# Chartist

JavaScript library that draws responsive charts as SVG, styled with CSS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/chartist/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://chartist.dev
- repository: https://github.com/chartist-js/chartist
- docs: https://chartist.dev/docs/getting-started/
- plugins: https://chartist.dev/plugins/
- forum: https://github.com/chartist-js/chartist/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Gion Kunz
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: graphics
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 14
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT, WTFPL

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13455
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 139012
- contributors: 66
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 10746
- dependentPackages: 217

### Sources

- urls: https://chartist.dev/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://chartist.dev/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist/commits/v0.0.3 (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/chartist-js/chartist/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://chartist.dev/ (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://chartist.dev/docs/server-rendering/ (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/chartist/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://chartist.dev/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://chartist.dev/ (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://chartist.dev/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://chartist.dev/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist/releases/tags/v2.2.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist/releases/tags/v2.2.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/chartist-js/chartist/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/chartist (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://chartist.dev/plugins/ (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Chartist is a JavaScript library that draws responsive charts as SVG and styles them with CSS. It installs from npm for use with a bundler, or loads as a native ES module from a CDN with no build step. The docs also describe server rendering: a chart can be rendered to an SVG string in Node.js, or rendered on the server and then taken over in the browser. The source is a monorepo that holds the library, the docs site and the examples.

## Worth knowing

The server rendering API is marked experimental in the docs and may still change.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0