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Flint

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

Website GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
4.3K
npm downloads / week
54.2K
Commits, last 12 months
681
Contributors
20
Last commit
Latest release
0.5.1Aug 14, 2026

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.

Its GitHub description: 🪄 Flint is a visualization language that lets AI agents reliably create expressive, good-looking charts from simple, human-editable chart specs.

GitHub topics: ai-agentsdata-visualizationcharting-librarymcp-server

Install

npm
npm install flint-chart
v0.5.1

Development activity

Commits per month to the default branch over the last 12 complete months.

0100200 Oct 2025 Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
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681 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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MonthCommits
Oct 20250
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 202650
Mar 202617
Apr 202616
May 202612
Jun 2026181
Jul 2026134
Aug 2026187
Sep 202684

Popularity among JavaScript visualization libraries

blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K Flint 4.3K
blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K Flint 4.3K
GitHub stars for Flint and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
blessed-contrib15,775
Vega12,008
Perspective11,275
vue-echarts10,757
Textures.js6,088
vue-chartjs5,718
Flint4,338

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    Terminal dashboards with charts, maps, gauges and tables, built with Node.js and ASCII/ANSI art.

    15.8K starsJavaScriptMIT

  • Vega

    Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs.

    12K starsJavaScriptBSD-3-Clause

  • Perspective

    Interactive analytics and visualization component for large and streaming datasets, built on WebAssembly.

    11.3K starsRustApache-2.0

  • vue-echarts

    Vue.js component for Apache ECharts.

    10.8K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • Textures.js

    A library to create SVG patterns.

    6.1K starsJavaScriptMIT

  • vue-chartjs

    Vue.js wrapper for Chart.js.

    5.7K starsTypeScriptMIT

Flint FAQ

Is Flint open source?

Yes. Flint is released under the MIT license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Flint still maintained?

Yes. Flint is actively developed, with 681 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 12 days ago.

How do I install Flint?

From npm: npm install flint-chart.

What are the best alternatives to Flint?

The most popular alternatives listed in More JavaScript visualization libraries are blessed-contrib, Vega, and Perspective. See the full ranking.

What language is Flint written in?

Flint is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, npm. Updated Oct 5, 2026.