Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Charts

A simple and responsive SVG chart lib with zero dependencies

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Charts launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Practical SVG▲65

   Harness power & possibilities of performance-efficient SVG.

   2016 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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   Easy SVG charts for your static site, no JavaScript▲129

   2014 · chartspree.com · its alternatives →

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   Chart.js▲263

   Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers

   2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Chart.js 2.0▲440

   Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers & developers.

   2016 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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   Snap.svg▲100

   JavaScript SVG library for the modern web

   2014 · snapsvg.io · its alternatives →

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   Textures.js, SVG Patterns for Data Visualization▲404

   A JavaScript Library for creating SVG patterns

   2015 · riccardoscalco.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Recharts▲155

   A composable charting library built on React components

   2016 · recharts.org · its alternatives →

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   A tool to build real websites built exclusively in SVG▲197

   2021 · svija.love · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Minimalist library to generate SVG views of scientific data▲47

   Just wanted to share with HN a simple/minimal open source Python library that generates SVG files visualizing two dimensional data and distributions, in case others find it useful or interesting. I wrote it as a fun project, mostly because I found that the standard libraries in Python generated unnecessarily large SVG files. One nice property is that I can configure the visuals through CSS, which allows me to support dark/light mode browser settings. The graphs are specified as JSON files (the repository includes a few examples). It supports scatterplots, line plots, histograms,…

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    NotebookJS▲109

    Scientific computation for JavaScript

    2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

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    Walkway.js▲121

    An easy way to animate simple SVG elements

    2014 · connoratherton.com · its alternatives →

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    Plottable.js▲132

    Flexible, interactive charts for the web.

    2016 · plottablejs.org · its alternatives →

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    AnyChart▲136

    Interactive JavaScript HTML5 based charting solution

    2015 · anychart.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ZingChart▲92

    JS Charting library that renders in HTML5, Canvas & Flash

    2014 · zingchart.com · its alternatives →

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    Chartist▲84

    Simple Responsive Charts

    2014 · gionkunz.github.io · its alternatives →

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    I made first declaritive SVG,canvas framework▲74

    you can make your own chart or diagram easily than using d3

    2024 · flitter.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    TauCharts▲16

    Flexible javascript charting library for data exploration

    2015 · taucharts.com · its alternatives →

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    MetricsGraphics.js▲84

    API for beautiful interactive graphics from time-series data

    2014 · metricsgraphicsjs.org · its alternatives →

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    GraphicsJS▲77

    Powerful free open-source JavaScript vector graphics library

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    UvCharts - Simple yet powerful charting library for developers▲5

    2015 · imaginea.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Grafs▲4

    Simple, beautiful and powerful 100% SVG charts and diagrams

    2016 · imperavi.com · its alternatives →

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    Fleximize Mission▲60

    A unique mission statement using SVG animation

    2016 · fleximize.com · its alternatives →

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    Stylestats▲59

    A Node.js library to collect CSS statistics

    2014 · stylestats.org · its alternatives →

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    I built a declarative layout engine for SVG, Canvas, WebGL▲5

    Hey HN, I built a tiny zero DOM layout engine for vector graphics and custom renderers to resolves nested rows/cols/grids into exact `{x, y, w, h}` boxes, with text measurement, overflow signals, and collision separation. This is to help make SVG, PDF, Canvas responsive. Feedback welcome from anyone building canvas/SVG diagrams, dashboards, node editors, or diagram tools.

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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