Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries

There are different JavaScript charting libraries available. Below is a comparison of which features are available in each.

Library Name License Free Supported Chart Types Supported Bar Chart Types Other Features Interactivity Rendering Technologies
Databinding
HTML 5 Canvas
Timeline
Grouped
Mind Mapping
Stacked
Negative
Discrete
Horizontal
3D
Animation
Mouse Over
onClick
AxisXY
AnyChart Proprietary Free for education and non-profit use.[1] Paid for commercial applications.[2] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Chart.js MIT[3] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Cytoscape.js MIT[4] Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
D3.js, formerly Protovis[5][6] BSD-3[7] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[8] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[9] No Yes No
Dojo Charting, part of Dojo Toolkit BSD or AFL[10] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[11] No
FusionCharts Proprietary Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[12] Paid for commercial applications.[13] Yes [14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[15] No
Google Charts Free[16] Yes[16] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[17] No No Yes[18] Yes[19] Yes Yes Yes[20] Yes[21] Yes Yes[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes[23] Yes Yes[24] Yes[24] Yes[25] No
Raphaël MIT[26] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[27] No No
plotly.js MIT[28] Yes Yes Yes[29] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes via Python[30] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[31] No Yes
RGraph MIT[32] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TeeChart JS MIT[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AnyChart - Education / Non-profit licensing". AnyChart.
  2. ↑ "Buy - AnyChart - JavaScript Charts designed to be embedded and integrated". AnyChart.
  3. ↑ "Chart.js - Documentation". www.chartjs.org.
  4. ↑ "cytoscape/cytoscape.js". GitHub.
  5. ↑ Protovis is no longer under active development., retrieved April 8, 2014
  6. ↑ For Protovis Users, archived from the original on August 6, 2012, retrieved April 8, 2014
  7. ↑ "d3/d3". GitHub.
  8. ↑ "networkD3". Christophergandrud.github.io. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  9. ↑ D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS., retrieved April 10, 2014
  10. ↑ "Dojo Toolkit". dojotoolkit.org.
  11. ↑ As of Dojo 1.8, the following native vector graphics engine adaptations are implemented, retrieved April 10, 2014
  12. ↑ "Download FusionCharts Suite XT Personal License". www.fusioncharts.com.
  13. ↑ "Buy - FusionCharts". www.fusioncharts.com.
  14. ↑ "Fusion Chart Product", www.fusioncharts.com, retrieved 27 July 2018
  15. ↑ JavaScript (HTML5) Charts using SVG and VML, archived from the original on April 9, 2014, retrieved April 10, 2014
  16. 1 2 "Google Charts is a free service".
  17. ↑ "Visualization: Pie Chart | Charts".
  18. ↑ "Gantt Charts  -  Charts  -  Google Developers". Google Developers.
  19. ↑ "Gantt Charts".
  20. ↑ "Visualization: Column Chart | Charts".
  21. ↑ "Bar Charts".
  22. ↑ the 'bars' config helps creating bars of either horizontal or vertical
  23. ↑ use the 'select' event
  24. 1 2 Charts are rendered using HTML5/SVG technology to provide cross-browser compatibility (including VML for older IE versions), retrieved August 19, 2018
  25. ↑ "Controls and Dashboards | Charts".
  26. ↑ "The MIT License". Archived from the original on 2014-02-17. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  27. ↑ "What's the difference between Raphael and gRaphael?". Stack Overflow.
  28. ↑ Plotly (2024), plotly is free and open source, available under the MIT license., doi:10.5281/zenodo.13964707, retrieved November 17, 2015
  29. ↑ "Time Series".
  30. ↑ "Network graph made with Python | line chart made by Priyatharsan | plotly". chart-studio.plotly.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  31. ↑ Code inspection on several Plotly gallery examples revealed use of SVG., retrieved April 10, 2014
  32. ↑ RGraph is Free and Open Source Software using the MIT license, retrieved December 23, 2016
  33. ↑ "Steema/TeeChartJS". GitHub. 20 May 2020.