Free data visualization tools

Release time:2024-06-04264

Charts

1. iCharts
Description: Open access charts of various subjects.
URL: http://www.icharts.in

2. Fusion Charts Suit XT
Description: JavaScript charting library with over 90 charts including 2-D and 3-D version.
URL: http://www.fusioncharts.com

3. Ember Charts
Description: A chart library built with Ember.js and d3.js framework, including time line, bar chart, pie chart and scatter chart, making it easy to extend or modify to add notes, tags, tips and hovers.
URL: http://addepar.github.io

4. Raw
Description: Its working principle is optimizing customized view/ hierarchy by copying, pasting or dragging 'N'. It supports different types of charts, such as bubble, treemap, circle packing, etc.
URL: http://raw.densitydesign.org

5. Springy
Description: It provides abstract graphic processing and computing layout.
URL: http://getspringy.com

6. jsDraw2DX
Description: An independent JavaScript library for creating any type of interactive graphic SVG. In addition to creating basic shapes including line, rectangle, polygon, circle, ellipse, circle, the library package can draw curve, Bessel curve (any degree), function graphics, images and text decoration.
URL: http://jsdraw2dx.jsfiction.com

7. Cube
Description: A system of open source code for visualizing time series.
URL: http://square.github.io/cube

8. Smoothie Charts
Description: Dynamic data charting library.
URL: http://smoothiecharts.org

9. Envision.js
Description: The JavaScript library is used to simplify the creation of fast and interactive HTML5 visualizations. It has two types of charts: financial and time series, and customized charts for API.
URL: http://www.humblesoftware.com/envision

10. Javascript InfoVIS Tool
Description: A tool for creating interactive data visualization for Web, featuring a variety of unique styles and animations.
URL: http://philogb.github.io/jit

11. Axiis
Description: Open access of data visualization framework providing pre-built visualized components, as well as abstract layout patterns and rendering classes, allowing you to create your own unique visualization effects.
URL: http://www.axiis.org

12. Protvis
Description: JavaScript visualization toolkit using canvas elements, visualizing data by graphical approach and you can combine data to customize views.
URL: http://mbostock.github.io/protovis

13. HumbleFinance
Description: Data visualization tool of HTML5, suitable for displaying financial data and also for displaying any two 2-D data sets which share an axis.
URL: http://www.humblesoftware.com/finance/index

14. D3.js
Description: A free JavaScript library that generates HTML documents based on data. D3 can help you quickly visualize your data as HTML or SVG, interactive processing effects, web animation, and so on.
URL: http://d3js.org

Interactive Maps

1. Modest Maps
Description: A small, extensible and interactive free library providing a core set of features in a tight and clean package.
URL: http://modestmaps.com

2.  PolyMaps

Description: A map library used directly for data visualization. Polymaps is also a powerful resource library similar to CSS selector, allowing you to create unique map styles.
URL: http://polymaps.org

3. OpenLayers
Description: The most powerful map library.
URL: http://openlayers.org

4. Exhibit
Description: Users can easily make interactive maps and other data-based visualization, such as national flags and birthplaces of celebrities.
URL: http://simile-widgets.org/exhibit

5. Quantum GIS(QGIS)
Description: GIS client-side program featuring user-friendly interface and open source code that supports data visualization, management, editing, analysis and map printing.
URL: http://www.qgis.org/en/site

6. GeoCommons
Description: An analysis tool for visualizing data map.
URL: http://geocommons.com

Text Analysis

1. Timeflow
Description: A visualization tool for temporal data with displays of timeline view, calendar view, bar chart view and table view.
URL: https://github.com/FlowingMedia/TimeFlow/wiki

2. Paper.js
Description: An open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It offers a clean Scene Graph / Document Object Model and a lot of powerful functionality to create and work with vector graphics and bezier curves, all neatly wrapped up in a well designed, consistent and clean programming interface.
URL: http://paperjs.org

3. Visualize Free
Description: A free visual analysis tool based on advanced commercial dashboards and visualization software developed by InetSoft.
URL: http://www.visualizefree.com

4. Tableau Public
Description: Desktop visualization tool, by which users can create their own data visualization, and publish interactive data visualization on the web.
URL: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public

5. Zoho Reports
Description: Its abundant features help different users to meet their individual demands. It supports SQL queries, class spreadsheet interfaces, etc.
URL: http://www.zoho.com/reports

6. NodeXL
Description: Its main feature is visualization of social media network. It is simple and does not require program development.
URL: http://nodexl.codeplex.com

7. BigML
Description: Users only need to upload data and format data, then BigML will generate a prediction model based on these variables.
URL: https://bigml.com

8. Infogram
Description: After users upload data, Infogram can generate interactive diagrams that can be embedded into web page.
URL: https://infogr.am

9. Wolfram Alpha
Description: An online system characterized by answering users’ questions anatomically. It returns answers directly instead of providing web pages that may contain answers to users’ queries like other search engines do.
URL: http://www.wolframalpha.com

10. Flare
Description: A set of software tools for creating interactive visualization data in ActionScript.
URL: http://flare.prefuse.org/