AwesomeDataviz

LayerChart

Composable Svelte chart components for cartesian, radial, hierarchical, graph and geo charts.

Website GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
1.3K
npm downloads / week
344.2K
Commits, last 12 months
475
Contributors
24
Last commit
Latest release
layerchart@2.…Oct 1, 2026

Overview

LayerChart is an open-source JavaScript visualization library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 1,329 stars, 43 forks, and 24 contributors. It is actively developed with 475 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, layerchart@2.5.1, was published on Oct 1, 2026. On npm it is downloaded about 344.2K times per week.

Its GitHub description: Composable Svelte chart components to build a large variety of visualizations

GitHub topics: d3sveltesvelte-components

Install

npm
npm install layerchart
v2.5.1

Development activity

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

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475 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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MonthCommits
Oct 202516
Nov 20255
Dec 20250
Jan 202611
Feb 202620
Mar 202620
Apr 2026172
May 202625
Jun 20268
Jul 202646
Aug 2026120
Sep 202632

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 LayerChart 1.3K
blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K LayerChart 1.3K
GitHub stars for LayerChart 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
LayerChart1,329

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  • blessed-contrib

    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

LayerChart FAQ

Is LayerChart open source?

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

Is LayerChart still maintained?

Yes. LayerChart is actively developed, with 475 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit yesterday.

How do I install LayerChart?

From npm: npm install layerchart.

What are the best alternatives to LayerChart?

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

What language is LayerChart written in?

LayerChart is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

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