uPlot
Shares rank 17 of 19 charting libraries by recommenders
Free, fast charting library that people say avoids performance loss and extra dependencies, and is praised as an inspiration for browser charts.
Free, fast charting library that people say avoids performance loss and extra dependencies, and is praised as an inspiration for browser charts.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: 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: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- 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
Fast browser charts without slowdown
“i'm pretty happy with the result that avoided much complexity, performance loss, and adding a dependency”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Date is out, Temporal is in” “uPlot has been a huge inspiration for proving that browser charts don't have to be slow.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)” Praised as inspiring and amazing
“uPlot has been a huge inspiration for proving that browser charts don't have to be slow.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)” “Leon's uPlot is fantastic - definitely an inspiration.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)” Loyal users who call it amazing
“as a very happy uPlot user here - just wanted to say thank you for such an amazing library”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)” “Current user and a fan of uPlot”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)”
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See all 19 charting libraries, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“uPlot has been a huge inspiration for proving that browser charts don't have to be slow.”
“as a very happy uPlot user here - just wanted to say thank you for such an amazing library”
“Current user and a fan of uPlot”
“Leon's uPlot is fantastic - definitely an inspiration.”
“i'm pretty happy with the result that avoided much complexity, performance loss, and adding a dependency”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.