diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c47ba1801de..e185d5e361c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     "vite": "8.1.0",
     "vite-string-plugin": "2.0.4",
     "vue": "3.5.38",
-    "vue-bar-graph": "2.2.0",
     "vue-chartjs": "5.3.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0a9a877c824..9b10e2cc504 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -200,9 +200,6 @@ importers:
       vue:
         specifier: 3.5.38
         version: 3.5.38(typescript@6.0.3)
-      vue-bar-graph:
-        specifier: 2.2.0
-        version: 2.2.0(typescript@6.0.3)
       vue-chartjs:
         specifier: 5.3.3
         version: 5.3.3(chart.js@4.5.1)(vue@3.5.38(typescript@6.0.3))
@@ -4306,9 +4303,6 @@ packages:
   vscode-uri@3.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-/BpdSx+yCQGnCvecbyXdxHDkuk55/G3xwnC0GqY4gmQ3j+A+g8kzzgB4Nk/SINjqn6+waqw3EgbVF2QKExkRxQ==}
 
-  vue-bar-graph@2.2.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-1xFPho2nM6nFDziExLu48vKO+Q90gjxz1NyHfc+MhgfYDSxR9BMyhOIXUO5EmwKIVEX5dBoP2n3Ius8SjKRD4g==}
-
   vue-chartjs@5.3.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-jqxtL8KZ6YJ5NTv6XzrzLS7osyegOi28UGNZW0h9OkDL7Sh1396ht4Dorh04aKrl2LiSalQ84WtqiG0RIJb0tA==}
     peerDependencies:
@@ -8979,12 +8973,6 @@ snapshots:
 
   vscode-uri@3.1.0: {}
 
-  vue-bar-graph@2.2.0(typescript@6.0.3):
-    dependencies:
-      vue: 3.5.38(typescript@6.0.3)
-    transitivePeerDependencies:
-      - typescript
-
   vue-chartjs@5.3.3(chart.js@4.5.1)(vue@3.5.38(typescript@6.0.3)):
     dependencies:
       chart.js: 4.5.1
diff --git a/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl b/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
index 1550c7e8cf1..58011f80e52 100644
--- a/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 				<strong class="tw-text-red">{{ctx.Locale.TrN .Activity.Code.Deletions "repo.activity.git_stats_deletion_1" "repo.activity.git_stats_deletion_n" .Activity.Code.Deletions}}</strong>.
 			</div>
 			<div class="ui attached segment">
-				<div id="repo-activity-top-authors-chart"></div>
+				<div id="repo-activity-top-authors-chart" class="tw-h-[100px]"></div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	{{end}}
diff --git a/types.d.ts b/types.d.ts
index 639bd56ad39..2a3447e80c2 100644
--- a/types.d.ts
+++ b/types.d.ts
@@ -47,21 +47,3 @@ declare module '@citation-js/core' {
 declare module '@citation-js/plugin-software-formats' {}
 declare module '@citation-js/plugin-bibtex' {}
 declare module '@citation-js/plugin-csl' {}
-
-declare module 'vue-bar-graph' {
-  import type {DefineComponent} from 'vue';
-
-  interface BarGraphPoint {
-    value: number;
-    label: string;
-  }
-
-  export const VueBarGraph: DefineComponent<{
-    points?: Array<BarGraphPoint>;
-    barColor?: string;
-    textColor?: string;
-    textAltColor?: string;
-    height?: number;
-    labelHeight?: number;
-  }>;
-}
diff --git a/web_src/js/components/RepoActivityTopAuthors.vue b/web_src/js/components/RepoActivityTopAuthors.vue
index 82e70b11ae4..85c90489434 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/RepoActivityTopAuthors.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/RepoActivityTopAuthors.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import {VueBarGraph} from 'vue-bar-graph';
-import {computed, onMounted, shallowRef, useTemplateRef, type ShallowRef} from 'vue';
+import {onMounted, shallowRef, useTemplateRef, type ShallowRef} from 'vue';
+
+const barSlotWidth = 40; // horizontal space allotted per author
+const chartHeight = 100; // keep in sync with reserved height in template
+const innerChartHeight = chartHeight - 28; // 28 = avatar/x-axis label row (20) + 8px padding
+const barMidPoint = barSlotWidth / 2;
+const barWidth = barSlotWidth - 2; // 2px gap between bars
+const avatarSize = 20;
+const labelInsideThreshold = 22; // bars at least this tall carry the commit count inside them
 
 const colors = shallowRef({
   barColor: 'green',
@@ -18,26 +25,19 @@ type ActivityAuthorData = {
 
 const activityTopAuthors: Array<ActivityAuthorData> = window.config.pageData.repoActivityTopAuthors || [];
 
