# react-map-gl

> React components for MapLibre GL JS and Mapbox GL JS, maintained by vis.gl.

- Category: [JavaScript map & geospatial visualization libraries](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/javascript-maps/)
- Website: http://visgl.github.io/react-map-gl/
- Repository: https://github.com/visgl/react-map-gl
- License: MIT
- Language: TypeScript
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 8,503
- Commits in the last 12 months: 20
- Contributors: 187
- Last commit: Sep 3, 2026
- Latest release: v8.1.3 (Sep 2, 2026)
- Install (npm): `npm install react-map-gl`, 2.7M downloads per week
- Topics: Maps & geospatial visualization, GPU-accelerated & WebGL visualization

## Overview

react-map-gl is an open-source JavaScript mapping library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 8,503 stars, 1,348 forks, and 187 contributors. It is actively developed with 20 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v8.1.3, was published on Sep 2, 2026. On npm it is downloaded about 2.7M times per week.

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