Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries

There are different JavaScript charting libraries available. Below is a comparison of which features are available in each.

Library Name	License	Free	Supported Chart Types													Supported Bar Chart Types					Other Features		Interactivity		Rendering Technologies			Databinding	HTML 5 Canvas
			Line	Timeline	Scatter	Area	Pie	Donut	Bullet	Radar	Funnel	Gantt	Network	Grouped	Mind Mapping	Stacked	Negative	Discrete	Horizontal	3D	Legends	Animation	Mouse Over	onClick	HTML5 Canvas	SVG	VML	AxisXY	WebGL rendering
AnyChart	Proprietary	Free for education and non-profit use. [1] Paid for commercial applications. [2]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Chart.js	MIT [3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Cytoscape.js	MIT [4]	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	No	No	No		No		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
D3.js, formerly Protovis [5] [6]	BSD-3 [7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [8]	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes [9]	No	Yes	No
Dojo Charting, part of Dojo Toolkit	BSD or AFL [10]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [11]		No
FusionCharts	Proprietary	Free for personal and non-commercial uses. [12] Paid for commercial applications. [13]	Yes [14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes [15]			No
Google Charts	Free [16]	Yes [16]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [17]	No	No	Yes [18]	Yes [19]	Yes	Yes		Yes [20]	Yes [21]	Yes	Yes [22]	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes [23]	Yes	Yes [24]	Yes [24]	Yes [25]	No
Raphaël	MIT [26]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes [27]	No		No
plotly.js	MIT [28]	Yes	Yes	Yes [29]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	via Python [30]	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes [31]	No		Yes
RGraph	MIT [32]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		No
TeeChart JS	MIT [33]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes

See also

• Ext JS
• List of JavaScript libraries

References

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