# naver/billboard.js

📊 Re-usable, easy interface JavaScript chart library based on D3.js, with SVG and Canvas rendering support

Repository: https://github.com/naver/billboard.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/billboardjs
Homepage: https://naver.github.io/billboard.js/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: d3, svg, graph, data-visualizations, canvas, charting-library
Last push: 2026-08-25T11:25:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3373, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 58, "gap_med": 24.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6007, forks 357 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.210785+00:00)

## What it is
billboard.js is a reusable JavaScript chart library built on D3.js, offering a simple API to generate charts rendered as SVG or Canvas. It is modular ESM-based, highly configurable, and a popular successor to C3.js.

## Use cases
- render bar, line, and area charts in a web app
- visualize large datasets with canvas rendering
- create interactive dashboards with D3-based charts
- migrate from C3.js to a maintained chart library
- generate chart images in Node.js
- build modular bundles importing only needed chart types

## When to choose
- you want D3-powered charts with a simple, high-level API
- you need both SVG and Canvas rendering from one API
- you need many chart types with extensive customization options

## When to avoid
- you need a framework-agnostic declarative chart spec like Vega-Lite
- your project avoids a D3 peer dependency
- you need server-side charting beyond static image generation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, frontend, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: d3, svg, canvas, charting-library, esm, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- naver/billboard.js (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.210785+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:49:47.779541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/naver/billboard.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.210785+00:00, sha 69d9296428dd)
  - homepage: https://naver.github.io/billboard.js/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:45:49.426522+00:00, sha 6ea6c9b9ea5d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.