# apertureless/vue-chartjs

📊  Vue.js wrapper for Chart.js

Repository: https://github.com/apertureless/vue-chartjs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vue-chartjs
Homepage: https://vue-chartjs.org
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vue, chart, chartjs, visualisation, vuejs, vuejs2, doughnut, pie, diagram, diagrams, charting-library, vue-component, vue3, vuejs3
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:11:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3720, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 57, "gap_med": 307.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5712, forks 805 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:28.165800+00:00)

## What it is
vue-chartjs is a Vue.js wrapper component library for Chart.js v4, letting developers create reusable chart components in Vue 2 and Vue 3 apps. It exposes ready-made components like Bar, Line, and Doughnut that accept Chart.js data and options props.

## Use cases
- render charts in a vue app
- create reusable chart components in vue 3
- add bar and line charts to a dashboard
- wrap chart.js in vue components
- visualize data with chart.js in vuejs
- build responsive pie and doughnut charts

## When to choose
- you use Vue and want Chart.js charts as components
- you need Chart.js v4 support with a thin, unopinionated wrapper
- you want full access to Chart.js options and extensibility

## When to avoid
- you use React, Angular, or Svelte instead of Vue
- you need a batteries-included charting library with built-in chart types beyond Chart.js
- you want server-side rendering without a browser canvas environment

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, charts, ui-components
- domain: data-visualization, frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: vue, vue3, chartjs, charting, wrapper, typescript, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- apertureless/vue-chartjs (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:28.165800+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 2026-08-29T17:53:30.792997+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apertureless/vue-chartjs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:28.165800+00:00, sha a76af07786b3)
  - homepage: https://vue-chartjs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:49:09.406335+00:00, sha ebab43eaf8b1)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/vue-chartjs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:49:09.415370+00:00, sha 5c8fc420dc0d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.
