What is recharts?
Recharts is a composable charting library built on React components. It allows users to create various types of charts such as line, bar, area, pie, and more, using a declarative approach. It is easy to customize and extend, and it integrates well with the React ecosystem.
What are recharts's main functionalities?
LineChart
This code sample demonstrates how to create a simple LineChart with two lines, using the Recharts library. The chart includes a grid, axes, tooltips, and a legend.
{"import { LineChart, Line, XAxis, YAxis, CartesianGrid, Tooltip, Legend } from 'recharts';\nconst data = [{name: 'Page A', uv: 400, pv: 2400, amt: 2400}];\n<LineChart width={600} height={300} data={data}><CartesianGrid strokeDasharray=\"3 3\"/><XAxis dataKey=\"name\"/><YAxis/><Tooltip/><Legend /><Line type=\"monotone\" dataKey=\"pv\" stroke=\"#8884d8\" /><Line type=\"monotone\" dataKey=\"uv\" stroke=\"#82ca9d\" /></LineChart>"}
BarChart
This code sample shows how to create a BarChart with two bars per data point. It includes similar features to the LineChart, such as a grid, axes, tooltips, and a legend.
{"import { BarChart, Bar, XAxis, YAxis, CartesianGrid, Tooltip, Legend } from 'recharts';\nconst data = [{name: 'Page A', uv: 400, pv: 2400, amt: 2400}];\n<BarChart width={600} height={300} data={data}><CartesianGrid strokeDasharray=\"3 3\"/><XAxis dataKey=\"name\"/><YAxis/><Tooltip/><Legend /><Bar dataKey=\"pv\" fill=\"#8884d8\" /><Bar dataKey=\"uv\" fill=\"#82ca9d\" /></BarChart>"}
PieChart
This code sample illustrates how to create a PieChart. It includes a Pie component with labels, a Tooltip for additional information on hover, and a Legend.
{"import { PieChart, Pie, Tooltip, Legend } from 'recharts';\nconst data = [{name: 'Group A', value: 400}, {name: 'Group B', value: 300}];\n<PieChart width={800} height={400}><Pie dataKey=\"value\" isAnimationActive={false} data={data} cx={200} cy={200} outerRadius={80} fill=\"#8884d8\" label /><Tooltip/><Legend /></PieChart>"}
Other packages similar to recharts
chart.js
Chart.js is a popular canvas-based charting library that provides a wide range of chart types and is highly customizable. It is not React-specific and requires wrappers like 'react-chartjs-2' to integrate with React applications. Compared to Recharts, Chart.js may have better performance for complex animations and large datasets due to its canvas rendering.
victory
Victory is another React chart library that offers a set of composable components for building interactive data visualizations. It is similar to Recharts in its React-centric approach but differs in its API design and customization options. Victory is known for its flexibility and extensive customization capabilities.
highcharts-react-official
Highcharts is a comprehensive charting library that has been around for a long time. The 'highcharts-react-official' package is the official React wrapper for Highcharts. Highcharts offers a vast array of chart types and features, and it is known for its robustness and interactivity. However, it is not as tightly integrated with React as Recharts and may require a commercial license for certain uses.
Recharts
Intro
Recharts is a Redefined chart library built with React and D3.
The main purpose of this library is to help you to write charts in React applications without any pain. Main principles of Recharts are:
- Simplely deploy with React components
- Native SVG support, lightweight depend on some D3 submodules
- Declarative components, components of chart are purely presentational
Roadmap
v1.0 release plan
Expected release: April 2016
- Build babel-plugin-recharts (pack on required)
- Great animation support
- Good documentation
- Cascade Chart
- Wireless support
- 90% code test coverage
Examples
<LineChart
width={400}
height={400}
data={data}
margin={{ top: 5, right: 20, left: 10, bottom: 5 }}
>
<XAxis dataKey="name" />
<Tooltip />
<CartesianGrid stroke="#f5f5f5" />
<Line type="monotone" dataKey="uv" stroke="#ff7300" yAxisId={0} />
<Line type="monotone" dataKey="pv" stroke="#387908" yAxisId={1} />
</LineChart>
All the components of Recharts is clearly separated. The lineChart is composed by x axis, tooltip, grid, and line items, and each of them is an independent React Component. The clear seperation and composition of components is one of the principle Recharts follow.
Contribution
We'd love :heart: to hear what you think we should build. Please create a issue to write your usage or ideas.
We are looking for like-minded people who share the same idea about Recharts. The goal of this project is create more flexible charting library for React community.
License
MIT
Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Recharts Group