Recharts

Composable charting library built on D3.

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What is it?

A charting library that lets you create bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, and more with React components.

Why use it at a hackathon?

When your app needs to visualize data — trends over time, comparisons between groups, geographic distributions — Recharts makes it easy to build interactive charts.

Common use

Climate data visualization, health outcome tracking, economic inequality charts, food access mapping, energy usage graphs.

Tags

chartsd3composableresponsive

At a glance

Setup time: 15 minutes

Difficulty: beginner

Skill: Beginner. Lots of examples to copy from. You'll need to understand your data structure to pass it in correctly, but the API is approachable.

Impact context

Challenge domains

Climate & EnvironmentHealth & WellbeingCivic TechEconomic EquityFood & AgricultureEnergy & Utilities

SDGs

Good HealthClimate ActionDecent WorkZero HungerAffordable EnergySustainable Cities

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