The Moz2D graphics API, part of the Azure project, is a cross-platform interface onto the various graphics backends that Gecko uses for rendering such as Direct2D (1.0 and 1.1), Skia, Cairo, Quartz, and NV Path. Adding a new graphics platform to Gecko is accomplished by adding a backend to Moz2D (see [[#Implementing a new backend]]).
Some of the notable features of the API are: