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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 5 days ago, with 312 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #48 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 30, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a JavaScript library for creating interactive 3D globes and 2D maps in web browsers using WebGL.
- Enables high-performance, hardware-accelerated visualization of massive geospatial datasets with robust interoperability via open standards.
- Use for building dynamic, high-precision global mapping applications that stream 3D terrain and imagery data in real time.
- Use for developing cross-platform geospatial analysis tools that visualize and interact with 3D Tiles and GIS data.
- Use for integrating customizable 3D globe visualizations into web apps without requiring browser plugins or heavy client installs.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
CesiumJS is a JavaScript library for creating 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser without a plugin. It uses WebGL for hardware-accelerated graphics, and is cross-platform, cross-browser, and tuned for dynamic-data visualization.
Built on open formats, CesiumJS is designed for robust interoperability and scaling for massive datasets.
Examples :earth_asia: Docs :earth_americas: Website :earth_africa: Forum :earth_asia: User Stories
Visit the Downloads page to download a pre-built copy of CesiumJS.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
3.9K+42
Open issues
1.7K+57
Compared with peers in Graphics
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| heygen-com/hyperframes | 82.3K | +4.0K | 75 | today |
| boykopovar/AnyPS5 | 52.6K | +1.9K | 59 | 10 days ago |
| mrdoob/three.js | 118.1K | +573 | 75 | 11 days ago |
| playcanvas/engine | 17.2K | — | 64 | 23 days ago |
| CesiumGS/cesium | 15.9K | — | 65 | 5 days ago |
| CadQuery/cadquery | 6.1K | — | 47 | 140 days ago |
| Category median | 52.6K | +1.9K | 64 | — |
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