Vega-Lite Alternatives

Vega-Lite is described as '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' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Vega-Lite for Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Vega-Lite alternative is D3.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vega-Lite are NVD3, Bokeh, C3.js and Vega Visualization Grammar.

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  1. D3.js icon
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    D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.

    76 D3.js alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • D3.js is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Vega-Lite.

    • D3.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Vega-Lite.

    • D3.js is Free and Open SourceVega-Lite is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • NVD3 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Vega-Lite.

    • NVD3 is Free and Open SourceVega-Lite is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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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  4.  9 likes
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    D3-based reusable chart library that enables deeper integration of charts into web applications

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. With Vega, you can describe the visual appearance and interactive behavior of a visualization in a JSON format, and generate web-based views using Canvas or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  6. picasso.js icon
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    Turn boring data into a visual masterpiece using picasso.js, an open-source library from Qlik.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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