJS React v8. Thanks @trezy.codes for all your excellent work on this project! pixijs.com/blog/pixi-re... @react.dev

Today, we released an experimental feature in v8.9.0 that allows devs to control the transform of DOM elements as if they were attached to your scene. This is helpful for things like textareas or inputs which can be challenging to implement completely in PixiJS codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/z2...

The latest release of PixiJS now supports using radial gradients. Checkout this guide for details about different approach for using fill with Graphics: pixijs.com/guides/compo...

More info about our 8.7.0 release: pixijs.com/blog/8.7.0

In v8.7.0, we're introducing an experimental API inspired by the Layers plugin (`@pixi/layers`) to enhance control over rendering order, independent of the scene graph. More details here: pixijs.com/8.x/guides/a...

Ever wanted to combine PixiJS and @threejs.org? We've got the guide for you: pixijs.com/8.x/guides/a...

We are creating a new org on GitHub called pixijs-userland to better separate the core project from community efforts. More on this initiative: pixijs.com/blog/intro-u...

Looking to add marching ants into your project? Checkout this new v8 plugin @pixi/marquee-selection github.com/pixijs-userl...

We’ve just released PixiJS Create – a CLI tool that makes setting up PixiJS projects faster and easier! 🚀 Choose from bundler templates or a feature-packed "Creation Template" to get started. For all the details, check out the blog: pixijs.com/blog/create-... 🎨

A few weeks ago, we sent out a survey about PixiJS to our developer community. One feedback we heard over and over was the poor quality of documentation and lack of examples. We have a plan and are working on it: pixijs.com/blog/better-...

Back by popular demand, in v8.6.0 we re-added an improved version of v7's cacheAsBitmap, which we renamed cacheAsTexture (RIP Flash). Example: pixijs.com/examples/basic/cache-as-texture Guide: pixijs.com/guides/advanced/cache-as-texture

We released v8.6.0, and one of the features re-added from v7 is pixels lines with Graphics. These native lines are always 1px, regardless of scale. Ideal for debugging, drawing grids, UI, etc. Guide: pixijs.com/guides/components/graphics-pixel-line Example: pixijs.com/examples/graphics/pixel-line