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ECharts vs Matplotlib: What are the differences?

Developers describe ECharts as "A free, powerful charting and visualization library *". It is an open source visualization library implemented in JavaScript, runs smoothly on PCs and mobile devices, and is compatible with most current browsers. On the other hand, *Matplotlib** is detailed as "A plotting library for the Python programming language". 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.

ECharts and Matplotlib can be primarily classified as "Charting Libraries" tools.

ECharts is an open source tool with 35.7K GitHub stars and 10.8K GitHub forks. Here's a link to ECharts's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Matplotlib has a broader approval, being mentioned in 10 company stacks & 19 developers stacks; compared to ECharts, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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Pros of ECharts
Pros of Matplotlib
  • 7
    East to implement
  • 6
    Smaller learning curve
  • 5
    Free to use
  • 4
    Vue Compatible
  • 3
    Very customizable
  • 3
    Angular compatible
  • 2
    React compatible
  • 10
    The standard Swiss Army Knife of plotting

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Cons of ECharts
Cons of Matplotlib
  • 2
    Support is in chinese
  • 5
    Lots of code

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What is ECharts?

It is an open source visualization library implemented in JavaScript, runs smoothly on PCs and mobile devices, and is compatible with most current browsers.

What is 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.

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What are some alternatives to ECharts and Matplotlib?
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.
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.
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.
Plotly.js
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.
amCharts
amCharts is an advanced charting library that will suit any data visualization need. Our charting solution include Column, Bar, Line, Area, Step, Step without risers, Smoothed line, Candlestick, OHLC, Pie/Donut, Radar/ Polar, XY/Scatter/Bubble, Bullet, Funnel/Pyramid charts as well as Gauges.
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