What is the best open-source java charting library other than jfreechart

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Why are there not more opensource easy to use charting libraries for Java   The only successful opensource project in this area seems to be jfreechart  and it doesn t even have any documentation or examples available

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There is charts4j which is a charts and graphs API. It enables developers to programmatically create the charts available in the Google Chart API through a straightforward and intuitive Java API.

Disclaimer: I wrote charts4j. We will be doing another major release in the next few weeks.

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You can try Jzy3d  It helps drawing simple 3d charts  surfaces  scatters  bars  etc   and has lot of options for customizing layout of axes  ticks  etc  There are lot of examples and a documentation on the wiki   It s free and open source   Cheers   Martin

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EasyCharts is commercial so i couldn t use it for my project  I used the GRAL graphing library instead  I found it very easy to customize and it s licensed under LGPL just like JFreeChart  so you can use it for free   http   trac erichseifert de gral

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There aren t a lot of them because they would be in competition with JFreeChart  and it s awesome   You can get documentation and examples by downloading the developer s guide   There are also tons of free online tutorials if you search for them    JFreeChart - Tutorial Introduction to JFreeChart

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I ve used EasyCharts in the past and it lived up to it s name  It s not as powerful as JFreeChart  but the JAR for EasyCharts is much smaller than for JFreeChart

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There is JChart which is all open source   I m not sure exactly what you are graphing and how you are graphing it  servlets  swing  etc  so I would say just look at a couple different ones and see which works for you   http   sourceforge net projects jchart   I ve also used JGraph but I ve only used their commercial version   They do offer an open source version however   http   www jgraph com jgraph html

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Good question  I was just looking for alternatives to JFreeChart myself the other day   JFreeChart is excellent and very comprehensive  I ve used it on several projects   My recent problem was that it meant adding 1 6mb of libraries to a 50kb applet  so I was looking for something smaller   The JFreeChart FAQ itself lists alternatives   Compared to JFreeChart  most of them are pretty basic  and some pretty ugly   The most promising seem to be the Java Chart Construction Kit and OpenChart2   I also found EasyCharts  which is a commercial product but seemingly free to use in some circumstances   In the end  I went back to the tried and trusted JFreeChart and used Proguard to butcher it into a more manageable size   I suggest that you take another look at JFreeChart   The user guide is only available to buy  but the demo shows what is possible and it s pretty easy to work out how from the API documentation   Basically you start with the ChartFactory static methods and plug the resultant JFreeChart object into a ChartPanel to display it   If you get stuck  I m sure you ll get some quick answers to your problems on StackOverflow

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There is JChart which is all open source   I m not sure exactly what you are graphing and how you are graphing it  servlets  swing  etc  so I would say just look at a couple different ones and see which works for you   http   sourceforge net projects jchart   I ve also used JGraph but I ve only used their commercial version   They do offer an open source version however   http   www jgraph com jgraph html

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EasyCharts is commercial so i couldn t use it for my project  I used the GRAL graphing library instead  I found it very easy to customize and it s licensed under LGPL just like JFreeChart  so you can use it for free   http   trac erichseifert de gral

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I found this framework  jensoft sw2d  free for non commercial use  dual licensing   http   www jensoft org  regards

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Good question  I was just looking for alternatives to JFreeChart myself the other day   JFreeChart is excellent and very comprehensive  I ve used it on several projects   My recent problem was that it meant adding 1 6mb of libraries to a 50kb applet  so I was looking for something smaller   The JFreeChart FAQ itself lists alternatives   Compared to JFreeChart  most of them are pretty basic  and some pretty ugly   The most promising seem to be the Java Chart Construction Kit and OpenChart2   I also found EasyCharts  which is a commercial product but seemingly free to use in some circumstances   In the end  I went back to the tried and trusted JFreeChart and used Proguard to butcher it into a more manageable size   I suggest that you take another look at JFreeChart   The user guide is only available to buy  but the demo shows what is possible and it s pretty easy to work out how from the API documentation   Basically you start with the ChartFactory static methods and plug the resultant JFreeChart object into a ChartPanel to display it   If you get stuck  I m sure you ll get some quick answers to your problems on StackOverflow

