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Alternatives to Plotly.js

Highcharts, Bokeh, Marvel, Matplotlib, and Storyline are the most popular alternatives and competitors to Plotly.js.
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What is Plotly.js and what are its top alternatives?

It is a standalone Javascript data visualization library, and it also powers the Python and R modules named plotly in those respective ecosystems (referred to as Plotly.py and Plotly.R). It can be used to produce dozens of chart types and visualizations, including statistical charts, 3D graphs, scientific charts, SVG and tile maps, financial charts and more.
Plotly.js is a tool in the Charting Libraries category of a tech stack.
Plotly.js is an open source tool with 16.4K GitHub stars and 1.8K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Plotly.js's open source repository on GitHub

Top Alternatives to Plotly.js

  • Highcharts
    Highcharts

    Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie, scatter, angular gauges, arearange, areasplinerange, columnrange, bubble, box plot, error bars, funnel, waterfall and polar chart types. ...

  • Bokeh
    Bokeh

    Bokeh is an interactive visualization library for modern web browsers. It provides elegant, concise construction of versatile graphics, and affords high-performance interactivity over large or streaming datasets. ...

  • Marvel
    Marvel

    A super simple tool that turns any image (including PSDs) or sketch into interactive prototypes for any device. Powered by Dropbox. ...

  • Matplotlib
    Matplotlib

    It is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. It can be used in Python scripts, the Python and IPython shells, the Jupyter notebook, web application servers, and four graphical user interface toolkits. ...

  • Storyline
    Storyline

    Storyline makes it easy to create, test & publish Alexa skills in minutes with a visual interface and pre-built templates. ...

  • D3.js
    D3.js

    It is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework. ...

  • Tableau
    Tableau

    Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click. ...

  • Dash
    Dash

    Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 150+ APIs. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included. ...

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    Multiple chart types such as pie, bar, line and others
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    Responsive charts
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    Handles everything you throw at it
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    Extremely easy-to-parse documentation
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    Built-in export chart as-is to image file
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    Easy to customize color scheme and palettes
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    Export on server side, can be used in email
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Here is my stack on #Visualization. @FusionCharts and Highcharts are easy to use but only free for non-commercial. Chart.js and Plotly are two lovely tools for commercial use under the MIT license. And D3.js would be my last choice only if a complex customized plot is needed.

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Bokeh

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An interactive visualization library
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    Beautiful Interactive charts in seconds
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    Marvel

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    PROS OF MARVEL
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      Hi - I am looking to develop an app accessed by a browser that will display interactive networks (including adding or deleting nodes, edges, labels (or changing labels) based on user input. Look to use Django at the backend. Also need to manage graph versions if one person makes a graph change while another person is looking at it. Mainly tree networks for starters anyway. I probably will use the Networkx package. Not sure what the pros and cons are using Bokeh vs Matplotlib. I would be grateful for any comments or suggestions. Thanks.

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      Storyline

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            Beautiful visualizations
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            Svg
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            Data-driven
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            Large set of examples
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            Data-driven documents
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            Visualization components
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            Transitions
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            Dynamic properties
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            Plugins
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            Transformation
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            Makes data interactive
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            Open Source
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            Enter and Exit
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            Exhaustive
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            Backed by the new york times
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            Easy and beautiful
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            Highly customizable
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            Awesome Community Support
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            Simple elegance
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          We use Plotly (just their open source stuff) for Zulip's user-facing and admin-facing statistics graphs because it's a reasonably well-designed JavaScript graphing library.

          If you've tried using D3.js, it's a pretty poor developer experience, and that translates to spending a bunch of time getting the graphs one wants even for things that are conceptually pretty basic. Plotly isn't amazing (it's decent), but it's way better than than D3 unless you have very specialized needs.

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          Amit Garg
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          Hi,

          I am looking at integrating a charting library in my React frontend that allows me to create appealing and interactive charts. I have basic familiarity with ApexCharts with React but have also read about D3.js charts and it seems a much more involved integration. Can someone please share their experience across the two libraries on the following dimensions:

          1. Amount of work needed for integration
          2. Amount of work or ease for creating new charts in either of the libraries.

          Regards

          Amit

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