🆚 D3.js vs. Flot

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
Charting library

About

D3.js is an open-source, low-level JavaScript toolbox for data visualization.

It supports loading data from CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON formats, provides scale functions for mapping data values to visual properties, includes layouts such as force-directed graphs, treemaps, and packed circles, and offers transitions, animations, and interaction tools like dragging, zooming, and panning.

Flot is a JavaScript plotting library for jQuery with a focus on ease of use, attractive appearance, and interactive features.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #167
Charting › Rank #3
Charting › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The D3.js JavaScript library is 5 times more popular than Flot.
Total websites

Market share

Charting

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

D3.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Flot is more popular in Malaysia, Malta, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Korea
India
Spain
Russia
Brazil
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

D3.js is more popular than Flot in all market segments.
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Finance/Banking
Real Estate
Health
Government/Military

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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