vis.js

Vis.js is a dynamic, browser based visualization library. The library is designed to be easy to use, to handle large amounts of dynamic data, and to enable manipulation of the data. The library consists of the components DataSet, Timeline, and Graph.

The vis.js library is developed by Almende B.V.

Install

npm

npm install vis

bower

bower install vis

download

Development (version 0.0.9) 372 kB, uncompressed with comments
Production (version 0.0.9) 33 kB, minified and gzipped

Example

A basic example demonstrating how to use the vis.js timeline is shown below. See the gallery below for more examples. 

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Timeline | Basic demo</title>
    <script src="http://visjs.org/vis.js"></script>

    <style type="text/css">
        body, html {
            font-family: sans-serif;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mytimeline"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    var container = document.getElementById('mytimeline');
    var data = [
        {id: 1, content: 'item 1', start: '2013-04-20'},
        {id: 2, content: 'item 2', start: '2013-04-14'},
        {id: 3, content: 'item 3', start: '2013-04-18'},
        {id: 4, content: 'item 4', start: '2013-04-16', end: '2013-04-19'},
        {id: 5, content: 'item 5', start: '2013-04-25'},
        {id: 6, content: 'item 6', start: '2013-04-27'}
    ];
    var options = {};
    var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, data, options);
</script>
</body>
</html>
This gallery gives an idea of the features and possibilities of the library. The source code of the examples can be found in the examples directory.

Timeline

The timeline from vis.js displays different types of data on a timeline.

basic usage
dataset
much data
html data
groups

Graph

The graph from vis.js visualizes graphs and networks with customizable styles.

basic usage
random nodes
images
shapes
social network
groups
selections
mobile friendly
sizing
multiline text
custom style
scalable images
dashed lines
dot language
playground
graphviz gallery

Docs

The following documentation is available:

License

Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Almende B.V.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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