XChart vs JFreeChart

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XChart		JFreeChart
	Project
1	Mentions	7
1,463	Stars	1,155
0.2%	Growth	-
8.2	Activity	0.0
6 days ago	Latest Commit	15 days ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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XChart

Posts with mentions or reviews of XChart. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-18.

Compose for desktop: Is it possible to use Scicharts? (Or other stock chart libs)
2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 18 Nov 2022

I haven't tried it, check the xchart - https://github.com/knowm/XChart . Might work fine because compose has good swing interop.

JFreeChart

Posts with mentions or reviews of JFreeChart. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-18.

I made a java swing gui using form but how do I make a graph in it?
1 project | /r/IntelliJIDEA | 20 Jan 2023

Use this library JFreeChart - https://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/
JFreeChart v1.5.4 released
1 project | /r/java_projects | 8 Jan 2023
Licensing code
1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 4 Mar 2022

I made a Java application which uses the JFreechart and JSerialComm libraries and I would like to publish its source code on GitHub. I really don’t know if I can choose my own license or use the one provided with those libraries (LGPL). Can you please help me?
Basic Data visualization tools to integrate with Java application
1 project | /r/learnjava | 22 Nov 2021
How to install JFreeChart?
2 projects | /r/javahelp | 18 May 2021

Add the jfreechart as a dependency. They helpfully link to the right artifact from the README.md (first lines).
Generate a Jar file
1 project | /r/javahelp | 18 May 2021

From this webpage I can download a ".zip" or a ".tar.gz" file of JFreeChart.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing XChart and JFreeChart you can also consider the following projects:

ChartFx - A scientific charting library focused on performance optimised real-time data visualisation at 25 Hz update rates for data sets with a few 10 thousand up to 5 million data points.

Orson-Charts - A 3D chart library for Java applications (JavaFX, Swing or server-side).

LogicNG - The Next Generation Logic Library

charts - A JavaFX library that contains different kind of charts

BioJava - :book::microscope::coffee: BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java library for processing biological data.

chart-fx - A scientific charting library focused on performance optimised real-time data visualisation at 25 Hz update rates for data sets with a few 10 thousand up to 5 million data points. [Moved to: https://github.com/fair-acc/chart-fx]

TilesFX - A JavaFX library containing tiles that can be used for dashboards.

medusa - A JavaFX library for Gauges