# ggiraph

> Makes ggplot2 graphics interactive, with tooltips, hover effects and selections.

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: https://ardata.fr/ggiraph-book/
- Repository: https://github.com/davidgohel/ggiraph
- License: GPL-3.0
- Language: R
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 879
- Commits in the last 12 months: 43
- Contributors: 20
- Last commit: Aug 14, 2026
- Latest release: v0.7.10 (May 19, 2021)
- Install (CRAN): `install.packages("ggiraph")`, 18.6K downloads per week
- Topics: Grammar of graphics libraries

## Overview

ggiraph is an open-source R visualization package released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 879 stars, 82 forks, and 20 contributors. It is actively developed with 43 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v0.7.10, was published on May 19, 2021. On CRAN it is downloaded about 18.6K times per week.

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