rechartsvsecharts
Recharts is React-native, declarative, smaller bundle — perfect for dashboards. ECharts is framework-agnostic with way more chart types and configurability. Pick Recharts for React simplicity; ECharts for chart breadth.
recharts
github.com/recharts/rechartsComposable charting library for React. ~24k stars. Built on D3 but with a much friendlier API. Default choice for dashboards and analytics UIs in React.
Full review →echarts
github.com/apache/echartsMature, feature-rich charting library with strong support for complex chart types (sankey, treemap, candlestick). Heavier than Recharts but richer out of the box.
Full review →Which should you pick?
Pick recharts if…
You are adding charts to a React dashboard or analytics view.
Skip recharts if…
You need fully custom data viz — D3 directly gives you more control.
Pick echarts if…
You need advanced chart types out of the box without building them on D3.
Skip echarts if…
You only need basic charts — Recharts is lighter.
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