# Flint

> Chart specification language from Microsoft that compiles to Vega-Lite, ECharts, Chart.js or Plotly.

- Category: [More JavaScript visualization libraries](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/javascript-visualization-tools/)
- Website: https://microsoft.github.io/flint-chart/
- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/flint-chart
- License: MIT
- Language: TypeScript
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 4,338
- Commits in the last 12 months: 681
- Contributors: 20
- Last commit: Sep 23, 2026
- Latest release: 0.5.1 (Aug 14, 2026)
- Install (npm): `npm install flint-chart`, 54.2K downloads per week

## Overview

Flint is an open-source JavaScript visualization library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 4,338 stars, 245 forks, and 20 contributors. It is actively developed with 681 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, 0.5.1, was published on Aug 14, 2026. On npm it is downloaded about 54.2K times per week.

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