@cesium/enginev26.3.0, 1 Sept 2026
CesiumJS is a JavaScript library for creating 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser without a plugin.
$ npm install @cesium/engine| Metric | mapbox-gl | @cesium/engine | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 2,914,382 | 269,949 | mapbox-gl 10.8x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +93% | - | - |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 21 | @cesium/engine 21 more |
| Unpacked size | 63.3 MB | 23.3 MB | @cesium/engine 2.7x smaller |
| Latest release | 3.31.0, 17 Sept 2026 | 26.3.0, 1 Sept 2026 | mapbox-gl 16 days more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 21 | - | - |
| First published | 6 Oct 2014 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 12,419 | 15,771 | @cesium/engine +27% |
| Open issues | 1,410 | 1,593 | @cesium/engine 183 more |
| Open pull requests | 44 | 91 | @cesium/engine 47 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 1,247 | 3,211 | @cesium/engine 2.6x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM only | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txt | Apache-2.0 | Differs |
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.
mapbox-gl2.9m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
mapbox-gl
Major versions
- 0.3.16 Oct 2014
- 1.0.022 May 2019
- 2.0.08 Dec 2020
- 3.0.029 Nov 2023
Last 5 releases
- 3.31.017 Sept 2026
- 3.30.03 Sept 2026
- 3.29.020 Aug 2026
- 3.28.17 Aug 2026
- 3.28.05 Aug 2026
192 releases in total, 21 in the last 12 months
@cesium/engine
Major versions
- -
Last 5 releases
- -
Release count not fetched
mapbox-gl
-
@cesium/engine
-
mapbox-gl
-
@cesium/engine
-
- Need no runtime dependenciesmapbox-gl (mapbox-gl has 0, @cesium/engine has 21)
- Module formatBoth ESM only
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementmapbox-gl: none declared; @cesium/engine: >=22.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasemapbox-gl (3.31.0 on 17 Sept 2026 vs 26.3.0 on 1 Sept 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsmapbox-gl (2.9m vs 269.9k)
- Licensemapbox-gl: SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txt; @cesium/engine: Apache-2.0
Each line is generated from the data above.
mapbox-gl: mapbox-gl npm registry, mapbox-gl npm downloads, mapbox-gl GitHub, mapbox-gl jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
@cesium/engine: @cesium/engine npm registry, @cesium/engine GitHub, @cesium/engine jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.