Overview

Explore the packages for a visual overview of primary packages, smaller packages, and exploratory modules.

luma.gl provides published, composable npm modules with stable and experimental APIs, alongside optional Arrow adapters and private deck.gl adapters under active development. Applications can choose the rendering, compute, and visualization functionality they need while checking the maturity of each package.

Use the API reference when you want the class-by-class reference pages for a specific module. If you are looking for conceptual guides or an introduction to how the pieces fit together, start in the API Guide and then come back here for the detailed type and method docs.

If you are looking for Model, start with @luma.gl/engine. The Model class lives in the engine module and is one of the main entry points for rendering in luma.gl.

Module	Usage	Description
@luma.gl/core	Required	The portable Device API, shader types, and WebGPU and WebGL2 implementations.
@luma.gl/core/webgl	Core subpath	Device adapter implemented using the WebGL API. Enables creation of WebGL resources.
@luma.gl/core/webgpu	Core subpath	Device adapter implemented using the WebGPU API. Enables creation of WebGPU resources.
@luma.gl/engine	Recommended	A set of WebGPU/WebGL independent core 3D engine style classes built on top of @luma.gl/core.
@luma.gl/anari	Experimental	ANARI-inspired retained scene objects, instanced rendering, lights, materials, and HDR.
@luma.gl/shaders	Recommended	Reusable shader modules, portable shader assembly, and application-defined shader hooks.
@luma.gl/shaders/glsl	Optional	GLSL assembler and assembly helpers.
@luma.gl/shaders/wgsl	Optional	WGSL assembler, assembly helpers and interface scanning.
@luma.gl/slang	Experimental (v10)	Optional TypeScript transpilation of a documented Slang shader subset to GLSL and WGSL.
@luma.gl/engine/effects	Optional	Composable post-processing effects, screen-space lighting, and reusable shader-pass pipelines.
@luma.gl/graph/gpu-simple-graph	Optional	Portable GPU evaluation.
@luma.gl/graph	Experimental (v10)	GPU execution graphs, programs, and graph-based processing through explicit subpaths.
@luma.gl/graph/arrow	Optional / Experimental	Arrow vector and table conversion, upload, readback, analytics and geospatial preparation.
@luma.gl/engine/arrow	Optional / Experimental	Arrow geometry, rendering, text and splat adapters.
@luma.gl/engine/text	Experimental	TextRenderer facade and caller-owned GPU text data.
@luma.gl/engine/splats	Experimental	Gaussian splat rendering and caller-owned prepared GPU splat data.
@luma.gl/engine/gltf	Optional	Standards-first glTF assets, physical materials, character animation, and lossless interchange.
@luma.gl/core/test-utils	Optional	Test devices, null backend, and resource assertions.

Select at least one adapter from the core backend subpaths when creating a device.

Start Here

• @luma.gl/engine for Model, AnimationLoop, scenegraph helpers, and compute-oriented utilities.
• @luma.gl/anari for experimental ANARI-inspired declarative scenes, retained rendering, and instancing.
• @luma.gl/core for Device, buffers, textures, shaders, render passes, and RenderPipeline.
• @luma.gl/shaders for shader modules and shader assembly.
• @luma.gl/slang for experimental Slang shader authoring on WebGL 2 and WebGPU, available from v10.
• @luma.gl/engine/effects for reusable image processing, bloom, and supported screen-space effects.
• @luma.gl/graph/gpu-simple-graph for portable GPU evaluation; @luma.gl/graph/gpu-data for shared GPU data primitives.
• @luma.gl/graph for GPUCommandGraph, GPUGraph, GPU tables, and graph-based processing.
• GPGPU data for primitive GPUData/GPUVector APIs, and Experimental GPU Tables for GPURecordBatch/GPUTable APIs.
• @luma.gl/engine/text for TextRenderer and GPU text data; use @luma.gl/engine/arrow for Arrow text conversion.
• @luma.gl/engine/splats for experimental Gaussian splat rendering and caller-owned prepared GPU data.
• Engine experimental utilities for controls, material plugins, textures, and WebXR helpers.
• @luma.gl/graph/experimental for path/polygon models and flow/fluid simulations.
• @luma.gl/engine/gltf for standards-first glTF assets, physical materials, character animation, native extensions, and source-faithful .gltf/.glb interchange.
• @luma.gl/core/webgl and @luma.gl/core/webgpu for backend adapters used by @luma.gl/core.
• @luma.gl/core/webgl-constants when you need raw numeric WebGL enums.