# JointJS

> SVG-based JavaScript diagramming library for interactive diagrams and graph editors.

- Category: [JavaScript graph & network visualization libraries](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/javascript-graph-visualization/)
- Website: https://jointjs.com
- Repository: https://github.com/clientIO/joint
- License: MPL-2.0
- Language: JavaScript
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 5,393
- Commits in the last 12 months: 151
- Contributors: 83
- Last commit: Oct 1, 2026
- Latest release: @joint/router-avoid@4.3.3 (Sep 4, 2026)
- Install (npm): `npm install @joint/core`, 65K downloads per week
- Topics: Graph & network visualization, Diagrams & diagrams as code

## Overview

JointJS is an open-source JavaScript graph visualization library released under the MPL-2.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 5,393 stars, 893 forks, and 83 contributors. It is actively developed with 151 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, @joint/router-avoid@4.3.3, was published on Sep 4, 2026. On npm it is downloaded about 65K times per week.

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