Open Source D3.js AlternativesCharting Library Tools and other similar apps like D3.js

The best open source alternative to D3.js is Graphviz. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to D3.js and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to D3.js are RAWGraphs, Chart.js, Plotly and Processing.js.

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  1. Graphviz icon
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    Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics, software engineering, database and web design...

    57 Graphviz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  2. RAWGraphs icon
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    RAWGraphs is an open source app built with the goal of making the visualization of complex data easy for everyone. Born as tool for designers and vis geeks, RAWGraphs aims at providing a missing link between spreadsheets and vector graphics editors.

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    It's more like an enhanced alternative to D3.js since RAWGraph is based on D3.js

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    • RAWGraphs is Free and Open SourceD3.js is also Free and Open Source
  3. Chart.js icon
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    Easy, object oriented client side graphs for designers and developers. Open source HTML5 charts using the canvas tag. Chart.js is an easy way to include animated graphs on your website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  4. Processing.js icon
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    Processing.js is an open programming language, port of the Processing Visualization Language, for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions for the web without using Flash or Java applets. Processing.

    33 Processing.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
     
  5. Vega-Lite icon
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    Vega-Lite provides a higher-level grammar for visual analysis, comparable to ggplot or Tableau, that generates complete Vega specifications. Vega-Lite specifications consist of simple mappings of variables in a data set to visual encoding channels such as x, y, color, and size.

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  6. Penrose icon
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    Penrose is a platform that enables people to create beautiful diagrams just by typing mathematical notation in plain text. The goal is to make it easy for non-experts to create and explore high-quality diagrams and provide deeper insight into challenging technical concepts.

    56 Penrose alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  7. NVD3 icon
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    This project is an attempt to build re-usable charts and chart components for d3.js without taking away the power that d3.js gives you. This is a very young collection of components, with the goal of keeping these components very customizeable, staying away from your standard...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  8. Bokeh icon
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    Bokeh is a Python interactive visualization library that targets modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction of novel graphics in the style of D3.js, but also deliver this capability with high-performance interactivity over very...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  9. Apache ECharts is a free, powerful charting and visualization library offering easy ways to add intuitive, interactive, and highly customizable charts to your commercial products. It is written in pure JavaScript and based on zrender, which is a whole new lightweight canvas...

    42 Apache Echarts alternatives

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  10. Frappé Charts is a simple, responsive, modern charts library for the web with zero dependencies and a roughly 15k gzipped file size. From the makers of ERPNext, the library offers a fast alternative with minimal effort needed to visualize data in sleek charts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. D3plus icon
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    Data visualization made easy. A javascript library that extends the popular D3.js to enable fast and beautiful visualizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
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