Core Bundle (velo-plot)

The default npm export. Smallest chart engine: ~51 KB gzip (minified ESM, typical import).

Use this when you need basic 2D series and will load plugins explicitly. Do not use for trading dashboards or scientific heatmaps without also importing an extended entry.

Extended series

candlestick, bar, heatmap, polar, boxplot, waterfall, gauge, and sankey throw at runtime unless you import velo-plot/trading, velo-plot/scientific, or velo-plot/full.

Import

import {
  createChart,
  Series,
  EventEmitter,
  NativeWebGLRenderer,
  parseColor,
  createRenderer,
  LinearScale,
  LogScale,
  DARK_THEME,
  LIGHT_THEME,
  PluginManagerImpl,
  createPlugin,
  definePlugin,
  registerPlugin,
} from 'velo-plot'

Exports

Category	Symbols
Chart	createChart
Data	Series
Events	EventEmitter
Types	Chart, ChartOptions, SeriesOptions, SeriesData, Bounds, AxisOptions, …
Scales	LinearScale, LogScale, createScale
Renderer	NativeWebGLRenderer, parseColor, createRenderer, createNativeRenderer
Themes	DARK_THEME, LIGHT_THEME, DEFAULT_THEME, createTheme, getThemeByName
Plugins	PluginManagerImpl, createPluginContext, getPluginRegistry, registerPlugin, definePlugin, createPlugin, createConfigurablePlugin

Not exported from core (use extended entries or velo-plot/plugins/*):

• AnimationEngine, easings (animations still work via chart options)
• createStackedChart, trading/scientific plugins
• addIndicatorToChart, datafeed helpers

Supported series types

Type	Core	Notes
line	✅
scatter	✅
line+scatter	✅
step, step+scatter	✅
band, area	✅	Stacked fill via stackId
Error bars	✅	On any series with error fields
bar	❌	→ velo-plot/trading or velo-plot/scientific
heatmap	❌	→ velo-plot/trading or velo-plot/scientific
candlestick	❌	→ velo-plot/trading
polar, boxplot, waterfall	❌	→ velo-plot/scientific
gauge, sankey	❌	→ velo-plot/scientific (Canvas overlay)
heikin-ashi	❌	→ velo-plot/trading (converts to candlestick)

Chart methods available

All standard navigation, series, annotation (via plugins), and export APIs except:

Method	Core behavior
addIndicator()	Throws — use velo-plot/trading
addAlert(), removeAlert(), …	Throws — use velo-plot/trading
addPositionLine()	Throws — use velo-plot/trading
setDrawingMode()	Throws — use velo-plot/trading
exportSVG()	Throws — use exportImage() or extended entry
exportImage()	✅ PNG/JPEG

createChart options (core-specific)

const chart = createChart({
  container: document.getElementById('chart')!,
  renderer: 'webgl',     // 'webgpu' is ignored on core; needs extended entry
  loading: true,         // opt-in; default is no loading overlay
  animations: true,      // zoom/pan animations (engine in core)
  showLegend: true,      // defaults to theme.legend.visible unless set
  showControls: false,
})

Plugins on core

Load only what you need:

import { createChart } from 'velo-plot'
import { PluginAnnotations } from 'velo-plot/plugins/annotations'

const chart = createChart({ container })
chart.use(PluginAnnotations())

See Plugin System and per-plugin entries.

Bundle size

Metric	Value
Gzip (minified ESM)	~51 KB
CI budget	52 KB
Measure locally	pnpm build && pnpm check:bundle-size

Related

• Bundle Architecture — full decision tree
• Trading Bundle
• Scientific Bundle
• Migration v2 → v3
• ADR 004: Core slimming

Known limitations

• Extended series (candlestick, bar, heatmap, …) throw at runtime — import velo-plot/trading, /scientific, or /full.
• Trading chart methods (addIndicator, alerts, …) throw — import velo-plot/trading or /full.
• exportSVG() throws — use exportImage() or an extended entry.
• Measured core gzip ~51 KB (CI budget 52 KB).