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asciichart

ASCII line charts for the console in Node.js and browsers, with ports to other languages.

GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
2.1K
npm downloads / week
58.4K
Commits, last 12 months
31
Contributors
21
Last commit

Overview

asciichart is an open-source JavaScript visualization library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 2,107 stars, 99 forks, and 21 contributors. It is actively developed with 31 commits in the last 12 months. On npm it is downloaded about 58.4K times per week.

Its GitHub description: Nice-looking lightweight console ASCII line charts ╭┈╯ for NodeJS, browsers and terminal, no dependencies

GitHub topics: console-logconsolejsasciichartplotgraphnodejstext-chartascii-chartline-chartsbrowser

Install

npm
npm install asciichart
v1.5.25

Development activity

Commits per month to the default branch over the last 12 complete months.

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31 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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Popularity among JavaScript visualization libraries

blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K asciichart 2.1K
blessed-contrib 15.8K Vega 12K Perspective 11.3K vue-echarts 10.8K Textures.js 6.1K vue-chartjs 5.7K asciichart 2.1K
GitHub stars for asciichart and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
blessed-contrib15,775
Vega12,008
Perspective11,275
vue-echarts10,757
Textures.js6,088
vue-chartjs5,718
asciichart2,107

Alternatives to asciichart

  • blessed-contrib

    Terminal dashboards with charts, maps, gauges and tables, built with Node.js and ASCII/ANSI art.

    15.8K starsJavaScriptMIT

  • Vega

    Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs.

    12K starsJavaScriptBSD-3-Clause

  • Perspective

    Interactive analytics and visualization component for large and streaming datasets, built on WebAssembly.

    11.3K starsRustApache-2.0

  • vue-echarts

    Vue.js component for Apache ECharts.

    10.8K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • Textures.js

    A library to create SVG patterns.

    6.1K starsJavaScriptMIT

  • vue-chartjs

    Vue.js wrapper for Chart.js.

    5.7K starsTypeScriptMIT

asciichart FAQ

Is asciichart open source?

Yes. asciichart is released under the MIT license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is asciichart still maintained?

Yes. asciichart is actively developed, with 31 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 5 days ago.

How do I install asciichart?

From npm: npm install asciichart.

What are the best alternatives to asciichart?

The most popular alternatives listed in More JavaScript visualization libraries are blessed-contrib, Vega, and Perspective. See the full ranking.

What language is asciichart written in?

asciichart is primarily written in Python, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, npm. Updated Oct 5, 2026.