# Ruby charting libraries

> Charts for Ruby and Rails applications. 4 tools, ranked by GitHub stars.

Ruby libraries for adding charts to applications, typically Rails apps that render a JavaScript chart library from server-side data.

| # | Tool | GitHub stars | Commits (12 mo) | License | Description |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---|---|
| 1 | [Chartkick](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/chartkick/) | 6,528 | 10 | MIT | Create charts with one line of Ruby. |
| 2 | [YouPlot](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/youplot/) | 4,857 | 40 | MIT | Command-line tool that draws plots in the terminal from piped data. |
| 3 | [Blazer](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/blazer/) | 4,802 | 254 | MIT | Business intelligence tool for Rails apps: explore data with SQL and build charts and dashboards. |
| 4 | [Gruff](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/gruff/) | 1,398 | 37 | MIT | Graphing library for Ruby that renders charts as images using RMagick. |

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