Open source tools for geospatial visualization
Composable frameworks for maps, graphics, and data.
Frameworks with Websites
Framework Documentation
dev-tools
Shared development tools for building, testing, linting, and publishing vis.gl projects.
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math.gl
3D and geospatial math utilities.
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probe.gl
Logging, instrumentation, benchmarking and test utilities.
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deck.gl-community
Community layers, basemaps and deck.gl add-ons.
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Tangram rendering and deck.gl basemap integration.
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react-map-gl
React components for Mapbox GL JS and MapLibre GL JS.
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react-google-maps
React components and hooks for the Google Maps JavaScript API.
Explore docs →vis.gl is an open source suite of composable frameworks for geospatial visualization, with projects that work independently or together around deck.gl.
Contribution
vis.gl is built in the open. Contributions are welcome from individuals, companies, and research teams.
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Frameworks
Browse the vis.gl Framework Catalog to find the right tools for your project. Use each framework on its own or combine them.
Releases
In development
math.gl 5.0
Prerelease development is underway. See the release notes.
Latest stable releases
vis.gl 9.0
Release Date: Mar 21, 2024
deck.gl 9.0
luma.gl 9.0
math.gl 4.0
loaders.gl 4.2
react-map-gl 7.1
Release Date: Jun 30, 2023
History
2026
math.gl 5.0 entered prerelease development.
math.gl documentation moved to vis.gl/math.gl.
2024
react-google-maps was created.
2023
Open Visualization Collaborator Summit held in New York.
2022
First annual Open Visualization Collaborator Summit held in Madrid.
flowmap.gl joined the vis.gl project.
vis.gl and kepler.gl joined the OpenJS Foundation.
Urban Computing Foundation merged with the OpenJS Foundation.
The Open Visualization Collaboration Group formed.
2020
vis.gl Open Governance meetings began under the Linux Foundation and UCF.
Uber transferred a set of core vis.gl frameworks to the UCF.
hubble.gl was created.
2019
Uber created the Urban Computing Foundation and transferred kepler.gl.
2018
Uber open sourced kepler.gl.
loaders.gl and nebula.gl were created.
2017
math.gl and probe.gl were created.
2016
luma.gl was created.
2015
Uber open sourced the core deck.gl framework.
Uber developed deck.gl for geospatial visualization.