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

Library Name License Free Supported Chart Types Supported Bar Chart Types Other Features Interactivity Rendering Technologies Databinding HTML 5 Canvas
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 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[3] Yes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
dc.js[22] Apache 2.0[23] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No Yes[24] No
DevExtreme Proprietary Non-commercial or commercial[25] Yes[26] Yes[27] Yes[28] Yes[29] Yes[30] Yes[31] Yes[32] Yes[33] Yes[34] No No Yes[35] Yes[36] Yes Yes[37] Yes No Yes Yes Yes[38] Yes[39] Yes No Yes
DHTMLX Charts GPL[40] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes[41] No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
dimple MIT[42] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Dojo Charting BSD or AFL[43] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[44]
Dygraphs MIT[45] Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Echarts BSD-3[19] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[46] No Yes
Flot Charts MIT[47] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[48] No No
Flotr2 MIT[49] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[50] No No
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
FusionCharts Proprietary Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[51] Paid for commercial applications.[52] Yes [53] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[54]
Google Charts Free[55] Yes[55] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[56] No No Yes[57] Yes[58] Yes Yes Yes[59] Yes[60] Yes Yes[61] Yes Yes Yes Yes[62] Yes Yes[63] Yes[63] Yes[64]
Raphaël MIT[65] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[66] No
Greylock Apache 2.0[67] Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Highcharts, Highstock Proprietary Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[68] Paid for commercial applications.[69] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[70] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
JenScript BSD-3[71] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[72] Yes No Yes
jqPlot[73] MIT or GPLv2[74] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[75] No No
jqxChart Proprietary Free with a link [76] or commercial[77] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JSCharting Proprietary[78] Free with branding [79] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
KoolChart Proprietary Free with a link [80] or commercial[81] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[82] No Yes Yes
LightningChart JS Proprietary Free for personal and non-commercial uses.[83] Paid for commercial applications.[84] Yes [85] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
MetricsGraphics Mozilla Public License Version 2.0[86] Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
MuzeJS MIT[87] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
NVD3 Apache 2.0[88] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[89] No
OLAPCharts[90] Proprietary Free basic edition[91] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 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
plotly.js MIT[92] Yes Yes Yes[93] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes via Python[94] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[95] 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
RGraph MIT[96] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SciChart.js Proprietary Free for educational uses.[97] Paid for commercial applications.[98] Yes [99] No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Shield UI Proprietary Non-commercial or commercial[100] No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[101]
TeeChart JS MIT[102] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
VisJS - used in d3-graphviz Apache 2.0 and MIT[103] Yes Yes[104] Yes[105] Yes[106] Yes[107] No No No No No Yes[108] Yes[109] Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[110] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Vizzu Apache 2.0[111] 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
Webcharts MIT[112] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Webix JS Charts GPL[113] Yes Yes[114] No Yes[115] Yes[116] Yes[117] Yes[117] No Yes[118] No No No Yes[119] Yes[120] Yes No Yes[120] Yes [121] Yes [122] Yes [123] Yes No Yes Yes


YUI Charts[124] BSD-3[125] Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes[126]
ZingChart Proprietary Free with a link [127] or commercial[128] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[129] Yes
ZoomCharts Proprietary Non-commercial or commercial[130] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[131] Yes No

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