# Data visualization software

Here is a list of software and other tools that can be used for data visualization. Feel free to add others and comment on your experience with any of them.

- [http://selection.datavisualization.ch/](http://selection.datavisualization.ch/) – Selected tools
- **[Many Eyes](http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/)** – Cf. related article on this tool in the knowledgebase. [https://kb.ucla.edu/link/1012](https://kb.ucla.edu/link/1012)
- **[Tableau Public](http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/)**
- **[Google Visualization <span class="caps">API</span> Reference](https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference)**
- **Programming languages designed for visualization:** My current favorite here is Processing [http://processing.org/](http://processing.org/) . Processing code runs on top of Java, so it can run standalone or as an applet in the browser. A significant subset of Processing has been ported to JavaScript [http://processingjs.org/](http://processingjs.org/) so you can write visualization code that runs in <span class="caps">HTML</span> 5 browsers.
- **Programming libraries designed for visualization:** While there are options for just about any programming language you can think of, I am particularly impressed by two JavaScript libraries: the [JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit](http://thejit.org/) and [Protovis](http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/) – either one will help you create powerful interactive visualizations that run in the browser.
- **[Infogram](http://infogr.am/)** – they provide templates, you add the data.
- [30 Simple Tools For Data Visualization](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3029239/infographic-of-the-day/30-simple-tools-for-data-visualization) – Gavin McLeod – April 17, 2014
- [Introducing Charted – A new way to share data](https://medium.com/data-lab/introducing-charted-15161b2cd71e) – Charted is a way of sharing graphs. I’m a big fan of using monitoring tools for business metrics, but exposing that data can be hard. Charted looks a great bridge to get other people interested in data. *(added Dec. 1. 2014)*
- [Chart and image gallery: 30+ free tools for data visualization and analysis](http://www.computerworld.com/article/2506820/business-intelligence-chart-and-image-gallery-30-free-tools-for-data-visualization-and-analysis.html) – ComputerWorld March 26, 2015
- [A Tool for Instant Data Visualizations](https://medium.com/@nycmedialab/a-tool-for-instant-data-visualizations-5969f2cd8e87) – April 9, 2015
- [The 14 best data visualization tools](http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/04/21/the-14-best-data-visualization-tools/) – April 21, 2015
- [13 Free Data Visualization Tools](http://sixrevisions.com/tools/free-data-visualization-tools/) by Vikas Lalwani – Aug. 12, 2016
- [Sizzle Analytics](https://www.sizzleanalytics.com) – Create visualizations with this free tool by simply uploading data as a <span class="caps">CSV</span> (Comma Separated Variable) file, then select what variables to measure and what kind of graph you want. You can create graphs that allow others to select variables themselves. – Nov. 4, 2016
- [Google Data Studio Free in U.S.](https://analytics.googleblog.com/2017/02/making-google-data-studio-free-for.html) – Feb. 2, 2017