Charts built for Chat
Shares rank 8 of 19 charting libraries by recommenders
Recommended for readable, maintainable charts that reproduce the same dashboard consistently and cut context switching. Critics say it overstates how innovative it is.
Recommended for readable, maintainable charts that reproduce the same dashboard consistently and cut context switching. Critics say it overstates how innovative it is.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks useful and promising
“this does look super useful, and I do have CUE to help with the yamhell”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “This looks great can’t wait to try it out”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Overstates its innovation
“It's neat but pretends to be more innovative than it actually is.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” YAML config is awkward
“why did it have to be YAML?”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” Visualizations are a small part
“visualizations are only a small piece of the BI tool value prop”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat”
Other charting libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other charting libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 19 charting libraries, rankedWhat people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I love the unbundling premise, this is exactly where we are heading.”
“why did it have to be YAML?”
“Saves a lot of context switching for simple updates.”
“this does look super useful, and I do have CUE to help with the yamhell”
“visualizations are only a small piece of the BI tool value prop”
“That lack of flexibility is actually a feature for one of the bigger problems we're solving”
“Sometimes tools & products can be useful as just well executed points in the known design space.”
“It's neat but pretends to be more innovative than it actually is.”
“creates artifacts that are readable, maintainable and reproduce the same dashboard consistently”
“This looks great can’t wait to try it out”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.