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Good question  I was just looking for alternatives to JFreeChart myself the other day   JFreeChart is excellent and very comprehensive  I ve used it on several projects   My recent problem was that it meant adding 1 6mb of libraries to a 50kb applet  so I was looking for something smaller   The JFreeChart FAQ itself lists alternatives   Compared to JFreeChart  most of them are pretty basic  and some pretty ugly   The most promising seem to be the Java Chart Construction Kit and OpenChart2   I also found EasyCharts  which is a commercial product but seemingly free to use in some circumstances   In the end  I went back to the tried and trusted JFreeChart and used Proguard to butcher it into a more manageable size   I suggest that you take another look at JFreeChart   The user guide is only available to buy  but the demo shows what is possible and it s pretty easy to work out how from the API documentation   Basically you start with the ChartFactory static methods and plug the resultant JFreeChart object into a ChartPanel to display it   If you get stuck  I m sure you ll get some quick answers to your problems on StackOverflow

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For dynamic 2D charts  I have been using JChart2D  It s fast  simple  and being updated regularly  The author has been quick to respond to my one bug report and few feature requests  We  at our company  prefer it over JFreeChart because it was designed for dynamic use  unlike JFreeChart

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There is a new charting library in town  JChartlib JChartLib http   freshmeat net projects jchartlib

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You can try Jzy3d  It helps drawing simple 3d charts  surfaces  scatters  bars  etc   and has lot of options for customizing layout of axes  ticks  etc  There are lot of examples and a documentation on the wiki   It s free and open source   Cheers   Martin

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I found this framework  jensoft sw2d  free for non commercial use  dual licensing   http   www jensoft org  regards

User · Answer

There is JChart which is all open source   I m not sure exactly what you are graphing and how you are graphing it  servlets  swing  etc  so I would say just look at a couple different ones and see which works for you   http   sourceforge net projects jchart   I ve also used JGraph but I ve only used their commercial version   They do offer an open source version however   http   www jgraph com jgraph html

User · Answer

There is JChart which is all open source   I m not sure exactly what you are graphing and how you are graphing it  servlets  swing  etc  so I would say just look at a couple different ones and see which works for you   http   sourceforge net projects jchart   I ve also used JGraph but I ve only used their commercial version   They do offer an open source version however   http   www jgraph com jgraph html

User · Answer

Good question  I was just looking for alternatives to JFreeChart myself the other day   JFreeChart is excellent and very comprehensive  I ve used it on several projects   My recent problem was that it meant adding 1 6mb of libraries to a 50kb applet  so I was looking for something smaller   The JFreeChart FAQ itself lists alternatives   Compared to JFreeChart  most of them are pretty basic  and some pretty ugly   The most promising seem to be the Java Chart Construction Kit and OpenChart2   I also found EasyCharts  which is a commercial product but seemingly free to use in some circumstances   In the end  I went back to the tried and trusted JFreeChart and used Proguard to butcher it into a more manageable size   I suggest that you take another look at JFreeChart   The user guide is only available to buy  but the demo shows what is possible and it s pretty easy to work out how from the API documentation   Basically you start with the ChartFactory static methods and plug the resultant JFreeChart object into a ChartPanel to display it   If you get stuck  I m sure you ll get some quick answers to your problems on StackOverflow

User · Answer

I ve used EasyCharts in the past and it lived up to it s name  It s not as powerful as JFreeChart  but the JAR for EasyCharts is much smaller than for JFreeChart

User · Answer

There aren t a lot of them because they would be in competition with JFreeChart  and it s awesome   You can get documentation and examples by downloading the developer s guide   There are also tons of free online tutorials if you search for them    JFreeChart - Tutorial Introduction to JFreeChart

User · Answer

For dynamic 2D charts  I have been using JChart2D  It s fast  simple  and being updated regularly  The author has been quick to respond to my one bug report and few feature requests  We  at our company  prefer it over JFreeChart because it was designed for dynamic use  unlike JFreeChart

User · Answer

There aren t a lot of them because they would be in competition with JFreeChart  and it s awesome   You can get documentation and examples by downloading the developer s guide   There are also tons of free online tutorials if you search for them    JFreeChart - Tutorial Introduction to JFreeChart

User · Answer

There is a new charting library in town  JChartlib JChartLib http   freshmeat net projects jchartlib

User · Answer

There aren t a lot of them because they would be in competition with JFreeChart  and it s awesome   You can get documentation and examples by downloading the developer s guide   There are also tons of free online tutorials if you search for them    JFreeChart - Tutorial Introduction to JFreeChart

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