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Google Charts vs Chart.xkcd: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Charts as "A Web service that creates graphical charts *". It is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart. On the other hand, *Chart.xkcd** is detailed as "xkcd styled chart library". It is a chart library plots “sketchy”, “cartoony” or “hand-drawn” styled charts. It’s easy to get started with it. All that’s required is the script included in your page along with a single node to render the chart.

Google Charts and Chart.xkcd can be categorized as "Charting Libraries" tools.

Some of the features offered by Google Charts are:

  • charts
  • visualization
  • pie-chart

On the other hand, Chart.xkcd provides the following key features:

  • Easy to Use
  • Line Chart
  • Bar Chart

Chart.xkcd is an open source tool with 2.99K GitHub stars and 50 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Chart.xkcd's open source repository on GitHub.

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What is Chart.xkcd?

It is a chart library plots “sketchy”, “cartoony” or “hand-drawn” styled charts. It’s easy to get started with it. All that’s required is the script included in your page along with a single <svg> node to render the chart.

What is Google Charts?

It is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart.

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