Javascript Graphs and Charts libraries - 2015-04-16 | Comparison tables

Charts types
	D3.js	Highcharts	amCharts	ZingChart	FusionCharts	Google Chart Tools	AnyChart	arcadiaCharts	CanvasJS Charts	DEX	Flot	dhtmlxChart	Dojo (dojox/charting)	Ejschart	Elycharts	flotr2	gRaphaël	jqChart	jqPlot	JSCharts	JSXGraph	KendoUI DataViz	Morris.js	nvd3	OLAPCharts	Protovis	Reportivo.com	RGraph	Rickshaw	Sencha Touch Charts	Shield UI Charts	SVGware	TeeChart	KoolChart	yFiles for HTML	DyGraph

Website	http://d3js.org/	http://www.highcharts.com/products/highcharts	http://www.amcharts.com/	http://www.zingchart.com	http://www.fusioncharts.com/	https://developers.google.com/chart/	http://anychart.com/	http://www.arcadiacharts.com/	http://canvasjs.com	http://dexvis.com/	http://www.flotcharts.org/	http://www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxChart/index.shtml	http://dojotoolkit.org/features/graphics-and-charting	http://www.ejschart.com	http://elycharts.com	http://www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/index	http://g.raphaeljs.com/	http://www.jqchart.com	http://www.jqplot.com/	http://www.jscharts.com	http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/	http://www.kendoui.com/dataviz.aspx	http://morrisjs.github.io/morris.js/	http://nvd3.com/	http://www.olapcharts.com	http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/	http://www.reportivo.com/	http://www.rgraph.net/	http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/	http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/charts	https://www.shieldui.com	http://svgware.com	http://www.steema.com/teechart/html5	http://koolchart.com	http://www.yworks.com/yfileshtml	http://dygraphs.com/
Demo web link	https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Gallery	http://highcharts.com/demo/	http://www.amcharts.com/javascript/	http://www.zingchart.com/#chart-gallery	http://www.fusioncharts.com/explore/	https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery	http://anychart.com/products/anychart7/gallery/	http://www.arcadiacharts.com/line_chart	http://canvasjs.com/html5-javascript-column-chart/	http://dexvis.com/doku.php	http://www.flotcharts.org/flot/examples/	http://www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxChart/index.shtml	http://demos.dojotoolkit.org/demos/?cat=graphics	http://www.ejschart.com/examples.php?selected=examplePage	http://elycharts.com/examples	http://www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/index	http://g.raphaeljs.com/	http://www.jqchart.com/samples	http://www.jqplot.com/tests/	http://www.jscharts.com/examples	http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/wp/examples/	http://demos.kendoui.com/dataviz/overview/index.html	http://morrisjs.github.io/morris.js/	http://nvd3.com/ghpages/examples.html	http://www.olapcharts.com/chart-gallery	http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ex/		http://www.rgraph.net/demos	http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/examples/	http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch-charts-1.0.0/examples/	https://demos.shieldui.com	http://svgware.com	http://www.steema.com/files/public/teechart/html5/jscript/demos/	http://koolchart.com/demo	http://live.yworks.com/demobrowser/index.html
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Open source	Yes BSD License	Yes CC by-nc 3.0	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes CC nc 3.0	Yes	Yes MIT License	Yes GNU GPL	Yes BSD, AFLv2	No	Yes MIT License	Yes MIT License	Yes MIT License	No	Yes MIT, GPL v2	No	Yes LGPL	No	Yes Simplified BSD	Yes Apache 2.0		Yes BSD License		No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Latest version	2.10.3	1.0	3.X	2014	3.4		7.x	1.0.2	1.0	2013	0.8.1 (may 2013)	2.6 Build 100928	1.8	2.3	2.1.4-Snapshot (Aug, 2011)		0.5.0		2013	3.0	0.99	Q1 2013	0.4.1		1.0.1	3.3.1		2012	2012		1.7.1	2.6 (July 2013)	2014	3.0	1.2.0.4	1.0.1
Trial and Prices	Free under BSD	Free for non commercial use and testing $ 90 (single website) - $ 3600 (10 developers license with maintenance and support for 12 months)	$750 with 6 month support and updates	Free with watermark Single Domain Package : $249.00 Discounted Multi-Domain Package : $999.00 SaaS and OEM Pricing Available	$2000 with 1 month support ($1000/y)	Free	Free Trial with link to site. $399 (website)	Free for non commercial use $ 89 (single website) - $ 899 (OEM)	Free for non-commercial use $299+ for commercial license	Seems to be free	Free	Free under GNU GPL, $49	Free	Free / $100 / $250 / $1000	Free	Free	Free (you can donate)	$299	Free	$ 39 - $ 149 Free with watermark	Free	$ 399	Free	Free depending on Apache 2.0	Free charts, €99 with additional OLAP features	Free	Free	Free for non-commercial (CreativeCommons) License for commercial use.	Free of charge with copyright attribution	Free under GPLv3 license; $999 commercial license	Free for Non-commercial use. Requires license for commercial. OEM licensing available.	Free	Free for non commercial use. $129 commercial license ( 1developer + 1 server install + 1 year support subscription)	Free with watermark. $100 for Lite version, $350 for Basic, $620 for Pro and $1,280 for Enterprise	Free trial with watermark. Requires license for commercial use. Royalty free Licenses.	MIT-Like
