# michelson/lazy_high_charts

Make highcharts a la ruby , works in rails 5.X / 4.X / 3.X, and other ruby web frameworks

Repository: https://github.com/michelson/lazy_high_charts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lazy_high_charts
Homepage: http://www.suipit.com
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-02-11T14:47:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6092, "days_push": 1299, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1048, forks 238 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.415689+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby gem that provides a fluent Ruby DSL for building Highcharts chart configurations, usable in Rails, Sinatra, Nanoc, and other Ruby web frameworks. It generates the JavaScript options objects for Highcharts from Ruby code, requiring a separate Highcharts license for commercial use.

## Use cases
- render highcharts charts from ruby code in rails
- build charts in sinatra without writing javascript
- create multi-axis column charts with a ruby DSL
- configure highcharts globals from ruby
- add charting to a ruby web app

## When to choose
- you use Rails, Sinatra, or another Ruby web framework and want Highcharts configured in Ruby
- you prefer defining chart options with a DSL instead of hand-writing JavaScript
- you already have a Highcharts license

## When to avoid
- you want a free charting library without Highcharts commercial licensing costs
- you are not using Ruby
- you need a project under active development with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, charts, templating
- domain: data-visualization, web-development, frontend
- platform: ruby
- tags: highcharts, ruby-gem, rails, sinatra, charting-wrapper, web-server

## Member repositories
- michelson/lazy_high_charts (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.415689+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 2026-08-30T07:00:45.491550+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/michelson/lazy_high_charts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.415689+00:00, sha 84b42f881485)
  - homepage: http://www.suipit.com (fetched 2026-08-29T13:02:14.580524+00:00, sha 5d92f2896b3f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.