Chart.js vs Raphael

Chart.js vs Raphael: What are the differences?

Chart.js: Simple, clean and engaging charts for designers and developers. Visualize your data in 6 different ways. Each of them animated, with a load of customisation options and interactivity extensions; Raphael: JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It is a cross-browser JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It will use SVG for most browsers, but will use VML for older versions of Internet Explorer.

Chart.js can be classified as a tool in the "Charting Libraries" category, while Raphael is grouped under "Javascript Utilities & Libraries".

Some of the features offered by Chart.js are:

• animated
• HTML5 based
• Responsive

On the other hand, Raphael provides the following key features:

• Cross-browser
• Designed specifically for artists and graphic designers
• You are given the power of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to be able to use your web browser to created detailed drawings

Chart.js and Raphael are both open source tools. It seems that Chart.js with 44.9K GitHub stars and 9.84K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Raphael with 10.3K GitHub stars and 1.59K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Chart.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 828 company stacks & 37 developers stacks; compared to Raphael, which is listed in 305 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.