apexcharts/apexcharts.jsGitHub
Choose it when you want a much broader chart-type set with SVG output and no D3 dependency, accepting a larger bundle.
📊 Interactive JavaScript Charts built on SVG
- 15.2k
- JavaScript
- NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
shutterstock/rickshaw Alternatives
JavaScript charting / time series visualization
Rickshaw is a D3-based JavaScript toolkit for building interactive, real-time time series graphs in the browser.
Drop-in peers
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
chartist-js/chartistGitHub
Choose it for lightweight, dependency-free responsive SVG charts when you don't need streaming updates or D3 extensions.
Simple responsive charts
- 13.4k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active1mo ago
naver/billboard.jsGitHub
Choose it when you want a maintained D3-based chart API with both SVG and canvas rendering.
📊 Re-usable, easy interface JavaScript chart library based on D3.js, with SVG and Canvas rendering support
- 6.0k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active2mo ago
leeoniya/uPlotGitHub
Choose it when tiny bundle size and raw streaming performance matter more than Rickshaw's D3 extension ecosystem.
📈 A small, fast chart for time series, lines, areas, ohlc & bars
- 10.5k
- JavaScript
- MIT
active24d ago
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
plouc/nivoGitHub
Choose it only inside a React app; charts ship as React components rather than an imperative D3/SVG API.
nivo provides a rich set of dataviz components, built on top of the awesome d3 and React libraries
- 14.1k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active3mo ago
chartjs/Chart.jsGitHub
Choose it when canvas rendering and a large plugin ecosystem matter more than Rickshaw's SVG/D3 integration.
Simple HTML5 Charts using the <canvas> tag
- 67.7k
- JavaScript
- MIT
active5mo ago
margelo/react-native-graphGitHub
Choose it for Skia-rendered native line graphs in React Native, not in a browser codebase.
📈 Beautiful, high-performance Graphs and Charts for React Native built with Skia
- 2.6k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active30d ago
tradingview/lightweight-chartsGitHub
Choose it for canvas-rendered financial line/candlestick charts with a narrower, trading-focused feature set.
Performant financial charts built with HTML5 canvas
- 17.1k
- TypeScript
- Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
swimlane/ngx-chartsGitHub
Choose it inside Angular; charts are declarative components rather than an imperative JS API.
:bar_chart: Declarative Charting Framework for Angular
- 4.4k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active1mo ago
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These projects were analysed and named rickshaw among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how rickshaw rates them is a separate judgement, made when rickshaw is analysed in its own right.
chartjs/Chart.jsGitHub
calls rickshaw “Use for legacy real-time graphs with D3; built on D3 and outdated compared to Chart.js.”
Simple HTML5 Charts using the <canvas> tag
67.7kJavaScriptactive
apexcharts/apexcharts.jsGitHub
calls rickshaw “Choose it for legacy real-time graph dashboards; it is older and less feature-rich.”
📊 Interactive JavaScript Charts built on SVG
15.2kJavaScriptactive
frappe/chartsGitHub
calls rickshaw “when you need an older D3-based realtime graph toolkit; last pushed over 18 months ago.”
Simple, responsive, modern SVG Charts with zero dependencies
15.1kJavaScriptslowing
chartist-js/chartistGitHub
calls rickshaw “Choose when you need real-time interactive graph toolkit built on D3, but note it is older and less actively maintained.”
Simple responsive charts
13.4kTypeScriptactive