Library size (compressed+gzip)					553 KB	24 KB (only through google link, no offline mode)	145 KB		27 KB		238 KB	35 KB	500 KB (can easily be scaled down if you just use a subset of chart types)		32 kb	223 KB					88.5 KB		52 KB	50 KB	60 KB (different files per browser)	32 KB						145 kB	0.7 MB		1.5 MB	41 k
Minified size	116 kb	45 kb	190 KB		553 KB		147 KB				95 KB	54 KB	170 KB (can easily be scaled down if you just use a subset of chart types)		65 KB	96 KB	28.5 KB				519.2 KB		29 KB	153 KB		4.7 MB					200 K	145 kB		450 K	6.5 MB	133 k
Dependencies	https://github.com/shawnbot/aight for partial IE8 compatibility. No dependencies needed for other browsers supported	None	None	None	None		None		None		jQuery Comes with unicorn, capable and robust, simple		None outside of the Dojo Toolkit - VERY nice but heavy for our needs	None	jQuery,Raphaël Charts seem kind of dinky. REasonable alternative.	underscore.js, beam.js No donut chart. Buzzzz. But seems very capable.	Raphaël		jQuery			jQuery 1.9+	jQuery, Raphaël Not exactly sexy. Needs Rapheal and annotations. No data labels, exporting and missing several chart types	d3.js and Aight for IE8 support - VERY cool but based on D3, no IE8 and prior.	None			none	d3.js		jQuery			none	None	excanvas if ie < 9
Graphic technology	SVG	SVG	SVG or VML for old IE	HTML5 / Canvas / SVG / VML / Flash	SVG / VML	SVG	SVG or VML for old IE	Canvas	CanvasJS		Canvas	Canvas	SVG, Canvas if not available VML or Silverlight	Canvas / SVG / VML	SVG	Canvas	SVG	Canvas	Canvas	Canvas	SVG	SVG	SVG	SVG	HTML5 Canvas, Flash	SVG		Canvas	SVG	Canvas	SVG, VML	SVG	Canvas	Canvas	SVG+CSS, Canvas, HTML	canvas
Area	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Line charts can also have fills	Yes Line charts can also have fills	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Bar	Yes	Yes horizontal, vertical	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes vertical only	Yes	Yes (8 Kb) vertical only	Yes	Yes	Yes vertical only	Yes	Yes	Yes vertical only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes vertical only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Bubble	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes plugin	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Line	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (4 Kb)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Pie	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (4 Kb)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Scatter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Spline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes only line, not area	Yes	- In progress for next revision	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes only line, not area	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes by default	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sparklines	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No						Yes	Yes	- In progress for next revision	Yes		No		Yes			Yes	No			Yes		No		No	Yes	No			No	No
Candlestick	- Unofficial example: https://gist.github.com/1074045	Yes Highstock, separate product	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes plugin: http://jumflot.jumware.com/candlestick.html	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No		Yes		No	No	No		No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Donut	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Node / Edge graph	Yes				Yes																			No		Yes									Yes	No
Other charts	D3.js is a drawing library, and not just a chart library. You can make virtually any visualization or graph given time.		Gauges, Radar, Polar, Step line, Step without Risers, OHLC, area range, Donut, Funnel, Waterfall, Bullet, XY, Maps are available as additional package	Bullet, Chord, Funnel, Gauge, Grid, Maps, Pareto, Piano, Radar, Rankflow, Stock, Treemap, Venn, WordCloud	Column, Funnel, Pyramid, Waterfall, Marimekko, Gauges, Gantt Charts, Heat Map, Radar, Box and Whisker, Kagi, Step Line	Geo chart, table, gauge, tree map	Gauges, Radar, Polar, Stepline, Step, OHLC, Range Area, Funnel, Maps, Heatmaps, Treemap are available in 6.x, promised in 7.x, Gantt, Maps, Stock - available in Flash, promised in 2015.		Bubble Chart		Bubbles, Gantt, Pyramid, Spider		Bubble, Candlestick (OHLC), Spider. Other Dojo modules provide as well TreeMap, Gauges etc...	f(x), Gauge, Donut, alarm, candle stick, step series, over under, open high low, error series, stacked bar, trend, and floating bar	Funnel	Bubble, radar		Bubble, radar, polar			Math...	