
A curated list of chart and dataviz resources that developers may
find useful. Focused on relevant and currently active JavaScript
charting libraries for different use cases. Ordered alphabetically in
each category.
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Table of Contents * Commercial Libraries * Free and Open Source
Libraries * Free Libraries * Framework-Specific Libraries *
Data Visualization
Resources
Commercial Libraries
- amCharts - Three libraries
for traditional charts, stock, and maps. Features a hand-drawn style
theme option.
- AnyChart - Set of products
for charting different types of data. Has a special Oracle Apex
integration option.
- CanvasJS - A tight set of chart
types in a library with a small file size. Different looking default
theme than other commercial libraries.
- FusionCharts - Charting
library with a strong maps component.
- Highcharts - A series of
charting libraries for a variety of uses. Can be compatible back to
IE6.
- JSCharting - Integrated suite
of charting libraries with traditional charts types plus maps, stock,
Gantt, grid and org charts in one package.
- Kendo UI - Premium
charting library with native UI components available for Angular, React,
and Vue.
- ZingChart - Built to render
large data sets other libraries can’t handle. Super customizable styling
and new features added often. Everything in one modular library.
Free and Open Source
Libraries
- apexcharts.js - A
JavaScript Chart Library with simple API.
- Billboard.js - a
fork of C3 that tracks D3 releases more closely.
- C3.js - D3 based reusable chart
library.
- Chart.js - Tiny library
(11kb!) including core chart types.
- Charts.css - CSS data
visualization framework.
- Chartist -
Simple, lightweight chart library that uses SVG to render the chart, and
CSS to style it.
- Chartkick -
JavaScript charts with one line of Ruby.
- D3.js - Allows the user to
manipulate documents based on data to render charts in SVG.
- dc.js - D3 Library with
crossfilter
support
- dygraphs -
Interactive zoomable time series charts.
- ECharts - A powerful
charting and visualization library for browser.
- EJSChart -
enterprise ready charting library.
- Graphosaurus
- 3D graph viewer powered by WebGL (three.js)
- lightweight-charts
- Financial lightweight charts built with HTML5 canvas
- Morris.js - Simple
API to render line, bar, area, and donut charts
- Plotly - Built on
top of d3 and stack.gl, allowing users to create basic charts and SVG
maps.
- Plottable -
Library with OOP style syntax to build charts.
- QuickChart - Web
API that renders static chart images.
- rgraph - 2D/3D javascript
charts with google sheets import capabilites.
- sigma.js - Graphs
/ Network diagram library built with canvas.
- Smoothie Charts
- JavaScript charts for realtime streaming data.
- TauCharts - Unique syntax
that lets the developer describe the data using DSL. Has the ability to
create facets.
- μPlot - A small
(< 25 KB min), fast chart for time series, lines, areas, ohlc &
bars.
- uvCharts -
JavaScript Charting library built using d3.js
- vis.js - Network diagrams,
descriptive timelines with labels, and has 3D graphs.
- reaviz - Modular chart component
library for React.
- reaflow - Modular diagram engine
for build static or interactive editors.
Free Libraries
- Google Charts -
Maps are dialed in (of course) and some cool animation options.
Extensive docs and use community (forum).
Framework-Specific Libraries
Angular
- Angular-Chart-
Simple API to render line, bar, area, and donut charts
- n3-charts -
Easy to use library written with AngularJS, rendering charts with
D3.
- Angular-scale -
Simple and lightweight library for creating line charts
Ember
- Ember
Charts - Five basic chart types ready to go in Ember.js
projects.
jQuery
- Flot - A JavaScript
charting library for jQuery. Contains useful chart types but looks like
it may no longer be in active development.
- jqPlot - Open source jQuery
plugin for drawing charts. Contains many commonly used features but may
use different naming conventions for these items.
- jqxChart
- Plenty of chart types rendering in SVG, Canvas, and VML.
- JQuery-linechart
- Simple and lightweight library for creating line charts
Lit-html
- lit-line - {fast,
small, interactive, fully responsive} Line Chart web component build on
top of lit-html.
React
- nivo - React components
to easily build dataviz apps, built on top of D3.
- react-vis - a
composable visualization system by Uber
- vx collection of reusable
low-level visualization components, on top of d3
- Potion - Low-level
building blocks for constructing animated visualizations with React
& D3.
- react-chart-js
- React wrapper for Chart.js
- react-d3 -
Charting library that relies on React for generating SVG markup and d3
to calculate path values.
- react-muze -
React wrapper for muze (free data
visualization library for creating exploratory data visualizations in
browser, using WebAssembly)
- react-vis - A
collection of React components to render common data visualization
charts
- recharts - Redefined chart library
built with React and D3
- Victory - A
collection of composable React components for building interactive data
visualizations
Data Visualization Resources
- Dataviz Catalogue - A
place to go when you’re wondering which chart type is best. A project by
Severino Ribecca.
- Evergreen Data -
Information and opinions on presenting data more effectively.
- Flowing Data - A resource on
maps, visualizations, stats, and design by Nathan Yau, formerly of the
New York Times.
- Junk Charts - Dataviz
critic (and Columbia professor) Kaiser Fung breaks down data
visualizations to identify what is wrong and recommends ways to make
them better.
- The Functional Art -
Noted data visualization author and professor Aberto Cairo’s blog on
dataviz trends and best practices.
- Visualizing Data -
Dataviz consultant Andy Kirk compiles examples, resources, and reference
materials on the subject of charting and visualization.
- Well
Formed Data - Thought pieces on information visualization and design
by Moritz Stefaner previously of the World Economic Forum.