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CesiumJS

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

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 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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
CesiumJS Contributors4
Maintained by
Community
First release
20149

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
In the browser2
Install with
npm install2

Releases

Current major version
18
Last release
2026-11-028

Adoption

GitHub stars
15,9172
npm downloads a week
419,8406
Contributors
3127

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Sources

  1. 2026-11-04: links
    cesium.com/platform/cesiumjs/
  2. 2026-11-04: links, Written in, Runs as, Categories, Install with, GitHub stars
    github.com/CesiumGS/cesium
  3. 2026-11-04: links
    cesium.com/learn/cesiumjs-learn/
  4. 2026-11-04: Maintainer
    github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/main/LICENSE.md
  5. 2026-11-04: License, License model
    github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/main/README.md
  6. 2026-11-04: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/cesium
  7. 2026-11-04: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/CesiumGS/cesium/contributors?per_page=1
  8. 2026-11-04: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/releases/tag/1.147
  9. 2026-11-04: First release
    github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/tags

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