List of Javascript Charting Libraries

I’m looking to make some pretty JavaScript charts and was wondering which library to use. I’ve used Flotr in an Opera extension and played around with gRaphaël in the past, but I want to do a more thorough comparison. First step is to list all the charting libraries I can find, so here it is…

Open source

Minimal or no dependencies

• Bluff – bluff.jcoglan.com
• Canvas 3D Graph – dragan.yourtree.org/code/canvas-3d-graph/
• CanvasXpress – canvasxpress.org
• ccchart – jsgt.org/c/
• Chart.js – chartjs.org
• Chartist – gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js
• D3 – mbostock.github.com/d3/
• dhtmlxChart (also commercial license) – www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxChart/index.shtml
• dygraphs – dygraphs.com
• Flotr2 – www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/
• gRaphaël – g.raphaeljs.com
• Ico – alexyoung.github.com/ico/
• InfoVis – thejit.org
• JSXGraph – jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/wp/
• lib_gg_orgchart – librerias.logicas.org/lib_gg_orgchart/
• Processing.js – processingjs.org/
• ProtoChart (no longer maintained) – code.google.com/p/protochart/
• Protovis (superseded by D3) – mbostock.github.com/protovis/
• Smoothie Charts – smoothiecharts.org/

Require general-purpose library (e.g. jQuery)

• Elycharts (jQuery) – elycharts.com/
• Flot (jQuery) – code.google.com/p/flot/
• Flotr (Prototype) – solutoire.com/flotr/
• jqPlot (jQuery) – www.jqplot.com
• jQuery Sparkline (jQuery) – omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/
• jQuery-Visualize (jQuery) – github.com/filamentgroup/jQuery-Visualize
• MilkChart (MooTools) – mootools.net/forge/p/milkchart
• moochart (MooTools) – moochart.coneri.se/
• MooWheel (MooTools) – www.labs.unwieldy.net/moowheel/
• PlotKit (MochiKit) – www.liquidx.net/plotkit/
• table2chart (MooTools) – mootools.net/forge/p/table2chart
• TufteGraph (jQUery) – xaviershay.github.com/tufte-graph/
• YUI Charts (YUI) – yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/charts/

Not open source

• amCharts – www.amcharts.com/javascript-charts/
• Emprise JavaScript Charts – www.ejschart.com/
• FusionCharts – www.fusioncharts.com/
• Highcharts – www.highcharts.com/
• HTML-Graphs – www.gerd-tentler.de/tools/graphs/
• JavaScript Diagram Builder – www.lutanho.net/diagram/
• JS Charts – www.jscharts.com/
• mxGraph – www.jgraph.com/mxgraph.html
• RGraph – www.rgraph.net/
• Sencha Touch Charts – www.sencha.com/products/touch/charts/
• XYGraph – www.structura.info/XYGraph/XYGraphDemo.htm
• ZingChart – www.zingchart.com/

A few links for reference

Some are a little out-of-date but they’re still useful.

• www.splashnology.com/article/15-awesome-free-javascript-charts/325/
• stackoverflow.com/questions/3843168/web-charting-libraries-for-mobile-our-own-research
• www.rahulsingla.com/blog/2010/09/a-quick-comparison-of-web-based-charting-libraries-for-data-visualization
• dothtml5.com/archives/20120207_flotr2.html (Japanese – 日本語)