clauswilke/dataviz resource
A book covering the fundamentals of data visualization observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
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How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
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3516 stars · 751 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The source repository for the book 'Fundamentals of Data Visualization' by Claus O. Wilke, published by O'Reilly Media, written in R Markdown with bookdown. It teaches principles for making accurate, professional, story-telling data visualizations, with a free rendered version available online.
Use cases
- learn fundamentals of data visualization
- improve charts and figures for publications
- learn how to choose the right chart type
- understand visualization principles like color, scales, and uncertainty
- find a free online data visualization textbook
- teach a data visualization course
When to choose
- you want to learn visualization design principles independent of any specific tool
- you need a free, authoritative reference on making professional figures
- you are a student or researcher preparing data figures
When to avoid
- you want a programming tutorial with runnable code for a specific library
- you need a software tool or library rather than a book
- you need content you can legally modify or redistribute (CC BY-NC-ND license)
Facets
learning-resource · maturity stable
data-visualization documentation data-visualization data-science education tutorials python book r-markdown bookdown oreilly visualization-principles web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/clauswilke/dataviz · fetched 2026-08-28 · 350ef728d972
- homepage: https://clauswilke.com/dataviz · fetched 2026-08-29 · eeaa4a65f011
- site_page: https://clauswilke.com/dataviz/bibliography.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 408751a911b9
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