# Kibana internals: vis vs vislib vs vislib\_vis\_type

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 22, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399 "2017-01-22T16:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrvincnezo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrvincnezo/32/10829_2.png) [@mrvincnezo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrvincnezo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399/1 "2017-01-22T16:10:48Z")

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In a nutshell, what is the responsibilities of

1. ui/public/ **vis**
2. ui/public/ **vislib**
3. ui/public/ **vislib\_vis\_type**

and how they are related.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399/2 "2017-01-23T23:32:50Z")

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There is some documentation in the repo related to visualization [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/src/ui/public/vislib/VISLIB.md). I will ping the folks who work on that code to also weigh in so the document can be improved.

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**Author:** ![mrvincnezo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrvincnezo/32/10829_2.png) [@mrvincnezo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrvincnezo)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399/3 "2017-01-25T11:29:09Z")

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More info from Kibana sources

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> [@mrvincnezo](#):
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> ui/public/ vis

This class consists of aggs, params, listeners, title, and type.  
Not to be confused with vislib/vis.js.

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> [@mrvincnezo](#):
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> ui/public/ vislib

Provides the Kibana4 Visualization Library

3.[quote="mrvincnezo, post:1, topic:72399"]  
ui/public/ vislib\_vis\_type  
[/quote]  
Contains no documentation whatsoever

Not too informative.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internals-vis-vs-vislib-vs-vislib-vis-type/72399/4 "2017-02-22T11:29:39Z")

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