WebGL

WebGL brings GPU accelerated 2D and 3D graphics to the canvas, powering visualizations, games and interactive scenes. Support is broad in modern browsers, but capabilities and performance vary widely by device and driver, so detect the context and provide a fallback.

Verdict

Use with caution

Category

JavaScript APIs

Browser support

Can I Use

Works in

all modern browsers

Should you use WebGL in 2026?

There are polyfills and plugins to enable WebGL for IE 10 and below, but you probably shouldn't use them. Use WebGL if it's present, else point the user to get.webgl.org.

Polyfills and fallbacks

Progressive enhancement works well here: browsers without support degrade gracefully, so a dedicated polyfill is usually unnecessary.

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