# phoria2

9 Hacker News commenters recommended phoria2 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend this free WebGL 2 library for fast 3D rendering, with demos reported running smoothly even on phones.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs fast, even on phones (3 comments): "Wow, the demo is really great. It's impressive that even these demos run fast enough on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327420)) "I loved seeing the FPS stay locked at 120 on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326650)) "This is insanely performant, wow!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328690))
- Fun, impressive demos (3 comments): "Wow, the demo is really great. It's impressive that even these demos run fast enough on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327420)) "Wow, that is amazing, these demo's are exactly the same demo's Claude keeps buildings for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50330101)) "the bricks demo is laugh out loud fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326611))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Three.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/three-js.md): 49 recommend
- [wgpu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wgpu.md): 27 recommend
- [Skia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/skia.md): 14 recommend
- [LVGL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lvgl.md): 10 recommend
- [Dawn WebGPU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dawn.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "phoria2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoria2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).