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Vega-Lite

Is a high-level grammar of interactive graphics. It provides a concise JSON syntax for rapidly generating visualizations to support analysis.

Website GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
5.5K
npm downloads / week
1.3M
Commits, last 12 months
120
Contributors
205
Last commit
Latest release
v6.4.3Apr 24, 2026

Overview

Vega-Lite is an open-source JavaScript visualization library released under the BSD-3-Clause license. Its GitHub repository has 5,502 stars, 722 forks, and 205 contributors. It is actively developed with 120 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v6.4.3, was published on Apr 24, 2026. On npm it is downloaded about 1.3M times per week.

Its GitHub description: A concise grammar of interactive graphics, built on Vega.

GitHub topics: visual-analysisvisualization-grammarvisualizationvegachartsdeclarative-languagevega-liteplot

Install

npm
npm install vega-lite
v6.4.3

Development activity

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

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120 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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MonthCommits
Oct 20259
Nov 202512
Dec 20254
Jan 20268
Feb 20266
Mar 202611
Apr 202625
May 20263
Jun 20263
Jul 202624
Aug 20267
Sep 20268

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 Vega-Lite 5.5K
blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K Vega-Lite 5.5K
GitHub stars for Vega-Lite and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
blessed-contrib15,775
Vega12,008
Perspective11,270
vue-echarts10,758
Textures.js6,088
vue-chartjs5,718
Vega-Lite5,502

Alternatives to Vega-Lite

  • 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

More comparisons: Vega-Altair vs Vega-Lite

Vega-Lite FAQ

Is Vega-Lite open source?

Yes. Vega-Lite is released under the BSD-3-Clause license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Vega-Lite still maintained?

Yes. Vega-Lite is actively developed, with 120 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 3 days ago.

How do I install Vega-Lite?

From npm: npm install vega-lite.

What are the best alternatives to Vega-Lite?

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

What language is Vega-Lite written in?

Vega-Lite is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, npm. Updated Oct 4, 2026.