-const graphPoints = computed(() => {
-  return activityTopAuthors.map((item) => {
-    return {
-      value: item.commits,
-      label: item.name,
-    };
-  });
-});
+const graphWidth = activityTopAuthors.length * barSlotWidth;
+const maxCommits = Math.max(...activityTopAuthors.map((author) => author.commits));
 
-const graphAuthors = computed(() => {
-  return activityTopAuthors.map((item, idx: number) => {
-    return {
-      position: idx + 1,
-      ...item,
-    };
-  });
-});
-
-const graphWidth = computed(() => {
-  return activityTopAuthors.length * 40;
+const bars = activityTopAuthors.map((author, index) => {
+  const height = author.commits / maxCommits * innerChartHeight;
+  return {
+    author,
+    index,
+    x: index * barSlotWidth,
+    height,
+    yOffset: innerChartHeight - height,
+    labelInside: height >= labelInsideThreshold,
+  };
 });
 
 const styleElement = useTemplateRef('styleElement') as Readonly<ShallowRef<HTMLDivElement>>;
@@ -59,49 +59,34 @@ onMounted(() => {
   <div>
     <div class="activity-bar-graph tw-w-0 tw-h-0" ref="styleElement"/>
     <div class="activity-bar-graph-alt tw-w-0 tw-h-0" ref="altStyleElement"/>
-    <vue-bar-graph
-      :points="graphPoints"
-      :show-x-axis="true"
-      :show-y-axis="false"
-      :show-values="true"
-      :width="graphWidth"
-      :bar-color="colors.barColor"
-      :text-color="colors.textColor"
-      :text-alt-color="colors.textAltColor"
-      :height="100"
-      :label-height="20"
-    >
-      <template #label="opt">
-        <g v-for="(author, idx) in graphAuthors" :key="author.position">
-          <a
-            v-if="opt.bar.index === idx && author.home_link"
-            :href="author.home_link"
-          >
-            <image
-              :x="`${opt.bar.midPoint - 10}px`"
-              :y="`${opt.bar.yLabel}px`"
-              height="20"
-              width="20"
-              :href="author.avatar_link"
-            />
-          </a>
-          <image
-            v-else-if="opt.bar.index === idx"
-            :x="`${opt.bar.midPoint - 10}px`"
-            :y="`${opt.bar.yLabel}px`"
-            height="20"
-            width="20"
-            :href="author.avatar_link"
-          />
-        </g>
-      </template>
-      <template #title="opt">
-        <tspan v-for="(author, idx) in graphAuthors" :key="author.position">
-          <tspan v-if="opt.bar.index === idx">
-            {{ author.name }}
-          </tspan>
-        </tspan>
-      </template>
-    </vue-bar-graph>
+    <svg :width="graphWidth" :height="chartHeight">
+      <g v-for="bar in bars" :key="bar.index" :transform="`translate(${bar.x},0)`">
+        <title>{{ bar.author.name }}</title>
+        <rect :width="barWidth" :height="bar.height" :x="2" :y="bar.yOffset" :style="{fill: colors.barColor}"/>
+        <text
+          :x="barMidPoint"
+          :y="bar.yOffset"
+          :dy="bar.labelInside ? '15px' : '-5px'"
+          text-anchor="middle"
+          :style="{fill: bar.labelInside ? colors.textAltColor : colors.textColor, font: '10px sans-serif'}"
+        >{{ bar.author.commits }}</text>
+        <a v-if="bar.author.home_link" :href="bar.author.home_link">
+          <image :x="barMidPoint - avatarSize / 2" :y="innerChartHeight + 4" :height="avatarSize" :width="avatarSize" :href="bar.author.avatar_link"/>
+        </a>
+        <image v-else :x="barMidPoint - avatarSize / 2" :y="innerChartHeight + 4" :height="avatarSize" :width="avatarSize" :href="bar.author.avatar_link"/>
+        <line class="axis-line" :x1="barMidPoint" :x2="barMidPoint" :y1="innerChartHeight + 3" :y2="innerChartHeight"/>
+      </g>
+      <line class="axis-line" :x1="2" :x2="graphWidth" :y1="innerChartHeight" :y2="innerChartHeight"/>
+    </svg>
   </div>
 </template>
+
+<style scoped>
+svg {
+  display: block; /* avoid the inline-baseline gap so the reserved container height matches exactly */
+}
+.axis-line {
+  stroke: var(--color-secondary-alpha-60);
+  stroke-width: 1;
+}
+</style>