Mapbox GL
WebGL-based interactive maps library for rendering vector tiles and geospatial data.
3D and graphics npm SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txt
Used in agent projects
38
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in 3d and graphics
#13 of 19
by use in those projects
Downloads
4.3M
npm, last 7 days, mapbox-gl
GitHub stars
12.4K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Mapbox GL is used
Mapbox GL is a dependency in 38 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #13 of 19 in 3d and graphics. The most used alternative there is React Three Fiber. Projects that use it most often also use Tailwind CSS (84.2%), Tailwind Merge (55.3%), clsx (55.3%).
Often used with Mapbox GL
| Tailwind CSS | 84.2% of Mapbox GL projects · 2.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind Merge | 55.3% of Mapbox GL projects · 3.3× more than average |
| clsx | 55.3% of Mapbox GL projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Lucide React | 57.9% of Mapbox GL projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 47.4% of Mapbox GL projects · 3.4× more than average |
| React | 84.2% of Mapbox GL projects · 1.9× more than average |
| Supabase JS | 39.5% of Mapbox GL projects · 5.4× more than average |
| date-fns | 39.5% of Mapbox GL projects · 4.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Mapbox GL as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install mapbox-gl |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (18), Next.js (15), Python (3), PHP (2) |
| Example projects | databayt/hogwarts, melihzafer/deliorman |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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