echartsv6.1.0, 19 May 2026
Apache ECharts is a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization library for browser
$ npm install echartslightweight-chartsv5.2.1, 12 Aug 2026
Performant financial charts built with HTML5 canvas
$ npm install lightweight-charts| Metric | echarts | lightweight-charts | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 3,701,710 | 761,677 | echarts 4.9x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +238% | +418% | lightweight-charts +180 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | echarts 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 57.5 MB | 3.0 MB | lightweight-charts 19.5x smaller |
| Latest release | 6.1.0, 19 May 2026 | 5.2.1, 12 Aug 2026 | lightweight-charts 3 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 | 4 | lightweight-charts 3 more |
| First published | 8 Jul 2015 | 28 May 2019 | echarts 3.9 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 67,393 | 17,350 | echarts 3.9x higher |
| Open issues | 1,301 | 114 | echarts 1,187 more |
| Open pull requests | 193 | 17 | echarts 176 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 270 | 328 | lightweight-charts +21% |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM only | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
echarts3.7m latest weeklightweight-charts761.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
echarts
Major versions
- 2.2.87 Nov 2015
- 3.0.012 Jan 2016
- 4.0.016 Jan 2018
- 5.0.02 Dec 2020
- 6.0.030 Jul 2025
Last 5 releases
- 6.1.019 May 2026
- 6.0.030 Jul 2025
- 5.6.028 Dec 2024
- 5.5.127 Jun 2024
- 5.5.018 Feb 2024
74 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
lightweight-charts
Major versions
- 1.0.08 Jul 2019
- 2.0.025 Feb 2020
- 3.0.011 Jun 2020
- 4.0.08 Feb 2023
- 5.0.02 Jan 2025
Last 5 releases
- 5.2.112 Aug 2026
- 5.2.024 Apr 2026
- 5.1.016 Dec 2025
- 5.0.91 Oct 2025
- 5.0.826 Jun 2025
50 releases in total, 4 in the last 12 months
echarts
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lightweight-charts
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsecharts (echarts: ESM + CommonJS; lightweight-charts: ESM only)
- Need to load it with require()echarts
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent releaselightweight-charts (5.2.1 on 12 Aug 2026 vs 6.1.0 on 19 May 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsecharts (3.7m vs 761.7k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- d3 vs echartsNo search data
- echarts vs @swimlane/ngx-chartsNo search data
- chart.js vs lightweight-chartsNo search data
- lightweight-charts vs gojsNo search data
echarts: echarts npm registry, echarts npm downloads, echarts GitHub, echarts jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
lightweight-charts: lightweight-charts npm registry, lightweight-charts npm downloads, lightweight-charts GitHub, lightweight-charts jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.