Chart.js
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Plans and prices
From Chart.js's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Chart.js | Free | Open-source JavaScript charting library · MIT license |
The facts
Each one read from Chart.js's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- Canvas content is not accessible to screen readers by default, so the documentation advises adding ARIA attributes or fallback content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bundle size
- Tree-shaking can reduce the JavaScript bundle by registering only the components an application needs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Chart types
- The site says Chart.js supports 8 animated, customizable chart types.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can combine chart types and extend the library with custom plugins, including for annotations, zoom, and drag-and-drop functionality.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dashboard type
- bothchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Data sources
- JavaScript arrays,tuples,objects,data APIs,and Cubechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The project documents installation through npm and CDNJS or jsDelivr.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The documentation provides installation via npm and CDN, and says repository downloads need to be built to generate distribution files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Chart.js includes TypeScript typings and works with React, Vue, Svelte, and Angular, directly or through wrapper packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Chart.js is open source under the MIT license and maintained by a community.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Node.js
- Chart.js can be used in Node.js for server-side plot generation with packages such as node-canvas or skia-canvas.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The documentation describes data parsing and normalization shortcuts, data decimation, and tree-shaking to reduce rendering work and bundle size.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Chart.js is a simple, flexible JavaScript charting library for the modern web.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Rendering
- Charts render on HTML5 canvas elements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Responsive
- Charts redraw when the browser window is resized.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The repository's security advisories page says there are no published security advisories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The official pages reviewed provide no security or compliance claims.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs support questions to Stack Overflow using the chart.js tag.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser support
- The documentation lists current Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari support and says Internet Explorer 11 support was dropped in version 3.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platform
- webchecked 21 Sep 2026
