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Modules in @deck.gl-community are independently maintained, so this page is just a high-level overview.

  • Detailed release information is typically found in the documentation of each module. - However, major releases are typically synchronized to ensure compatiblity with new deck.gl versions.

v9.3 - In planning​

Some inofficial wishlist and roadmap type information is available in github trackers:

  • @deck.gl-community/editable-layers
  • @deck.gl-community/graph-layers
  • @deck.gl-community/infovis-layers
    • Goal: Some of the improved support for (non-geospatial) views etc should be upstreamed into deck.gl v9.3.

v9.2 - Currently in alpha​

Target Release Date: Nov 2025

Highlights:

  • deck.gl v9.2 compatibility.
  • Website: Documentation improvements and search.
  • Tests updated to use vitest instead of jest

@deck.gl-community/widgets (NEW module)​

A new module containing unofficial / experimental widgets for deck.gl, initially:

  • ZoomRangeWidget - NEW deck.gl Widget providing a zoom slider.
  • PanWidget - NEW deck.gl Widget providing buttons for panning the view.

@deck.gl-community/editable-layers​

  • DrawPolygonMode: Added allowHoles configuration to enable drawing polygon holes within existing polygons
  • DrawPolygonMode: Enhanced hole creation with validation to prevent overlapping or nested holes
  • DrawPolygonMode: Added comprehensive edit types for hole operations (addHole, invalidHole)

Breaking Changes:

  • DrawPolygonMode: preventOverlappingLines configuration renamed to allowSelfIntersection for consistency
    • Migration: Update your modeConfig from {preventOverlappingLines: false} to {allowSelfIntersection: true}
    • Migration: Update your modeConfig from {preventOverlappingLines: true} to {allowSelfIntersection: false} (or omit as this is now the default)
    • The behavior logic has been inverted: the new parameter enables self-intersection when true, while the old parameter prevented it when true

@deck.gl-community/graph-layers​

  • GraphLayer
    • GraphLayerProps.data - GraphLayer now accepts GraphEngine, Graph, or raw JSON via the new data prop (including async URLs).

Graph Loaders

  • A common GraphData schema is defined and returned by graph loaders.
  • JSONGraphLoader normalizes edge arrays or {nodes, edges} objects.
  • DOTGraphLoader

Graph Styling:

  • GraphLayerProps.stylesheet - accepts a unified stylesheet containing all for node, edge, and decorator styles.
  • GraphStylesheet - NEW 'arrow' edge decorator that renders arrows on directional edges.
  • GraphStylesheet - constants can now be defined using simple string literals.

Graph Layouts:

  • D3DagLayout - NEW GraphLayout for visualiation of DAGs (Directed Acyclic Graphs) with layering and collapse/expand functionality.
  • RadialLayout - NEW GraphLayout for visualiation of radial graph layouts.
  • HivePlotLayout - NEW GraphLayout for visualiation of hive plot graph layouts.
  • D3MultiGraphLayout - NEW GraphLayout for visualiation of multi-edge graph layouts.

Graph Event Handling:

  • Graph event handling is supported via callback props instead of EventTarget.

Graph Examples:

  • The GraphViewer example expanded to cover all new layouts, including a UI for dynamically changing layout options.

Graph Documentation

  • significant updates / new content.

v9.1​

Released: July 8, 2025

Highlights

  • deck.gl 9.1 updates.
  • Website fixes and example improvements.

@deck.gl-community/leaflet

  • This module is published to npm.
  • A working example is now up on the website.

@deck.gl-community/geo-layers (New module)

  • GlobalGridLayer - A new "generic" global grid layer that works against a pluggable GlobalGrid decoder.
  • GlobalGrid - A small abstraction API for global grid decoders, making it easier to write visualizations / applications that can work with multiple global grids.
  • A5Grid, H3Grid, S2Grid, GeohashGrid, QuadkeyGrid - Pre-defined global grid system "decoders" for some of the most popular global grids that can be used with the GlobalGridLayer

@deck.gl-community/infovis-layers (New module)

  • HorizonGraphLayer - New layer for compact time series.
  • TimeAxisLayer - New layer for a dynamic tick mark time axis.
  • VerticalGridLayer
  • Utilities for advanced deck.gl view management - New layer for adding dynamic vertical grid lines that can sync with a time layer.

@deck.gl-community/graph-layers

  • Code base has been partially modernized in an effort to simplify maintenance and contributions.

v9.0​

Released: November 20, 2024.

Highlights

  • Add deck.gl v9.0 support to selected modules

@deck.gl-community/editable-layers)

  • This new layer pack is a fork of Uber's nebula.gl framework (which unfortunately no longer provides write access to maintainers).
  • When drawing circles or ellipses properties of the created geometry are now stored in the vector's properties.

Pre v9.0 Updates​

Released: December 22, 2023

@deck.gl-community/layers v0 - A new module intended to containing a collection of useful community layers. Initial layers are TileSourceLayer, DataDrivenTile3DLayer.

Released: April 14, 2023:

@deck-graph-layers - A new layer pack for rendering graphs (nodes and edges). Forked from Uber's archived graph.gl repo.