Plotly to open source its dataviz code

Data visualization platform Plotly is open-sourcing its powerful JavaScript library, which supports three dozen different types of graphics including maps, box plots and density plots as well as more common offerings like as bar and line charts. The code is scheduled to be posted on GitHub at https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js today.

"The latest full version of plotly.js is available for free, unlimited use in any project" under the MIT open-source license, according to an announcement scheduled for release this morning.

In addition, "Plotly can now be used 100% offline in RStudio, MATLAB or [Python] Jupyter notebook free-of-charge," according to the statement. While Plotly clients for R, Python, and MATLAB have always been open-source, "the core graphics layer—plotly.js—was closed-source. Now the entire stack is open-source."

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