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Gribouille

Shares rank 17 of 19 charting libraries by recommenders

A free grammar of graphics library for Typst, recommended as a cool Typst project and for its constructor, which helps document and validate.

A free grammar of graphics library for Typst, recommended as a cool Typst project and for its constructor, which helps document and validate.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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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

  • Constructor helps document and validate

    “With a constructor, you get to document/validate.”

    Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”
  • Seen as a cool Typst project

    “still both Gribouille and Typst are cool projects”

    Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”
  • Useful for developing gribouille itself

    “And for developing gribouille in the first place!”

    Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”
  • Encouraged to use and promote

    “Just use it and advertise it; they'll catch on eventually.”

    Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”

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What people said

4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“And for developing gribouille in the first place!”

RecommendsComment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”

“With a constructor, you get to document/validate.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”

“Just use it and advertise it; they'll catch on eventually.”

RecommendsComment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”

“still both Gribouille and Typst are cool projects”

RecommendsComment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.