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Blockspring was a platform that converted JavaScript visualizations into reusable data products for non-technical users. The service allowed teams to build and share interactive data tools without extensive coding… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Turn JS visualizations into data products anyone can use launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Access web services from spreadsheets

    2015 · blockspring.com · its alternatives →

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    Build web applications, with your data, without code

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A JavaScript Library for creating SVG patterns

    2015 · riccardoscalco.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Pts is a javascript library for visualization and creative-coding.

    2018 · ptsjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Convert your product to multiplayer in minutes

    2022 · liveblocks.io · its alternatives →

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    Capalyze▲809

    ChatGPT for datavores: scrape → ask → visualize

    2025 · capalyze.ai · its alternatives →

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    Kickstart your Next.js collaborative application

    2023 · liveblocks.io · its alternatives →

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    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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    Create interactive data tables in seconds with Tabulator. A free, open source, fully featured JavaScript table / data grid generation library.

    2018 · tabulator.info · its alternatives →

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    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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    Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers & developers.

    2016 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Data infused components for building websites and apps

    2024 · blocks.cosmicjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Bridging the gap between block programming and JavaScript. - ronilan/BlockLike

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blockspring is the hub to build and share internal tools.

    2015 · blockspring.com · 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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    Import your data, design your chart and start sharing it.

    2014 · chartblocks.io · its alternatives →

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    Generate Blockstack apps with React

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Block js libraries such as Segment.io/Mixpanel/KissMetrics

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Making the web better, with blocks

    2022 · blockprotocol.org · its alternatives →

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