Lightning-fast, interactive & responsive 2D & 3D
JavaScript charts. When just fast isn’t enough.
Getting Started with LightningChart JS
There’s multiple ways to get started with our JS charting library. You can install the package from NPM or use IIFE bundle. You can use any of our Examples as a seed project and we’ve also created framework templates for you to utilize.
v.3.0.0
JS Interactive examples
Interactive Examples is an easy-to-use exploration tool to help you get started quickly with the most important concepts. In here you can search, view and edit charts on-the-fly.
API-links can be found conveniently right next to each example and below the chart example there is a link to the example’s GitHub page.
High-Performance JavaScript Charts
LightningChart JS is a WebGL-based, cross-platform charting library that has been developed for delivering an outstanding performance of your 2D & 3D charts. Performance is up to TENS of MILLIONS of data points in real-time. In Dashboard cell resizing LC is an industry superlative: Rendering dozens or even 100+ charts simultaneously.
Optimal for demanding industries like engineering, healthcare engineering & medical devices, industrial process control, and scientific use.
Unmatched performance level
LightningChart JS comes with an unmatched execution performance. GPU acceleration & WebGL rendering ensure that your device’s graphics processor is utilized efficiently, which results in high refresh rates and smooth animations. This charting library combines incredible speed with sturdy load capacity.
Learn more about LightningChart JS powerful performance levels by running our performance demo. It allows running the online test with any device, and instructions are included.
Chart Types
XY Charts
XY Charts
- Series types: Line and point series, area series, area range series, OHLC series, rectangles, ellipses, box-whisker and line segment series.
- Linear axes can be placed left/right/top/bottom and possibility to have several X and Y axes per chart.
- Scaling modes include fitting, Expansion, Progressive/ Regressive and Manual.
- Markers and data cursors have customizable shape and styles.
- Logarithmic Axes
- Can be used with Numeric TickStrategies as well as DateTime TickStrategies.
- Base number can be set per Axis by users.
- Available with XY charts, supported series types: Line, Point, PointLine, Step, Spline, Area, AreaRange, Rectangle, Segment and OHLC.
Advanced 3D Charts
Advanced 3D Charts
- Series types: Line series, Point series, PointLine series, PointCloud series, Box series, Surface series.
- Customize the shape of the Bounding Box of the 3D Chart.
- Linear Axes for X, Y and Z planes around Bounding Box of the 3D Chart.
- Use Numeric and DateTime format with Axis ticks.
- Camera can be controlled to rotate around and zoom in / out of the Chart area.
- 3D box series
- Customizable with value based coloring, solid coloring for all boxes, individual box colors, and the roundness of the Box Shape edges.
- Supports dynamic coloring by x, y or z coordinates.
- 3D surface series
- Customizable with: value based coloring, solid coloring, Data-Point based coloring.
- Comes with customizable wireframe.
Heatmaps
Heatmaps
- Usable in XY Charts.
- Create a 2D rectangular heatmap using the IntensityGrid option.
- Create a 2D mesh Heatmap using the IntensityMesh option.
- Use Heatmaps to create Spectrograms.
Zoom Band Charts
Zoom Band Charts
- Add a customizable, easy-to-use Zoom Band Chart to your XY Charts inside a Dashboard.
- Shows an overview of detailed data of the attached charts.
- Quick zooming with a band.
- Automatically adds all Series inside the Axis it attaches to.
Polar Charts
Polar Charts
- Series Types (all stylable with familiar API): Line series, Point series, PointLine series, Polygon series and Area series.
- Polar Sectors (easily stylable with familiar API). Highlight a section of the Polar Chart with ease.
- Can be rotated via API.
- AutoCursor is available for Polar Charts.
- Can be used as a stand-alone Chart, or in a Dashboard.
Pie / Donut charts
Pie / Donut charts
- Series types: Line and point series, area series, area range series, OHLC series, rectangles, ellipses, box-whisker and line segment series.
- Linear axes can be placed left/right/top/bottom and possibility to have several X and Y axes per chart.
- Scaling modes include fitting, Expansion, Progressive/ Regressive and Manual.
- Markers and data cursors have customizable shape and styles.
Funnel Charts
Funnel Charts
- Slices can be styled using different fill and stroke styles.
- Slices can have empty gaps in between.
- Fully customizable sorting and formatting of slices.
- Labels can be set on side with connector lines or inside slices.
- Two different ways to show the slices based on their values: Variable width and Variable height.
- Slices can be animated. Changing values of slices, adding and removing slices support animations.
- User can enable or disable animations for all slices.
Gauge Charts
Gauge Charts
- Gauge can be styled using different fill and stroke styles.
- Set the thickness of the Gauge.
- Gauge Slice can be styled using different fill styles.
- Fully customizable formatting and styling of slices.
- Customize the start and end angles of the gauge.
- Customize the value interval of the gauge.
- Gauge value change, interval and angle transitions and gauge dispose/restore are animated.
Pyramid Charts
Pyramid Charts
- Slices can be styled using different fill and stroke styles.
- Slices can have empty gaps in between.
- Fully customizable sorting and formatting of slices.
- Labels can be set on side with connector lines or inside slices.
- Slices can be animated. Changing values of slices, adding and removing slices support animations.
- User can enable or disable animations for all slices.
Radar / Spider charts
Radar / Spider charts
- Categorical automatically generated axes.
- Round and lines grid.
- Line, point and filled area series.
- Scaling modes include fitting, expansion and manual.
- Data cursors have customizable shape and styles.
Intuitive User Experience
Dashboard
Easy and convenient to manage dozens of charts, legend boxes, buttons, check boxes and other UI elements. Resource-efficient rendering of all charts in one GPU scene also makes resizing columns and rows very fast.
Interactive Charts
JavaScript Charts with smooth animations exceeding all industry standards in amount of data per chart. Intuitive touch screen interactivity with zooming, panning, moving data cursors etc.
WebGL rendering
GPU acceleration & WebGL rendering ensure that your device’s graphics processor is utilized efficiently, which results in an outstanding execution performance.
Server side rendering
LightningChart JS supports Server side rendering. It can be used with our headless package available in npm. Use our charts in a server application to produce high-quality chart images.
Resources
With LightningChart JS you have an abundance of resources to get cosy with the library. API documentation, interactive examples and more – visit our resources page to access all this.
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Features & Requirements
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technical (e.g. internet connection, software and hardware) requirements.
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