Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Line | Timeline | Scatter | Area | Pie | Donut | Bullet | Radar | Funnel | Gantt | Network | Grouped | Mind Mapping | Stacked | Negative | Discrete | Horizontal | 3D | Legends | Animation | Mouse Over | onClick | HTML5 Canvas | SVG | VML | AxisXY | WebGL rendering | |||
AG Charts | MIT | Free[1] or commercial[2] | Yes[3] | Yes[4] | Yes[5] | Yes[6] | Yes[7] | Yes[8] | Yes[9] | Yes[10] | Yes[11] | Yes[12] | Yes[13] | Yes[14] | Yes[15] | Yes[16] | Yes[17] | Yes[18] | Yes | No | No | ||||||||
amCharts | Proprietary | Free with a link [19] or commercial[20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[21] | Yes | No | |||
AnyChart | Proprietary | Free for education and non-profit use.[22] Paid for commercial applications.[23] | 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 | ||
ApexCharts | MIT[24] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ||||
billboard.js | MIT[25] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
C3.js | MIT[26] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
CanvasJS | Proprietary[27] | Free for Personal, Educational and Non-Commercial Uses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[28] | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Chartist | WTFPL[29] or MIT[30] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ||||
Chart.js | MIT[31] | 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 | |||
Chart Builder By Livegap | Free | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[32] | No | No | ||||
Charts 4 PHP | Proprietary | Free basic edition[33] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |||||
Cytoscape.js | MIT[34] | 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[35][36] | BSD-3[37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[38] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[39] | No | Yes | No | |||
DHTMLX Charts | GPL[40] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[41] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
Dojo Charting, part of Dojo Toolkit | BSD or AFL[42] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[43] | No | ||||
Dygraphs | MIT[44] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||||
Echarts | Apache 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[45] | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Frappe Charts | MIT | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
FusionCharts | Proprietary | Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[46] Paid for commercial applications.[47] | Yes [48] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[49] | No | |||||
Google Charts | Free[50] | Yes[50] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[51] | No | No | Yes[52] | Yes[53] | Yes | Yes | Yes[54] | Yes[55] | Yes | Yes[56] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[57] | Yes | Yes[58] | Yes[58] | Yes[59] | No | ||
Raphaël | MIT[60] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[61] | No | No | ||||
Greylock | Apache 2.0[62] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
Highcharts, Highstock | Proprietary | Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[63] Paid for commercial applications.[64] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[65] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
JenScript | BSD-3[66] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[67] | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
jqxChart, part of JQWidgets | Proprietary | Free with a link [68] or commercial[69] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||
JSCharting | Proprietary[70] | Free with branding [71] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||
KoolChart | Proprietary | Free with a link [72] or commercial[73] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[74] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
LightningChart JS | Proprietary | Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[75] Paid for commercial applications.[76] | Yes [77] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
MuzeJS | MIT[78] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
Pizza Amore | MIT | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |||
plotly.js | MIT[79] | Yes | Yes | Yes[80] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via Python[81] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[82] | No | Yes | |||
PlusCharts | Free | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
RGraph | MIT[83] | 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 | |||
SciChart.js | Proprietary | Free personal and non-commercial uses.[84] Paid for commercial applications.[85] | Yes [86] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Shield UI | Proprietary | Non-commercial or commercial[87] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[88] | No | |||||
TeeChart JS | MIT[89] | 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 | |||
VisJS - used in d3-graphviz | Apache 2.0 and MIT[90] | Yes | Yes[91] | Yes[92] | Yes[93] | Yes[94] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[95] | Yes[96] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[97] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |||
Vizzu | Apache 2.0[98] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Webix JS Charts, part of Webix | GPL[99] | Yes | Yes[100] | No | Yes[101] | Yes[102] | Yes[103] | Yes[103] | No | Yes[104] | No | No | No | Yes[105] | Yes[106] | Yes | No | Yes[106] | Yes [107] | Yes [108] | Yes [109] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No
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ZingChart | Proprietary | Free with a link [110] or commercial[111] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[112] | Yes | No | ||||
ZoomCharts | Proprietary | Non-commercial or commercial[113] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[114] | Yes | No | No | ||||
Syncfusion JS Charts | MIT | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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