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What's built today

Varve is in active beta. Core systems are functional and tested, but you may hit rough edges. This is the current state of the development build.

What's built

• Canvas: Infinite canvas, viewport culling, sticky snap, rulers, guides, view rotation, zoom range 0.001x-64x
• Vector tools: Shapes, pen/pencil with bezier handles, boolean operations, node editing, layers, groups, frames
• Typography: Multi-line text, OpenType features, variable fonts, text-on-path, inline editing, CJK line breaking
• Color and effects: RGB/CMYK color management, ICC profiles, blend modes, shadows, blur, adjustment layers, halftone
• Motion: Timeline animation, keyframes, easing, Smart Animate, prototype interactions, CSS/Lottie/video export
• Export: SVG, React/Tailwind, Flutter, SwiftUI, PDF with CMYK, PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4, per-node export settings
• Import: SVG, PDF, PSD, AI, EPS, and common image formats
• Design systems: Styles, variables, components, variants, libraries
• Background removal: Fast, Auto, and High quality local masks with bundled U²-NetP, optional IS-Net/BiRefNet, hair refinement, trimap editing, and undoable application
• Workspace modes: Design, Print, Draw, Photo, Motion with per-mode toolbars and panels

Known limitations

• Complex-script shaping and mixed-direction layout have engine foundations but are not yet wired through every live renderer, caret, and export consumer
• Collaboration features are UI scaffolding only
• Print bleed and trim guides are available, but exported trim and bleed geometry remains the final authority
• High-quality background removal is hardware/provider dependent; unsafe bare-WASM allocations are blocked and the actual fallback is shown in the editor