# vega-encode

> Visual encoding transforms for Vega dataflows.

Latest version **5.2.2** (published 2026-08-14) · BSD-3-Clause license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install vega-encode
pnpm add vega-encode
yarn add vega-encode
bun add vega-encode
```

## Health

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

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

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.2.2 |
| Published | 2026-08-14 |
| First published | 2016-09-24 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 5 |
| Unpacked size | 138.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | Vega |
| Maintainers | domoritz, hydrosquall, jheer, arvindsatya1, lhermann |
| Keywords | vega, encode, axes, legends |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vega-encode
- Repository: https://github.com/vega/vega
- Homepage: https://github.com/vega/vega/tree/main/packages/vega-encode#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/vega/vega/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/vega-encode

## Dependencies (5)

- [d3-array](https://npm.io/package/d3-array.md) ^3.2.4
- [vega-util](https://npm.io/package/vega-util.md) ^2.1.3
- [vega-scale](https://npm.io/package/vega-scale.md) ^8.1.3
- [vega-dataflow](https://npm.io/package/vega-dataflow.md) ^6.1.3
- [d3-interpolate](https://npm.io/package/d3-interpolate.md) ^3.0.1

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## Recent versions

- 5.2.2 (latest) — 2026-08-14
- 4.10.3 (v5-maintenance) — 2026-01-06
- 5.2.1 — 2026-07-22
- 5.2.0 — 2026-07-21
- 5.1.0 — 2025-09-16
- 5.0.0 — 2025-03-27
- 4.10.2 — 2025-01-24
- 4.10.1 — 2024-06-14
- 4.10.0 — 2024-05-10
- 4.9.2 — 2023-04-26
- 4.9.1 — 2023-03-01
- 4.9.0 — 2022-03-11
- 4.8.3 — 2020-09-23
- 4.8.2 — 2020-08-31
- 4.8.1 — 2020-08-18
- … 62 more at https://npm.io/package/vega-encode/versions

## README

# vega-encode

Visual encoding transforms for Vega dataflows.

This package provides the following Vega data transforms:

- [**LinkPath**](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/transforms/linkpath/) [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/LinkPath.js "Source")
- [**Pie**](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/transforms/pie/) [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/Pie.js "Source")
- [**Stack**](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/transforms/stack/) [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/Stack.js "Source")

And provides the following internal transforms:

- **AxisTicks** [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/AxisTicks.js "Source")
- **DataJoin** [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/DataJoin.js "Source")
- **Encode** [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/Encode.js "Source")
- **LegendEntries** [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/LegendEntries.js "Source")
- **Scale** [<>](https://github.com/vega/vega/blob/master/packages/vega-encode/src/Scale.js "Source")

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