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24 alternatives to Descartes

A small NodeJS plotting library

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Descartes launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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A gallery of graphs built with React and D3.js▲297
Many JS libraries exist to build graphs on the web (Vega, chartJS, Plotly...). They allow to make charts quickly. But you lose flexibility: you're limited by the options they offer. I just created a gallery with hundreds of graphs made with d3.js and React. - Examples are split by graph types - They all come with explanation and code sandboxes - Gradual complexity to ease the learning curve It took me ages to create this project! Feedback welcome!
2023 · react-graph-gallery.com · its alternatives →
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Plot directly in your terminal with matplotlib▲160
An awesome iTerm2 backend for Matplotlib, so you can plot directly in your terminal. - daleroberts/itermplot
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Spatial Environment for Python▲169
Hi all! A little background: I've been working on natto.dev, a spatial environment for JavaScript. I'm really excited about new interfaces for code (leveraging metaphors we're good at, spatial reasoning, making state visible, design tools, etc). With all the buzz around PyScript, I discovered Pyodide and got it working inside natto. This Python version is a stripped down version of https://natto.dev (eg interactive outputs, multiplayer) so please check that out if this interests you. I'm excited to share this spatial environment for Python. Imagine Jupyter cells arranged on a 2D…
2022 · python.natto.dev · its alternatives →
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chart.xkcd▲287
xkcd styled chart library
2019 · timqian.com · its alternatives →
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Chart.js 2.0▲440
Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers & developers.
2016 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →
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Chart.js▲263
Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers
2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →
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uPlot.js – An exceptionally fast, tiny time series chart▲260
📈 A small, fast chart for time series, lines, areas, ohlc & bars - leeoniya/uPlot
2019 · github.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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Function Plot – A 2d function plotter powered by d3▲55
2015 · maurizzzio.github.io · its alternatives →
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Globe visualizations in Golang▲258
Globe wireframe visualizations in Golang. Contribute to mmcloughlin/globe development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TerrainVer – Generate Worms-Style Cartoon Terrain in JavaScript▲198
Explore advanced web development for online casinos at Juliango 202. Learn about programming languages, RNG algorithms, and secure platform architecture.
2018 · juliango202.com · its alternatives →
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TG – Fast geometry library for C▲201
Geometry library for C - Fast point-in-polygon. Contribute to tidwall/tg development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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dc.js▲79
Dimensional charting Javascript library
2018 · dc-js.github.io · its alternatives →
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CandyGraph, a flexible, fast-by-default WebGL plotting library▲94
Fast by default, flexible 2D plotting library. Contribute to wwwtyro/candygraph development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Crudlet.js – A common, streamable interface for synchronizing data▲94
utility library for async iterable iterators. Contribute to crcn/mesh.js development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Advanced Mathematics Library for Node.js and JavaScript▲123
Advanced Mathematics Library for Node.js and JavaScript - numbers/numbers.js
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rough Charts▲145
A responsive react charting library with a hand-drawn style.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MPL Plotter – Python library to make technical plots more efficiently▲48
Publication-quality data representation library based on Matplotlib. - alopezrivera/mpl_plotter
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BrachioGraph, an easy-to-build pen-plotter, driven by Python▲63
2019 · brachiograph.art · its alternatives →
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Chart.js 4.0▲111
Open source JavaScript charting library for the modern web
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BlueLibs▲74
Rapidly prototype new projects in Node & TypeScript
2021 · bluelibs.com · its alternatives →
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A JavaScript library for data visualization in both SVG and Canvas▲161
Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tufte's discrete sparklines using D3.js▲70
I've been working on a dashboard and found a data set that would look great represented as a discrete sparkline. This type of visualization ...
2016 · dataviztalk.blogspot.com · its alternatives →
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XY – A Fast, composable, GPU-accelerated interactive plotting library▲136
Ultra-fast and customizable Python charts. Contribute to reflex-dev/xy development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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