Apache ECharts

What hackers pick instead

• ChartGPUFast WebGPU charting library that renders a million points smoothly in the browser. Critics say sampling can hide peaks and that sliders and zoom controls misbehave.35recommend
• ggplot2People recommend it for a consistent grammar-of-graphics approach that makes almost any chart, but critics find extensive customization hairy.29recommend
• plotnineA Python port of ggplot2's grammar of graphics, liked by people who know ggplot. One critic objects to using the '+' operator to build plots.22recommend
• ggsqlLets you plot charts directly from SQL using a ggplot-style layered grammar. Main caveat: critics say the docs are thin and it adds little beyond R or Python.19recommend
• MatplotlibFree Python plotting library that people rely on for charts and data visualization; critics find its API verbose and slow with large data.17recommend

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1. Then I asked for some 3D WebGL charts with echarts and we got that working too.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “What Happened to WebAssembly”

2. works great and these charts can be even interactive

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark”

3. The eCharts bump charts look great.

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised”

4. ECharts for hierarchical sunbursts

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era”

5. it's probably one of the most performant and featureful charting libraries you can find

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era”

6. I do something similar and just use echarts. Very happy with it.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “A Preview of DuckDB v2.0”

7. Different charting backends support different kinds of charts.

   Mixed · Aug 2026 · in “Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era”

8. due to a number of issues with size and how the worked, I ended up re-implementing both.

   Criticizes · Jul 2026 · in “Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)”