# CesiumJS

JavaScript library for building 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser, rendered with WebGL.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cesium/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cesium.com/platform/cesiumjs/
- repository: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium
- docs: https://cesium.com/learn/cesiumjs-learn/
- x: https://twitter.com/CesiumJS
- forum: https://community.cesium.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: CesiumJS Contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: graphics
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15917
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 419840
- contributors: 312
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cesium.com/platform/cesiumjs/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://cesium.com/learn/cesiumjs-learn/ (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- runsAs: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/CesiumGS/cesium/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/releases/tag/1.147 (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/releases/tag/1.147 (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/tags (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

CesiumJS is a JavaScript library for creating 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser without a plugin. It uses WebGL for graphics and streams 3D Tiles and other standard formats from Cesium ion or from another source. The [learning documentation](https://cesium.com/learn/cesiumjs-learn/) covers building an app with it.

Module bundlers install the library from npm, and individual modules can be imported for tree shaking. A pre-built copy is available from the project's downloads page.

## Worth knowing

Cesium ion is a commercial platform that tiles, hosts and streams 3D content. It is optional: the README says any combination of content sources works with CesiumJS. The project describes its business model as open-core, with open source runtime engines such as CesiumJS and an optional commercial subscription to Cesium ion.

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