CARTO VL is a JavaScript library for vector-based visualization and analytics, enabling faster and smarter decision-making with Location Intelligence applications. It leverages the entire CARTO platform with new high-performance cartographic capabilities, smart aggregations, access to Carto's Data Observatory, and advanced spatial analytics. CARTO VL helps surface more patterns and insights by enabling greater interaction with underlying information, allowing users to quickly create filters, pop-ups, graphs, and widgets on top of their data. The library has powerful integrations and components, is integrated with Mapbox GL for beautiful high-quality basemaps, and supports a smarter backend for analyzing large datasets. It also unleashes the full potential behind WebGL, offering state-of-the-art styling options, including dynamic data-oriented styling, multi-scale thematic mapping, and support for temporal dimensions. CARTO VL is developer-friendly, integrates with various tools, and offers seamless interaction animation and performance.