What is Chart.js and what are its top alternatives?
Top Alternatives to Chart.js
Highcharts
Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie, scatter, angular gauges, arearange, areasplinerange, columnrange, bubble, box plot, error bars, funnel, waterfall and polar chart types. ...
D3.js
It is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework. ...
Plotly.js
It is a standalone Javascript data visualization library, and it also powers the Python and R modules named plotly in those respective ecosystems (referred to as Plotly.py and Plotly.R). It can be used to produce dozens of chart types and visualizations, including statistical charts, 3D graphs, scientific charts, SVG and tile maps, financial charts and more. ...
ApexCharts
A modern JavaScript charting library to build interactive charts and visualizations with simple API. ...
Google Charts
It is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart. ...
Recharts
Quickly build your charts with decoupled, reusable React components. Built on top of SVG elements with a lightweight dependency on D3 submodules. ...
amCharts
amCharts is an advanced charting library that will suit any data visualization need. Our charting solution include Column, Bar, Line, Area, Step, Step without risers, Smoothed line, Candlestick, OHLC, Pie/Donut, Radar/ Polar, XY/Scatter/Bubble, Bullet, Funnel/Pyramid charts as well as Gauges. ...
CanvasJS
Lightweight, Beautiful & Responsive Charts that make your dashboards fly even with millions of data points! Self-Hosted, Secure & Scalable charts that render across devices. ...
Chart.js alternatives & related posts
Highcharts
- Low learning curve and powerful32
- Multiple chart types such as pie, bar, line and others15
- Responsive charts11
- Handles everything you throw at it8
- Extremely easy-to-parse documentation7
- Easy to customize color scheme and palettes4
- Built-in export chart as-is to image file4
- Expensive3
related Highcharts posts
Here is my stack on #Visualization. @FusionCharts and Highcharts are easy to use but only free for non-commercial. Chart.js and Plotly are two lovely tools for commercial use under the MIT license. And D3.js would be my last choice only if a complex customized plot is needed.
- Beautiful visualizations182
- Svg97
- Data-driven91
- Large set of examples80
- Data-driven documents60
- Visualization components23
- Transitions20
- Dynamic properties18
- Plugins14
- Transformation11
- Makes data interactive6
- Components4
- Enter and Exit4
- Open Source3
- Exhaustive3
- Backed by the new york times3
- Kris2
- Easy and beautiful2
- Angular 41
- Simple elegance1
- Templates, force template1
- Awesome Community Support1
- Beginners cant understand at all6
- Complex syntax5
related D3.js posts
We use Plotly (just their open source stuff) for Zulip's user-facing and admin-facing statistics graphs because it's a reasonably well-designed JavaScript graphing library.
If you've tried using D3.js, it's a pretty poor developer experience, and that translates to spending a bunch of time getting the graphs one wants even for things that are conceptually pretty basic. Plotly isn't amazing (it's decent), but it's way better than than D3 unless you have very specialized needs.
I'm a student, and I have a project to build an application (Visual analytics tool) that takes a Microsoft Excel file, cleans the data, and visualizes it. Also, the app should allow the user to filter and interact with it.
1- should I make it desktop application or web application? : I'm leaning toward (desktop)
2- D3.js OR Python?
3- better excel or CSV?
I'm a beginner Inspiration for interaction and look of the app: eventflow application.
- Bindings to popular languages like Python, Node, R, etc16
- Integrated zoom and filter-out tools in charts and maps10
- Great support for complex and multiple axes9
- Powerful out-of-the-box featureset8
- Beautiful visualizations6
- Active user base4
- Webgl chart types are extremely performant3
- Impressive support for webgl 3D charts3
- Charts are easy to share with a cloud account3
- Interactive charts2
- Publication quality image export2
- Easy to use online editor for creating plotly.js charts2
- Terrible document16
related Plotly.js posts
We use Plotly (just their open source stuff) for Zulip's user-facing and admin-facing statistics graphs because it's a reasonably well-designed JavaScript graphing library.
If you've tried using D3.js, it's a pretty poor developer experience, and that translates to spending a bunch of time getting the graphs one wants even for things that are conceptually pretty basic. Plotly isn't amazing (it's decent), but it's way better than than D3 unless you have very specialized needs.
Here is my stack on #Visualization. @FusionCharts and Highcharts are easy to use but only free for non-commercial. Chart.js and Plotly are two lovely tools for commercial use under the MIT license. And D3.js would be my last choice only if a complex customized plot is needed.
- Interactive charts3
- Graphs renders in SVG3
- Open source with MIT license3
- Provides zooming capabilities3
- Multiple chart types such as pie, bar, line and others1
- Slow rendering3
related ApexCharts posts
related Google Charts posts
- Very intuitive API6
- Built for React, from scratch4
- Responsive3
- Composable chart elements2
- MIT license1
related Recharts posts
amCharts
- Mock-up tools15
- Each element can be Customized2
- Amcharts upgrade often need to rewrite all code1
related amCharts posts
- 30+ Chart Types2
- Works across Devices and Browsers1
- Well Documented1
- Simple API1
- Responsive Charts1
- Performance1
- Exporting as Image1
- Low learning curve1
- Easy Customization1
- It's not free1