Plotly.js
Open-source JavaScript charting library behind Plotly and Dash observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
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.
- gap_med: 29.0
- age_days: 3954
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 19
Adoption not part of the score
18302 stars · 2023 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Plotly is a family of open-source, MIT-licensed interactive graphing libraries, with plotly.js as the core JavaScript charting engine and high-level wrappers for Python, R, Julia, and other languages. Charts are described declaratively and rendered in the browser with over 30-40 chart types including scientific, statistical, 3D, financial, and map charts, viewable in Jupyter notebooks, standalone HTML, or Dash applications.
Use cases
- create interactive charts from a pandas dataframe in a jupyter notebook
- build a dashboard with interactive plots in python
- embed interactive 3d scatter plots in a web page
- plot statistical and financial charts in the browser with javascript
- export charts as standalone html files to share
- make an interactive choropleth map of my data
- add charts to a react app
- visualize scientific data with contour and heatmap plots
When to choose
- you need interactive, browser-based charts with zoom, hover, and pan built in
- you work in Python, R, or Julia notebooks and want publication-quality interactive figures
- you need a wide variety of chart types including 3D, statistical, financial, and maps from one library
- you are building Dash analytics applications
- you want a declarative JSON chart specification that is easy to generate programmatically
When to avoid
- you need lightweight static plots with minimal bundle size for a simple website
- you require server-side rendering of charts to images without a browser
- you need highly custom or novel visualization types beyond the supported chart catalog
- you are building a native mobile or desktop app without a web view
Facets
library · maturity stable
data-visualization charts data-visualization data-science web-development analytics python browser cross-platform plotly interactive-charts webgl d3 jupyter dash declarative-charting 3d-charts scientific-plotting javascript web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js · fetched 2026-08-28 · fbc5232a47c9
- homepage: https://plotly.com/javascript/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 849bd5fd0194
- site_page: https://plotly.com/pricing?source=graphing_libraries&medium=documentation&content=header · fetched 2026-08-29 · 604ec58013d7
- site_page: https://plotly.com/get-pricing?source=graphing_libraries&medium=documentation&content=header · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a966638e456
- site_page: https://plotly.com/javascript/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 87cdff2317db
- site_page: https://plotly.com/whats-new?source=graphing_libraries&medium=documentation&content=footer · fetched 2026-08-29 · f7983cc0139a
- site_page: https://plotly.com/pricing?source=graphing_libraries&medium=documentation&content=footer · fetched 2026-08-29 · 38450a4a87e4
- site_page: https://plotly.com/get-pricing?source=graphing_libraries&medium=documentation&content=footer · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1f144dd151e9
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-plotly.js · fetched 2026-08-29 · 14a7b454ab58
- site_page: https://plotly.com/graphing-libraries · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6cbb9cd0f301
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| plotly/plotly.js | main | 99 |
| plotly/plotly.py | sdk | 95 |
| plotly/plotly.R | sdk | 84 |
| plotly/react-plotly.js | sdk | 96 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="plotly/plotly.js")
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