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Open source visualization grammars · Vega uses a BSD-3-Clause license
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- Analysis features
- Vega-Lite supports data transformations such as aggregation, binning, filtering, and sorting, plus layered and multi-view displays and interactive selections.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Dashboard type
- interactivevega.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Data sources
- Inline data,URL-loaded data,runtime-bound data; JSON,CSV,TSV,DSV,TopoJSONvega.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Ecosystem integrations
- The Vega-Lite ecosystem lists integrations including Altair’s Python API, a Vega-Lite JavaScript API, JupyterLab, Observable, and Kibana.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Embedded dashboards
- Yesvega.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Features
- Vega supports data loading and transformation, scales, map projections, axes, legends, graphical marks, and reactive interactions driven by input events.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The project describes its goal as supporting use cases from exploratory data analysis to communication through custom visualization design.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- JavaScript and Node.js
- Vega can be imported as a JavaScript module and used in Node.js projects with its View API.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The Vega repository identifies its license as BSD-3-Clause.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Online editor
- The Vega-Lite ecosystem identifies Vega-Editor as an online editor for Vega and Vega-Lite that can output a Vega specification from a Vega-Lite specification.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Platform
- webvega.github.io · read 23 Sep 2026
- Rendering
- Vega can render interactive browser visualizations or static PNG and SVG images server-side, and its command-line utilities can also render PDF files.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security constraint
- Vega is not compliant with standard Content Security Policy by default because its expression language uses the Function constructor; an alternative expression interpreter is available for CSP-compliant use.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Server-side dependency
- Server-side PNG generation and accurate font metrics require node-canvas, which is not included by default in the vega package.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to the Vega discussion forum and Slack organization for help and sharing examples.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Vega-Lite
- Vega-Lite is a higher-level grammar with concise JSON syntax for creating visualizations for data analysis and presentation.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Web integration
- Vega-Embed adds Vega or Vega-Lite visualizations to web pages and can load specification files from a URL.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Vega is a declarative JSON grammar for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualizations rendered as web views using Canvas or SVG.vega.github.io · read 11 Oct 2026