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ZIM is a JavaScript framework for creating interactive experiences, eLearning apps, games, visual tools, and art with dramatically less code and complexity.


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WHAT'S NEW

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Most Canvas Code is too Complex

Building interactive HTML5 apps often requires multiple libraries, writing low-level canvas code, and spending more time on infrastructure rather than on the experience itself.

ZIM changes that.

It's a complete JavaScript canvas framework with components, animation, interactivity, layout, and media handling designed so you spend less time reinventing the wheel and more time building what matters.

Plus, we have simplified the code itself so working with ZIM is relaxing!

► INNOVATION

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Built for the Way People Code Now

More developers and creators are using AI to assist with code. ZIM is particularly well suited to this.

ZIM's library is filled with conveniences, components and controls already available for your canvas app, so AI tools generate more accurate code. There is less hallucination, less manual correction. This saves time and reduces bugs.

We provide a ready-made ZIM Master Prompt, for purchase, that you can paste into any AI assistant to make it fluent in ZIM. Drop it in and start building.

► MASTER PROMPT

Feature Demos

See What ZIM Can Do! Open the demos in the ZIM Editor and explore the code.

Code Efficiency

ZIM requires, on average, 63% less code than its competitors. This means faster development, easier maintenance, and fewer bugs.

Partial Comparison between ZIM and other Frameworks with ZIM at 37% the code the developer codes

Application Uses

Make a variety of Interactive Wonders with ZIM! Select the banners below and expand the MORE link for how.

GenArt - generative art and making computer art and visualizations with ZIM JavaScript Canvas Framework Canvas Games with ZIM - 2D games, casual games, arcade games, espape games, minigames, flash games, games of chance, isometric games, physics games, simulations, action and educational games good for e-learning, advergaming and gamification Apps - desktop and mobile apps with JavaScript and Canvas - responsive and adaptive design with ZIM Layout class - swipe pages with ZIM Pages class - gesture control with ZIM Gesture for pinch, pan, and rotate UI UX - ZIM canvas components such as slider, dial, button, label, keyboard, color picker, check box, radio buttons, toggle, pane, window, layer, waiter, progress bar, tabs, pad, loader, text area and accessibility Data Visualization, charts, graphs on the Canvas with JavaScript and ZIM Interactive Advertising, admusements, advergaming engaging brands with the ZIM JavaScript Canvas Framework Interactive Logo - play with branding to build engagement with the JavaScript Canvas and ZIMjs Escape Puzzles - challenge your curiousity, problem solving and intuition! Interactive Infographics - infoactives - with the ZIM JavaScript Canavas Framework Wonder Things - gadgets, widgets, inventions and features that defy description

Design Driven

ZIM is built with a visual thinker's workflow in mind. If you design, illustrate, or create, and want to code without the usual frustration, ZIM was made for you.

START

Open the ZIM Editor and start with a fully commented working example. No setup and no install. See the Cheat Sheet for your building blocks!

First Example of ZIM - centering and dragging a circle - in ZIM Editor
ZIM Cheat Sheet - start, display objects, methods, events, controls for the JavaScript Canvas

STUDIO

ZIM also runs on any 3D surface in three.js, meaning your interactive canvas apps can live inside 3D environments and VR experiences with ZIM TextureActive.

ZIM TextureActive Studio - 2D Interactivity in 3D with ZIMjs and threejs

STORE

See ZIM Mobile to make PWA mobile apps in FIVE minutes. Browse examples of ZIM-powered mobile experiences in the Zapp Store.

ZIM Zapp Store Mobile Apps with PWA - progressive web apps

REVIEWS

Fun to code, powerful and easy to learn - Reviews

The best choice to follow Scratch - ZIM Kids

A quantum leap in speed and efficiency - ZIM Devs

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