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
AG Charts MIT (Community version) or proprietary (Enterprise version) 'Community' version free; 'Enterprise' version paid Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
AnyChart Proprietary Free for education and non-profit use. Paid for commercial applications. 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 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 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 BSD-3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Dojo Charting, part of Dojo Toolkit BSD or AFL Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
FusionCharts Proprietary Free for personal and non-commercial uses. Paid for commercial applications. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Google Charts Free Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Raphaël MIT Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
plotly.js MIT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes via Python Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
RGraph MIT 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 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

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  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.