# BinaryMuse/planetary.js

:earth_americas: Awesome interactive globes for the web

Repository: https://github.com/BinaryMuse/planetary.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/planetaryjs
Homepage: http://planetaryjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: topojson, javascript, interactive-globes, d3, visualization
Last push: 2024-03-19T21:43:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4640, "days_push": 897, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1620, forks 180 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.372776+00:00)

## What it is
Planetary.js is a JavaScript library for building interactive, animated globes on the web using D3 and TopoJSON. It supports zoom, drag rotation, animated pings at coordinates, and is extensible via a plugin-based architecture.

## Use cases
- render an interactive rotating earth globe on a webpage
- display animated pings at geographic coordinates on a globe
- add mouse drag and zoom to a 3D-style world map
- visualize world country borders and oceans from TopoJSON data
- build a customizable globe widget with custom colors and scale
- extend globe behavior with custom plugins

## When to choose
- you need an interactive globe rendered to HTML canvas with minimal setup
- you want a lightweight D3-based globe with plugin extensibility
- you need animated location markers (pings) on a world map

## When to avoid
- you need full-featured GIS mapping with tiles and layers (use Leaflet or Mapbox)
- you need modern D3 v4+ compatibility, since Planetary.js depends on D3 v3 and TopoJSON v1
- you need WebGL performance for very large datasets

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, graphics
- domain: data-visualization, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: interactive-globes, d3, topo, canvas, geospatial, plugin-architecture, maps, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- BinaryMuse/planetary.js (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.372776+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:49:16.445180+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BinaryMuse/planetary.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.372776+00:00, sha 13904d940fc3)
  - homepage: http://planetaryjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:16.049852+00:00, sha 1fa34ae52bfe)
  - site_page: http://planetaryjs.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:16.052282+00:00, sha 7efcb90ca366)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/planetary.js (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:16.054068+00:00, sha 9db551f6693d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.