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The best visx alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to visx, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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visx

A set of reusable React building blocks for drawing custom charts, built on d3 math.

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    Recharts

    Open source · MIT · ★ 27.7k

    A React charting library built on D3 for drawing charts from declarative components.

    Best for: React developers who need standard charts such as line, bar or similar graphs in a web app; Teams that prefer declarative, component-based chart code

    Full review visx vs Recharts
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    nivo

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.1k

    React chart components for building data visualizations, built on d3.

    Best for: React developers who need charts in a web app; Teams that want charts rendered on the server as well as in the browser

    Full review visx vs nivo
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    Plotly.js

    Open source · MIT · ★ 18.4k

    A JavaScript library for drawing interactive charts in web pages, also the engine behind Plotly in Python and

    Best for: Web developers who want interactive charts in their own site or app; Data analysts who already use Python or R Plotly and want to understand the JavaScript side

    Full review visx vs Plotly.js
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    G2

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.7k

    A JavaScript library for building charts from data using a declarative, layered grammar.

    Best for: Front-end developers adding charts to a web dashboard; Data analysts comfortable writing a little JavaScript

    Full review visx vs G2
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    plotly.py

    Open source · MIT · ★ 18.9k

    A Python library for making interactive, browser-based charts and graphs.

    Best for: Python users who want hoverable, zoomable charts without writing JavaScript; Data analysts working in Jupyter notebooks

    Full review visx vs plotly.py
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    deck.gl

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.7k

    A GPU-accelerated framework for drawing large data sets as layers on maps and 3D views.

    Best for: Developers building interactive maps or geospatial dashboards over large data sets; Teams who need GPU rendering for tens of thousands of points or shapes

    Full review visx vs deck.gl
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    G6

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.4k

    A JavaScript/TypeScript library for drawing and analyzing interactive graphs and network data in the browser.

    Best for: Frontend developers building interactive network or relationship diagrams in a web app; Teams that need graph layouts such as force-directed arrangements in TypeScript or JavaScript projects

    Full review visx vs G6
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    kepler.gl

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.1k

    Open-source web tool and React component for visualizing large geolocation datasets on maps.

    Best for: Developers who want to add map-based data exploration to a React and Redux app; Analysts who need to explore large location datasets visually in the browser

    Full review visx vs kepler.gl

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to visx. We don't take payment for placement.