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24 alternatives to Shiny

A web application framework for R

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shiny launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Shiny Express – Reactive web framework for data science in Python▲33

   Shiny is an open source web framework for data scientists to create interactive web applications, using Python or R. Shiny for R has been around since 2012, Shiny for Python since 2022. Today, we're releasing Shiny Express, a new syntax for writing Shiny for Python apps that is dramatically simpler and more concise. You can write full-stack interactive applications that manipulate and visualize your data in realtime, using a syntax that is highly reminiscent of writing a regular Python script.

   2024 · shiny.posit.co · its alternatives →

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   Datamatic▲156

   Editable data visualizations for the web

   2017 · datamatic.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Spacy.io▲86

   Semantic analysis of the Reddit hivemind

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   R Essentials▲5

   The Language for Data Manipulation and Statistical Analysis

   2016 · dzone.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Datazar 2.0▲118

   Advanced, cloud-based research collaboration

   2017 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

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   Variance▲91

   Build powerful data visualizations for the web.

   2014 · variancecharts.com · its alternatives →

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   Data Smart▲76

   Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Gondola▲69

   The web framework for Go programming language

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Shiny.js simulates reflections on the web for mobile devices▲113

   🌟 Shiny reflections for mobile websites. Contribute to rikschennink/shiny development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cluvio▲69

    A new cloud analytics platform based on SQL and R

    2016 · cluvio.com · its alternatives →

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    GrapheneDB▲121

    Graph databases as-a-service

    2014 · graphenedb.com · its alternatives →

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    Shinify ▲61

    Get a Shiny R server for your ML model with one line of code

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MatrixDS▲79

    The data community's workbench

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Ru▲95

    Ru

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

    How to think about data

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    SMART - Statistical Metabolomics Analysis - An R Tool▲6

    Statistical Metabolomics Analysis - An R Tool

    2016 · staff.stat.sinica.edu.tw · its alternatives →

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    The Changelog - #181: RethinkDB, Databases, and the Realtime Web With Slava Akhmechet▲60

    Slava Akhmechet schools us on RethinkDB and the realtime web

    2015 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

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    A mobile app built with R▲5

    Abstract page for arXiv paper 2409.00582: CRUD-Capable Mobile Apps with R and shinyMobile: a Case Study in Rapid Prototyping

    2024 · arxiv.org · its alternatives →

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    The Art of R Programming:▲3

    A Tour of Statistical Software Design

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    deeplearn.js▲10

    Hardware-accelerated IA library for the web

    2017 · tensorflow.org · its alternatives →

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    SciZone – Embed scientific datasets and phenomena on the web▲6

    2015 · sci.zone · its alternatives →

22. 22TR
    Trybsync – Reddit, but as an RSS Aggregator▲9

    2023 · trybsync.com · its alternatives →

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    A Search Engine for Rust▲8

    A search engine for Rust

    2024 · query.rs · its alternatives →

24. 24SF
    "Substack for RSS feeds”, built using Clojure and Datomic Ions▲5

    2021 · ab.xyz · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →