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react-chartjs-2

React components for Chart.js.

Website GitHubnpm
GitHub stars
6.9K#93 in the directory
npm downloads / week
5.7M
Commits, last 12 months
44
Contributors
69
Last commit
Latest release
v5.3.1Oct 27, 2025

Overview

react-chartjs-2 is an open-source React chart library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 6,939 stars, 2,432 forks, and 69 contributors. It is maintained with 44 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on May 26, 2026. The latest release, v5.3.1, was published on Oct 27, 2025. On npm it is downloaded about 5.7M times per week.

Its GitHub description: React components for Chart.js, the most popular charting library

GitHub topics: reactreactjschartchartjschartjs-2chartscharting-librarydata-visualizationdatavisualizationdatavisdataviz-toolsvisualization

Install

npm
npm install react-chartjs-2
v5.3.1

Development activity

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

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Popularity among React chart & visualization libraries

Recharts 27.6K visx 21.1K Tremor 16.5K nivo 14.1K Victory 11.2K React-vis 8.8K react-chartjs-2 6.9K
Recharts 27.6K visx 21.1K Tremor 16.5K nivo 14.1K Victory 11.2K React-vis 8.8K react-chartjs-2 6.9K
GitHub stars for react-chartjs-2 and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Recharts27,612
visx21,075
Tremor16,485
nivo14,106
Victory11,238
React-vis8,785
react-chartjs-26,939

Alternatives to react-chartjs-2

  • Recharts

    Declarative react components to render D3 charts.

    27.6K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • visx

    Low-level visualization components that combine D3 with React, by Airbnb.

    21.1K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • Tremor

    React components for building charts and dashboards, based on Recharts and Tailwind CSS.

    16.5K starsTypeScriptApache-2.0

  • nivo

    Supercharged dataviz components for React with isomorphic ability, demo.

    14.1K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • Victory

    Composable components for building interactive data visualizations

    11.2K starsTypeScriptMIT

  • React-vis

    React components to build data visualizations.

    8.8K starsJavaScriptMIT

react-chartjs-2 FAQ

Is react-chartjs-2 open source?

Yes. react-chartjs-2 is released under the MIT license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is react-chartjs-2 still maintained?

Mostly. react-chartjs-2 had 44 commits in the last 12 months; the latest was on May 26, 2026.

How do I install react-chartjs-2?

From npm: npm install react-chartjs-2.

What are the best alternatives to react-chartjs-2?

The most popular alternatives listed in React chart & visualization libraries are Recharts, visx, and Tremor. See the full ranking.

What language is react-chartjs-2 written in?

react-chartjs-2 is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, npm. Updated Oct 4, 2026.