CesiumJS Downloaded More than 1 Million Times

CesiumJS has passed the 1 million mark for total lifetime downloads. Passing that milestone means a lot to us and to the CesiumJS community.

1 million downloads means concerted effort from more than 200 contributors

Since Cesium was released as open source in April 2012, more than 200 developers have contributed to the project. We appreciate everything the community has contributed, from features to bug fixes to documentation. Want to join the contributor community? Try out one of the “beginner” issues.

1 million downloads means thousands of 3D geospatial apps

The developer community around CesiumJS has built thousands of applications with CesiumJS, in dozens of industries, from drones to history to extreme sports. They’ve visualized commercial real estate spaces, major hurricanes, yachting competitions, and the expeditions of the Mars rover.

1 million downloads means millions of lines of code

CesiumJS is one of the most extensive JavaScript libraries developed, shipping out of the box with an interactive 3D globe, star map, terrain, imagery, dynamic lighting, and interactive timeline. We’ve released updates and improvements to CesiumJS every month since CesiumJS was developed—cumulatively adding more than 9 million lines of code and removing over 7 million—as we constantly become more efficient at streaming massive amounts of data online.

1 million downloads means just the beginning

Cesium began with a couple of engineers at Analytical Graphics, Inc. Last year we grew into our own company and spun out with an open core business model, ensuring long-term sustainability for CesiumJS.