# @loaders.gl/draco

> Framework-independent loader and writer for Draco compressed meshes and point clouds

Latest version **4.5.2** (published 2026-09-20) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @loaders.gl/draco
pnpm add @loaders.gl/draco
yarn add @loaders.gl/draco
bun add @loaders.gl/draco
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; large bundle.

Negative: declining downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.5.2 |
| Published | 2026-09-20 |
| First published | 2018-12-14 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 5 |
| Unpacked size | 15 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 855 |
| Maintainers | pessimistress, kylebarron, ibgreen, dryabinin, belom88, dterekhova, openjs-operations, felixpalmer |
| Keywords | loader, parser, writer, encoder, 3d, mesh, point cloud, draco3d, draco, geometry, geometry compression, webgl, webgpu |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@loaders.gl/draco
- Repository: https://github.com/visgl/loaders.gl
- Homepage: https://github.com/visgl/loaders.gl#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/visgl/loaders.gl/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/draco

## Dependencies (5)

- [draco3d](https://npm.io/package/draco3d.md) 1.5.7
- [@loaders.gl/schema](https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/schema.md) 4.5.1
- [@loaders.gl/loader-utils](https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/loader-utils.md) 4.5.2
- [@loaders.gl/schema-utils](https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/schema-utils.md) 4.5.2
- [@loaders.gl/worker-utils](https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/worker-utils.md) 4.5.2

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## Recent versions

- 4.5.2 (latest) — 2026-09-20
- 5.0.0-alpha.7 (beta) — 2026-09-25
- 4.5.0-alpha.1 (v4.5-beta) — 2026-08-21
- 1.1.7 (1.1-latest) — 2019-08-13
- 5.0.0-alpha.6 — 2026-09-14
- 4.5.1 — 2026-09-09
- 5.0.0-alpha.5 — 2026-08-30
- 5.0.0-alpha.4 — 2026-08-30
- 5.0.0-alpha.3 — 2026-08-30
- 5.0.0-alpha.2 — 2026-08-21
- 4.4.5 — 2026-08-21
- 4.4.4 — 2026-08-01
- 5.0.0-alpha.1 — 2026-08-01
- 4.4.3 — 2026-06-13
- 4.4.2 — 2026-05-13
- … 352 more at https://npm.io/package/@loaders.gl/draco/versions

## README

# @loaders.gl/draco

[loaders.gl](https://loaders.gl/docs) is a collection of framework-independent 3D and geospatial parsers and encoders.

This module contains loader and writer for Draco compressed meshes and point clouds.

For documentation please visit the [website](https://loaders.gl).

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