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mapbox-gl vs @cesium/engine

3D, WebGL and game enginesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
mapbox-glv3.31.0, 17 Sept 2026

A WebGL interactive maps library

$ npm install mapbox-gl
@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
Metricmapbox-gl@cesium/engineDifference
Weekly downloads2,914,382269,949mapbox-gl 10.8x higher
12-month download growth+93%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies021@cesium/engine 21 more
Unpacked size63.3 MB23.3 MB@cesium/engine 2.7x smaller
Latest release3.31.0, 17 Sept 202626.3.0, 1 Sept 2026mapbox-gl 16 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months21--
First published6 Oct 2014--
GitHub stars12,41915,771@cesium/engine +27%
Open issues1,4101,593@cesium/engine 183 more
Open pull requests4491@cesium/engine 47 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1,2473,211@cesium/engine 2.6x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
Runtimes---
LicenseSEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txtApache-2.0Differs

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

mapbox-gl

Major versions
  1. 0.3.16 Oct 2014
  2. 1.0.022 May 2019
  3. 2.0.08 Dec 2020
  4. 3.0.029 Nov 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.31.017 Sept 2026
  2. 3.30.03 Sept 2026
  3. 3.29.020 Aug 2026
  4. 3.28.17 Aug 2026
  5. 3.28.05 Aug 2026
192 releases in total, 21 in the last 12 months

@cesium/engine

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
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  • 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

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@cesium/engine: @cesium/engine npm registry, @cesium/engine GitHub, @cesium/engine jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.