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Vela

Financial charting library with a headless core, native WebGL2 renderer and plugin SDK, from LuxAlgo.

Website GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
986
npm downloads / week
9.9K
Commits, last 12 months
579
Contributors
6
Last commit

Overview

Vela is an open-source JavaScript financial charting library released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 986 stars, 182 forks, and 6 contributors. It is actively developed with 579 commits in the last 12 months. On npm it is downloaded about 9.9K times per week.

Its GitHub description: Fast, extensible financial charts for the web. The open-source core of Vela by LuxAlgo.

GitHub topics: canvaschartchartingcharting-libraryfinanceindicatortypescripttrading

Install

npm
npm install @luxalgo/vela
v0.8.1

Development activity

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

0100200300 Oct 2025 Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
0100200300 Oct 2025 Jan 2026 Apr Jul
579 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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MonthCommits
Oct 20250
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Jun 20260
Jul 202668
Aug 2026299
Sep 2026212

Popularity among JavaScript financial charting libraries

Lightweight Charts 17.5K KLineChart 4.2K HQChart 3.4K TechanJS 2.4K React Financial Charts 1.4K Vela 986 chartjs-chart-financial 809
Lightweight Charts 17.5K KLineChart 4.2K HQChart 3.4K TechanJS 2.4K React Financial Charts 1.4K Vela 986 chartjs-chart-financial 809
GitHub stars for Vela and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Lightweight Charts17,476
KLineChart4,211
HQChart3,410
TechanJS2,436
React Financial Charts1,418
Vela986
chartjs-chart-financial809

Alternatives to Vela

  • Lightweight Charts

    Performant HTML5 canvas financial charts, from TradingView.

    17.5K starsTypeScriptApache-2.0

  • KLineChart

    Lightweight, highly customizable candlestick (k-line) chart with zero dependencies and mobile support.

    4.2K starsTypeScriptApache-2.0

  • HQChart

    K-line and stock charts with a technical indicator scripting engine, for web pages and WeChat mini programs.

    3.4K starsJavaScriptApache-2.0

  • TechanJS

    Stock and financial charts.

    2.4K starsJavaScriptMIT

  • React Financial Charts

    React components for financial charts: candlesticks, technical indicators, overlays and drawing tools.

    1.4K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • chartjs-chart-financial

    Chart.js module that adds candlestick and OHLC chart types.

    809 starsJavaScriptMIT

Vela FAQ

Is Vela open source?

Yes. Vela is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Vela still maintained?

Yes. Vela is actively developed, with 579 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 4 days ago.

How do I install Vela?

From npm: npm install @luxalgo/vela.

What are the best alternatives to Vela?

The most popular alternatives listed in JavaScript financial charting libraries are Lightweight Charts, KLineChart, and HQChart. See the full ranking.

What language is Vela written in?

Vela is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

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