# Time series & real-time charts

> Streaming, real-time and long time-series data. 14 tools, ranked by GitHub stars.

Libraries and apps for data over time: real-time streaming charts, long time series with fast zooming, and timelines of events.

| # | Tool | GitHub stars | Commits (12 mo) | License | Description |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---|---|
| 1 | [Rerun](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/rerun/) | 11,543 | 3,095 | Apache-2.0 | An SDK for logging computer vision and robotics data paired with a visualizer for exploring that data over time. |
| 2 | [Perspective](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/perspective/) | 11,270 | 337 | Apache-2.0 | Interactive analytics and visualization component for large and streaming datasets, built on WebAssembly. |
| 3 | [uPlot](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/uplot/) | 10,542 | 118 | MIT | Small, fast canvas-based charts for time series, lines, areas, OHLC and bars. |
| 4 | [Visdom](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/visdom/) | 10,318 | 548 | Apache-2.0 | Tool for real-time visualization and monitoring of live data such as ML experiments. |
| 5 | [MetricsGraphics.js](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/metricsgraphics-js/) | 7,394 | 0 | MPL-2.0 | Optimized for time-series data. |
| 6 | [PlotJuggler](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/plotjuggler/) | 6,230 | 615 | MPL-2.0 | Open-source Qt5 application to plot charts (based on Qwt). |
| 7 | [Epoch](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/epoch/) | 4,942 | 0 | MIT | Perfect to create real-time charts. |
| 8 | [Plotters](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/plotters/) | 4,632 | 23 | MIT | Drawing library for data plotting in Rust, with bitmap, SVG, WebAssembly and GUI backends. |
| 9 | [PyQtGraph](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/pyqtgraph/) | 4,421 | 355 | MIT | Interactive and realtime 2D/3D/Image plotting and science/engineering widgets. |
| 10 | [Vis.js](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/vis-js/) | 3,632 | 246 | Apache-2.0 | A dynamic visualization library including timeline, networks and graphs (2D and 3D). |
| 11 | [Dygraphs](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/dygraphs/) | 3,243 | 54 | MIT | Interactive line charts library that works with huge datasets. |
| 12 | [Timeline.js](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/timeline-js/) | 3,224 | 57 | MPL-2.0 | Create interactive timelines. |
| 13 | [Semiotic](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/semiotic/) | 2,710 | 2,547 | Apache-2.0 | React data visualization library for charts, network graphs and streaming data. |
| 14 | [lit-line](https://awesomedataviz.com/tools/lit-line/) | 22 | 0 | MIT | SVG Line Chart Web Component - light, fast, interactive & fully responsive. |

Source: https://awesomedataviz.com/topics/time-series/ · Data updated 2026-10-04 · Content: CC BY 4.0, Awesome Dataviz (https://awesomedataviz.com).