diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-lite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-lite/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cba997f3f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-lite/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  pixman,
+  cairo,
+  pango,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "vega-lite";
+  version = "6.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vega";
+    repo = "vega-lite";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-X6O7ZehY3tS7dFBaKnBuDokCfG+zWmSDHl1d+ifyc/o=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-YjZdh5R7hawgf8EAGlKEAkqchcFuN1j2yMJo9Ptnjyk=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+    pixman
+    pango
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    description = "Concise grammar of interactive graphics, built on Vega";
+    homepage = "https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 2b2fc1f1642c..55af164d88ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) ungit; # added 2023-08-20
   unified-language-server = throw "unified-language-server was removed as it is a library that should be imported within a Javascript project, not an end-user tool"; # added 2025-10-02
   inherit (pkgs) uppy-companion; # Added 2025-11-01
+  inherit (pkgs) vega-lite; # Added 2025-11-04
   inherit (pkgs) vim-language-server; # added 2024-06-25
   vls = throw "vls has been deprecated by upstream as vetur is also deprecated. Upstream suggests migrating to Volar for Vue LSP tooling instead."; # added 2024-12-09
   inherit (pkgs) vsc-leetcode-cli; # Added 2023-08-30
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index afc436de50ca..8e9df5d9245d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
 , "ts-node"
 , "ttf2eot"
 , "vega-cli"
-, "vega-lite"
 , "vercel"
 , "wavedrom-cli"
 , "wring"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index b173db568421..35a90c0d8aac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -18357,15 +18357,6 @@ let
         sha512 = "Bdboy+l7tA3OGW6FjyFHWkP5LuByj1Tk33Ljyq0axyzdk9//JSi2u3fP1QSmd1KNwq6VOKYGlAu87CisVir6Pw==";
       };
     };
-    "json-stringify-pretty-compact-4.0.0" = {
-      name = "json-stringify-pretty-compact";
-      packageName = "json-stringify-pretty-compact";
-      version = "4.0.0";
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stringify-pretty-compact/-/json-stringify-pretty-compact-4.0.0.tgz";
-        sha512 = "3CNZ2DnrpByG9Nqj6Xo8vqbjT4F6N+tb4Gb28ESAZjYZ5yqvmc56J+/kuIwkaAMOyblTQhUW7PxMkUb8Q36N3Q==";
-      };
-    };
     "json-stringify-safe-5.0.1" = {
       name = "json-stringify-safe";
       packageName = "json-stringify-safe";
@@ -32696,15 +32687,6 @@ let
         sha512 = "K5zd7s5tjr1LiOOkjGpcVls8GsH/f2CWCrWcpKy74gTCp+llCdwz0Enqo013ZlGaRNjfgD/o1caJRt3GSaec4A==";
       };
     };
-    "vega-expression-5.1.2" = {
-      name = "vega-expression";
-      packageName = "vega-expression";
-      version = "5.1.2";
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/vega-expression/-/vega-expression-5.1.2.tgz";
-        sha512 = "fFeDTh4UtOxlZWL54jf1ZqJHinyerWq/ROiqrQxqLkNJRJ86RmxYTgXwt65UoZ/l4VUv9eAd2qoJeDEf610Umw==";
-      };
-    };
     "vega-expression-5.2.0" = {
       name = "vega-expression";
       packageName = "vega-expression";
@@ -49006,143 +48988,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  vega-lite = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "vega-lite";
-    packageName = "vega-lite";
-    version = "5.23.0";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/vega-lite/-/vega-lite-5.23.0.tgz";
-      sha512 = "l4J6+AWE3DIjvovEoHl2LdtCUkfm4zs8Xxx7INwZEAv+XVb6kR6vIN1gt3t2gN2gs/y4DYTs/RPoTeYAuEg6mA==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@types/estree-1.0.6"
-      sources."@types/geojson-7946.0.4"
-      sources."ansi-regex-5.0.1"
-      sources."ansi-styles-4.3.0"
-      sources."cliui-8.0.1"
-      sources."color-convert-2.0.1"
-      sources."color-name-1.1.4"
-      sources."commander-7.2.0"
-      sources."d3-array-3.2.4"
-      sources."d3-color-3.1.0"
-      sources."d3-delaunay-6.0.4"
-      sources."d3-dispatch-3.0.1"
-      sources."d3-dsv-3.0.1"
-      sources."d3-force-3.0.0"
-      sources."d3-format-3.1.0"
-      sources."d3-geo-3.1.1"
-      sources."d3-geo-projection-4.0.0"
-      sources."d3-hierarchy-3.1.2"
-      sources."d3-interpolate-3.0.1"
-      sources."d3-path-3.1.0"
-      sources."d3-quadtree-3.0.1"
-      sources."d3-scale-4.0.2"
-      sources."d3-scale-chromatic-3.1.0"
-      sources."d3-shape-3.2.0"
-      sources."d3-time-3.1.0"
-      sources."d3-time-format-4.1.0"
-      sources."d3-timer-3.0.1"
-      sources."delaunator-5.0.1"
-      sources."emoji-regex-8.0.0"
-      sources."encoding-0.1.13"
-      sources."escalade-3.2.0"
