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Vega-Lite

JSON grammar for statistical graphics

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Vega-Lite is a high-level grammar of interactive graphics. It provides a concise, declarative JSON syntax to create an expressive range of visualizations for data analysis and presentation.

Compared to Vega , Vega-Lite provides a more concise and convenient form to author common visualizations. As Vega-Lite can compile its specifications to Vega specifications, users may use Vega-Lite as the primary visualization tool and, if needed, transition to use the lower-level Vega for advanced use cases.

Check out the documentation and take a look at our example gallery . Follow us on Bluesky to stay informed about updates.

With Vega-Lite, we can start with a bar chart of the average monthly precipitation in Seattle, overlay a rule for the overall yearly average , and have it represent an interactive moving average for a dragged region . Next step

Features

  • Award winning research paper and video of our OpenVis Conf talk on the design of Vega-Lite
  • The about page for the Vega project
  • Watch Dr. Lace Padilla’s series of videos on Vega-Lite
  • Listen to a Data Stories episode about Declarative Visualization with Vega-Lite and Altair
  • Learn about visualization design principles in the Visualization curriculum
  • JSON schema specification for Vega-Lite ( latest )
Pricing
Open Source
Pricing detail
BSD-3 free
Platforms
JS Python Notebooks
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