# live-charts/live-charts

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5,540 stars · 1,339 forks · C# · MIT · archived

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/Live-Charts/Live-Charts
- Homepage: http://lvcharts.net/
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/live-charts-live-charts.md

## Topics

`chart` `data-visualization` `maps` `uwp` `winforms` `wpf`

## Description

Live-Charts is a .NET data visualization library providing a collection of interactive charts, maps, and gauges. It functions as a real-time charting engine and multi-format graphics library designed to render complex data sets within .NET applications.

The library features tools for creating interactive data dashboards capable of exploring large datasets. This is supported by a system for zooming, panning, and utilizing multiple coordinate axes to navigate hundreds of thousands of data points.

The visualization engine supports a variety of formats including bars, lines, heat maps, and geographic maps. It includes capabilities for real-time data monitoring and the development of desktop dashboards to track live metrics and trends.

## Tags

### Scientific & Mathematical Computing

- [.NET Interactive Plotting Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/scientific-mathematical-computing/interactive-plotting-frameworks/net-interactive-plotting-libraries.md) — Acts as an interactive charting library for .NET, rendering diverse plot types across desktop and web GUI frameworks.

### Data & Databases

- [Interactive Visualization Rendering](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/interactive-visualization-rendering.md) — Features a rendering engine for dynamic charts, including bars, lines, heat maps, and gauges, that respond to user input. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/live-charts/live-charts@master/README.md))
- [Real-Time Charting Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/real-time-data-streaming/real-time-charting-engines.md) — Provides a rendering engine optimized for displaying high-frequency data streams in real-time interactive charts.
- [Real-Time Plot Updates](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/real-time-data-streaming/real-time-lighting-visualizers/real-time-plot-updates.md) — Enables live updating of visual plot elements to reflect streaming data or changing mathematical states in real time. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/live-charts/live-charts@master/README.md))
- [Visual Data Explorers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/big-data-processing/visual-data-explorers.md) — Offers interactive visual tools for graphically analyzing and exploring massive datasets through zooming and panning.
- [Multi-Axis Coordinate Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/data-analysis-visualization/visualization-frameworks-libraries/statistical-plotting-libraries/plot-axis-customizers/multi-axis-coordinate-systems.md) — Supports multiple independent X and Y axes per plot, allowing different units of measure in one visual space.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Data-to-Pixel Coordinate Transforms](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/coordinate-transformations/data-to-pixel-coordinate-transforms.md) — Provides a rendering engine that transforms raw data coordinates into precise pixel positions on the screen.
- [Multi-Format Charting Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/multi-format-charting-libraries.md) — Ships a versatile set of components for displaying information through bars, lines, heat maps, and geographic maps.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Data Visualizations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/high-volume-data-rendering/data-visualizations.md) — Provides comprehensive components for rendering interactive charts and graphs to represent complex information sets. ([source](http://lvcharts.net/))
- [.NET Data Visualizations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/net-data-visualizations.md) — Provides a comprehensive suite of interactive charts, maps, and gauges tailored for .NET applications.
- [Viewport Virtualisation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/2d-panning-controllers/image-pan-and-zoom-controls/plot-pan-and-zoom-controls/viewport-virtualisation.md) — Implements virtualised rendering to maintain high performance when panning and zooming through hundreds of thousands of data points.
- [Animation Loops](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/animation-and-motion-systems/configuration-utility-helpers/animation-configuration/frame-execution-synchronization/animation-loops.md) — Uses an animation loop to calculate incremental frame updates for smooth transitions during real-time data updates.
- [Chart Layout Composition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/chart-layout-composition.md) — Implements a system for organizing drawing areas and grids to compose complex multi-figure chart layouts.
- [Data Dashboard Development](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/data-dashboard-development.md) — Enables the creation of professional desktop dashboards using integrated heat maps, gauges, and other visual components.
- [Interactive Dashboards](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/interactive-dashboards.md) — Organizes complex visual data components into interactive displays for monitoring metrics and exploring large datasets.

### Web Development

- [Observable Data Bindings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/web-components/component-based-rendering-engines/observation-based-rendering/observable-data-bindings.md) — Binds chart attributes to observable data containers to trigger automatic visual refreshes when data changes.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Large Dataset Explorers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/performance-reliability/performance-optimization/data-handling-throughput/large-dataset-optimizations/large-dataset-explorers.md) — Includes tools optimized for the interactive exploration and examination of large-scale datasets using zooming and panning. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/live-charts/live-charts@master/README.md))

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Real-Time Metric Visualization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/real-time-metric-visualization.md) — Provides visual rendering of live metrics using charts and gauges for real-time system and data monitoring.