-      sources."get-caller-file-2.0.5"
-      sources."iconv-lite-0.6.3"
-      sources."internmap-2.0.3"
-      sources."is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0"
-      sources."json-stringify-pretty-compact-4.0.0"
-      sources."node-fetch-2.7.0"
-      sources."require-directory-2.1.1"
-      sources."robust-predicates-3.0.2"
-      sources."rw-1.3.3"
-      sources."safer-buffer-2.1.2"
-      sources."string-width-4.2.3"
-      sources."strip-ansi-6.0.1"
-      (
-        sources."topojson-client-3.1.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."commander-2.20.3"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."tr46-0.0.3"
-      sources."tslib-2.8.1"
-      (
-        sources."vega-5.32.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."vega-expression-5.2.0"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."vega-canvas-1.2.7"
-      sources."vega-crossfilter-4.1.3"
-      sources."vega-dataflow-5.7.7"
-      sources."vega-encode-4.10.2"
-      sources."vega-event-selector-3.0.1"
-      sources."vega-expression-5.1.2"
-      sources."vega-force-4.2.2"
-      sources."vega-format-1.1.3"
-      (
-        sources."vega-functions-5.17.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."vega-expression-5.2.0"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."vega-geo-4.4.3"
-      sources."vega-hierarchy-4.1.3"
-      sources."vega-label-1.3.1"
-      sources."vega-loader-4.5.3"
-      sources."vega-parser-6.5.0"
-      sources."vega-projection-1.6.2"
-      sources."vega-regression-1.3.1"
-      sources."vega-runtime-6.2.1"
-      sources."vega-scale-7.4.2"
-      sources."vega-scenegraph-4.13.1"
-      (
-        sources."vega-selections-5.6.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."vega-expression-5.2.0"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."vega-statistics-1.9.0"
-      sources."vega-time-2.1.3"
-      sources."vega-transforms-4.12.1"
-      (
-        sources."vega-typings-1.5.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."vega-expression-5.2.0"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."vega-util-1.17.3"
-      sources."vega-view-5.15.0"
-      sources."vega-view-transforms-4.6.1"
-      sources."vega-voronoi-4.2.4"
-      sources."vega-wordcloud-4.1.6"
-      sources."webidl-conversions-3.0.1"
-      sources."whatwg-url-5.0.0"
-      sources."wrap-ansi-7.0.0"
-      sources."y18n-5.0.8"
-      sources."yargs-17.7.2"
-      sources."yargs-parser-21.1.1"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Vega-Lite is a concise high-level language for interactive visualization";
-      homepage = "https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/";
-      license = "BSD-3-Clause";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   vercel = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "vercel";
     packageName = "vercel";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
index 106899c8edaf..0d6ae3a46b2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
@@ -146,22 +146,6 @@ final: prev: {
     ];
   };
 
-  vega-lite = prev.vega-lite.override {
-    postInstall = ''
-      cd node_modules
-      for dep in ${final.vega-cli}/lib/node_modules/vega-cli/node_modules/*; do
-        if [[ ! -d ''${dep##*/} ]]; then
-          ln -s "${final.vega-cli}/lib/node_modules/vega-cli/node_modules/''${dep##*/}"
-        fi
-      done
-    '';
-    passthru.tests = {
-      simple-execution = callPackage ./package-tests/vega-lite.nix {
-        inherit (final) vega-lite;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   wavedrom-cli = prev.wavedrom-cli.override {
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       pkgs.pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/package-tests/vega-lite.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/package-tests/vega-lite.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6326053ef0a9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/package-tests/vega-lite.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ runCommand, vega-lite }:
-
-let
-  inherit (vega-lite) packageName version;
-in
-
-runCommand "${packageName}-tests" { meta.timeout = 60; } ''
-  # get version of installed program and compare with package version
-  claimed_version="$(${vega-lite}/bin/vl2vg --version)"
-  if [[ "$claimed_version" != "${version}" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: program version does not match package version ($claimed_version != ${version})"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # run dummy commands
-  ${vega-lite}/bin/vl2vg --help > /dev/null
-  ${vega-lite}/bin/vl2svg --help > /dev/null
-  ${vega-lite}/bin/vl2png --help > /dev/null
-  ${vega-lite}/bin/vl2pdf --help > /dev/null
-
-  # needed for Nix to register the command as successful
-  touch $out
-''