NVD3 is described as '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' and is a charting library tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to NVD3 for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Mac and Linux apps. The best NVD3 alternative is D3.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NVD3 are Tableau, RAWGraphs, Plotly and Google Charts.