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R package · D3.js · SVG

Interactive D3 charts, one R function at a time

ddplot turns a data frame into an interactive SVG chart. More than 40 chart types, from everyday line and bar charts to chord diagrams and sunbursts, that work in the RStudio viewer, R Markdown, Quarto and Shiny. No JavaScript required.

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>install.packages("ddplot")
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One function per chart

Pass a data frame and column names. Every chart shares the same vocabulary: title, xtitle, fill, bgcol, font…

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Interactive by default

Tooltips, hover highlights, sorting and animations. line_chart() adds zoom, range buttons, a navigator and annotations.

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Works where R works

RStudio viewer, R Markdown, Quarto, and Shiny through d3Output() and renderD3(). Save any chart as a standalone HTML file.

Start with the essentials

The charts most projects need. Each card opens the chart's guide with live examples.

Line chart
Time seriesinteractive

Line chart

One or many series, with zoom, a navigator, annotations and forecast ribbons.

line_chart()
Bar chart
Comparisons

Bar chart

Compare a value across categories, sorted or not.

bar_chart()
Scatter plot
Relationships

Scatter plot

The relationship between two numeric variables.

scatter_plot()
Histogram
Distributions

Histogram

The distribution of a single numeric variable.

histogram()
Stacked area chart
Time seriesinteractive

Stacked area chart

A total and how each component contributes over time.

stacked_area_chart()
Horizontal bar chart
Comparisons

Horizontal bar chart

Many categories or long labels.

horz_bar_chart()

See all 42 charts in the gallery →

Browse by family

Families are ordered from the charts you are most likely to need to the more specialised ones.

Time series and trends 7

line, area, stacked area, band, streamgraph, calendar

Comparing categories 11

bars, lollipops, dumbbell, slope, bump, waterfall, radar

Distributions 5

histogram, violin, beeswarm, ridgeline

Relationships and flows 3

scatter, hexbin, chord diagram

Part-to-whole and hierarchies 7

pie, treemap, waffle, sunburst, mosaic, rose, parliament

KPIs and monitoring 4

gauge, bullet, liquid fill, pulse grid

Playful indicators 5

heart, glass, plant, flame, flower

A first chart

A ts object, or a data frame with a date column and one or several value columns, is all line_chart() needs:

library(ddplot)

line_chart(
  EuStockMarkets,
  transform = "index",
  title = "European stock indices",
  subtitle = "Rebased to 100 at the first visible date"
)

Hover to read every series at a date, drag on the chart to zoom, click the legend to hide a series. The Get started guide goes further, and covers Shiny.

Installation

Install the released version from CRAN:

Or the development version from GitHub:

remotes::install_github("feddelegrand7/ddplot")

Code of Conduct

Please note that the ddplot project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.