Linear Gauge, Radial Gauge, Bubble, Bullet, Donut, Scatter, Stock		Bullet chart	Spline, Donut, Rose, Radar, HeatMap, Combined	TreeMap, Node links	Range Bar/Area/Spline Area, Polar Bar/Area/Spline/Scatter/Stepline/Steparea	Gauge, Funnel, Waterfall			Range Bar/Area/SplineArea, Polar Bar/Area/Spline/Scatter, Stepline, Steparea	heat map; error bars; linear and logarithmic scales;	Horizbar, SmoothLine, Donut, HorizArea, Bubble, Candle (OHLC)	Radar, Combination, From-To, Target vs Actual, History, Scroll, Real-time, Broken-axis, Matrix, Image, Wing, Gauge	While focussed on Node / Edge Graphs, at its core it can be used as a visualization library that can visualize almost anything.
Features
Multitouch																																			Yes
Ability to zoom in and out of charts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Annotations on the chart		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes				Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Combination of charts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		No			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Data labels	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	- Only on a subet of charts, improvement planned for future versions	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Date-time axis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes			No	- Feasible with custom code	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	No			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dynamic charts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		No			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Dynamic Node/Edge Graphs
Export files		Yes	Yes PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF	Yes	Yes	No	Yes PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF		Yes		No	No	Yes SVG	-	No	Yes PNG, JPG	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	No		Yes	No Workaround available	Yes	-			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
External Data Loading		Yes		Yes	Yes	No					Yes	Yes	Yes Using dojo/store	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Interactive (responds to mouse hover/click)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes turned off by default	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes turned off by default	No	Yes no tooltips	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes turned off by default	Yes tooltips on touch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Feature complete Graph Editor	Yes
Print		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes				No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		- only by using browser	No		Yes	No				Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Text Rotation for Labels	Yes x-y coordinates(of text) needs to be changed after rotation of text	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes			Yes With CSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Platforms
Firefox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes 1.0+	Yes 3.6+	Yes 1.5+	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes 1.5+	Yes 2.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Internet Explorer	- IE 9 is supported, IE 8 is supported with Aight	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes 9+		Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 7.0+	Yes 8.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes 7+	Yes 6.0+	- IE 9, IE8 requires Aight	Yes Uses Flash for < IE9	No Partial	Yes	- IE 9, IE8 requires Aight or Google Chrome Frame or Google ExCanvas	- IE 9, IE8 requires Aight		Yes 5.0+	Yes	Yes 9.0+	Yes 6.0+	Yes IE9+	Yes IE < 9 with Google's excanvas
Google Chrome	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes 5.0+	Yes	Yes 5.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes 10+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Safari	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes 3.1 (2.0 on MAC)	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes 3.1+	Yes 3.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Opera	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes 9.0+	- Might work but not officially supported	Yes 9+	Yes 9.5+		Yes 9.5+	Yes	Yes	Yes 9+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPhone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes 1+	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes 1.0+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPad	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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Social Networks
Source code repository											https://github.com/flot/flot					https://github.com/HumbleSoftware/Flotr2	https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/g.raphael		https://bitbucket.org/cleonello/jqplot/src				https://githu