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Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries

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There are different JavaScript charting libraries available. Below is a comparison of which features are available in each.

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Library Name	License	Free	Supported Chart Types													Supported Bar Chart Types					Other Features		Interactivity		Rendering Technologies			Databinding	HTML 5 Canvas
Library Name	License	Free	Line	Timeline	Scatter	Area	Pie	Donut	Bullet	Radar	Funnel	Gantt	Network	Grouped	Mind Mapping	Stacked	Negative	Discrete	Horizontal	3D	Legends	Animation	Mouse Over	onClick	HTML5 Canvas	SVG	VML	AxisXY	WebGL rendering
amCharts	Proprietary	Free with a link ^[1] or commercial^[2]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[3]	Yes		No
AnyChart	Proprietary	Free for education and non-profit use.^[4] Paid for commercial applications.^[5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ApexCharts	MIT^[6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		No
billboard.js	MIT^[7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
C3.js	MIT^[8]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
CanvasJS	Proprietary^[9]	Free for Personal, Educational and Non-Commercial Uses	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[10]	No	No	Yes	No
Chartist	WTFPL^[11] or MIT^[12]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		No
Chart.js	MIT^[13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Chart Builder By Livegap	Free	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[14]	No		No
Charts 4 PHP	Proprietary	Free basic edition^[15]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No			No
Cytoscape.js	MIT^[16]	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	No	No	No		No		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
D3.js, formerly Protovis^[17]^[18]	BSD-3^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[20]	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[21]	No	Yes	No
DHTMLX Charts	GPL^[22]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes^[23]	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		No
Dojo Charting, part of Dojo Toolkit	BSD or AFL^[24]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[25]		No
Dygraphs	MIT^[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes
Echarts	Apache 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[27]	No	Yes	Yes
Frappe Charts	MIT	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No		Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
FusionCharts	Proprietary	Free for personal and non-commercial uses.^[28] Paid for commercial applications.^[29]	Yes ^[30]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes^[31]			No
Google Charts	Free^[32]	Yes^[32]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[33]	No	No	Yes^[34]	Yes^[35]	Yes	Yes		Yes^[36]	Yes^[37]	Yes	Yes^[38]	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes^[39]	Yes	Yes^[40]	Yes^[40]	Yes^[41]	No
Raphaël	MIT^[42]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes^[43]	No		No
Greylock	Apache 2.0^[44]	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		No
Highcharts, Highstock	Proprietary	Free for personal and non-commercial uses.^[45] Paid for commercial applications.^[46]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes^[47]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JenScript	BSD-3^[48]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No^[49]	Yes	No	Yes	No
jqxChart, part of JQWidgets	Proprietary	Free with a link ^[50] or commercial^[51]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No
JSCharting	Proprietary^[52]	Free with branding ^[53]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		No
KoolChart	Proprietary	Free with a link ^[54] or commercial^[55]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes^[56]	No	Yes	Yes	No
LightningChart JS	Proprietary	Free for personal and non-commercial uses.^[57] Paid for commercial applications.^[58]	Yes ^[59]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes
MuzeJS	MIT^[60]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	No	Yes			No
Pizza Amore	MIT	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes	No		No
plotly.js	MIT^[61]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[62]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	via Python^[63]	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[64]	No		Yes
PlusCharts	Free	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		No
RGraph	MIT^[65]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		No
SciChart.js	Proprietary	Free personal and non-commercial uses.^[66] Paid for commercial applications.^[67]	Yes ^[68]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Shield UI	Proprietary	Non-commercial or commercial^[69]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes^[70]			No
TeeChart JS	MIT^[71]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes
VisJS - used in d3-graphviz	Apache 2.0 and MIT^[72]	Yes	Yes^[73]	Yes^[74]	Yes^[75]	Yes^[76]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^[77]	Yes^[78]	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes^[79]	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		No
Vizzu	Apache 2.0^[80]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		No
Webix JS Charts, part of Webix	GPL^[81]	Yes	Yes^[82]	No	Yes^[83]	Yes^[84]	Yes^[85]	Yes^[85]	No	Yes^[86]	No	No	No	Yes^[87]		Yes^[88]	Yes	No	Yes^[88]		Yes ^[89]		Yes ^[90]	Yes ^[91]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
ZingChart	Proprietary	Free with a link ^[92] or commercial^[93]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[94]	Yes		No
ZoomCharts	Proprietary	Non-commercial or commercial^[95]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes^[96]	Yes	No			No

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