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Highcharts is a Javascript charting library that uses HTML, SVG, and VML. The editor offers both open source/nonprofit and commercial editions of the product.

Highcharts is a charting library written in pure , offering an easy way of adding interactive charts to your web site or web application. Highcharts currently supports many chart types, including line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie, scatter, bubble, gauge and polar chart types (for a full list, see below). Many of the chart types can be combined in one chart. Users can export the chart to PNG, JPG, PDF or SVG format at the click of a button, or print the chart directly from the web page.

The Highcharts library works in all modern browsers, including those for iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) and Internet Explorer from version 6. Standard browsers use SVG for the graphics rendering. In legacy Internet Explorer, graphics are drawn using VML.

One of the key features of Highcharts is that, under any of the licenses, free or not, you are allowed to download the source code and make your own edits. This allows for personal modifications and a great flexibility.

Highcharts is solely based on native browser technologies and doesn't require client-side plugins like Flash or Java. Furthermore, you don't need to install anything on your server, such as PHP or ASP.NET. Just include the highcharts.js file in your webpage.

Setting the Highcharts configuration options requires no special programming skills. The options are given in a JavaScript object notation structure, which is basically a set of keys and values connected by colons, separated by commas and grouped by curly brackets.

Supported Chart Types Include:

  • Line and Spline
  • Area and Area-range
  • Area-spline and Spark-line
  • Column, Column-range and Bar
  • Pie and Donut
  • Combination(s) of Column, Line and Pie
  • Scatter and Bubble
  • Dynamic and Master-detail
  • 3D and Meteogram
  • Angular Gauge and VU Meter
  • Clock
  • Heat Map
  • Polar chart
  • Spiderweb
  • Wind rose
  • Box plot
  • Error bar
  • Waterfall
  • Funnel and Pyramid chart(s)
  • General drawing

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