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echarts vs lightweight-charts

Charts and data visualisationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
echartsv6.1.0, 19 May 2026

Apache ECharts is a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization library for browser

$ npm install echarts
lightweight-chartsv5.2.1, 12 Aug 2026

Performant financial charts built with HTML5 canvas

$ npm install lightweight-charts
Metricechartslightweight-chartsDifference
Weekly downloads3,701,710761,677echarts 4.9x higher
12-month download growth+238%+418%lightweight-charts +180 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies21echarts 1 more
Unpacked size57.5 MB3.0 MBlightweight-charts 19.5x smaller
Latest release6.1.0, 19 May 20265.2.1, 12 Aug 2026lightweight-charts 3 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months14lightweight-charts 3 more
First published8 Jul 201528 May 2019echarts 3.9 years earlier
GitHub stars67,39317,350echarts 3.9x higher
Open issues1,301114echarts 1,187 more
Open pull requests19317echarts 176 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks270328lightweight-charts +21%
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM onlyDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0Same

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
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

echarts

Major versions
  1. 2.2.87 Nov 2015
  2. 3.0.012 Jan 2016
  3. 4.0.016 Jan 2018
  4. 5.0.02 Dec 2020
  5. 6.0.030 Jul 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.1.019 May 2026
  2. 6.0.030 Jul 2025
  3. 5.6.028 Dec 2024
  4. 5.5.127 Jun 2024
  5. 5.5.018 Feb 2024
74 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months

lightweight-charts

Major versions
  1. 1.0.08 Jul 2019
  2. 2.0.025 Feb 2020
  3. 3.0.011 Jun 2020
  4. 4.0.08 Feb 2023
  5. 5.0.02 Jan 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 5.2.112 Aug 2026
  2. 5.2.024 Apr 2026
  3. 5.1.016 Dec 2025
  4. 5.0.91 Oct 2025
  5. 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)

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