Show HN: Tableau-like Data Visualization library (free), powered by WebAssembly
muzejs.orgThe licensing for this is confusing. :(
eg:
https://muzejs.org/muze-wa/eula
Reverse engineering: You may not reverse engineer or
disassemble the Software.
https://github.com/chartshq/muze
https://github.com/chartshq/muze/blob/master/LICENSE <-- same heavily restricted license as above
Was wondering the same.
Not sure what is the point of having .org website here.
>> The Software is protected by copyright, including without limitation by Copyright Law and international treaty provision
We started with the JavaScript version of Muze, which is open-source (MIT). Hence the .org. For the WASM version also, we'll open-source (just not right now - waiting to build a few more modules, to monetize the enterprise ones, to bring sustainability into the project).
MIT GitHub link repo says code deprecated.
In the JS version (MIT), we're currently doing bug fixes only. Hence, we've marked it as deprecated.
The new features are in WASM repo, which will be open source later.
Hi,
The JS version is open-source and MIT (https://github.com/chartshq/muze-deprecated)
The WebAssembly version is free (but not open source, yet!)
Will it become open source?
Yes, we'll make it open-source, but not right away.
We're working on building some more modules (of which we'll monetize some of the enterprise ones, to bring sustainability into the project). Post that, we'll be releasing this as Open-source.
Hi everyone,
A while ago, we had released a Tableau-like data visualization library in JavaScript (original post at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18193264). We got the feedback that it was performing slow because of client-side data operations and rendering. As such, we have released a new version, where all data related operations are now powered by WebAssembly, along with a full design upgrade. It’s at https://muzejs.org - we would love to get your feedback.
Like before, it’s a data-first library with its own DataModel, built using Grammar of Graphics approach. Unlike traditional charting libraries, which use a chart-first configuration, Muze allows relational algebra operations on DataModel (in browser). Also, the visualizations are fully extendible through compositions, layers and programmatic hooks - so you’re not restricted by the out-of-box visualizations or default interactions provided by the library.
We’ve also built a visual data exploration tool using this (though currently using the JS version, and not WebAssembly; to be upgraded soon), which is at https://explore.charts.com
We intend to make these libraries (and UI kits/bindings) available for developers to embed within their SaaS/internal applications and create Tableau-like interfaces within their application (of which we’ll monetize enterprise-features modules).
Would love to get your feedback. Also, what is the next library/module that we should build next to make Muze more useful for you?
Thanks for taking a look!
P.S. We’re working on making our documentation better!
Website: https://muzejs.org Visual Data Exploration Tool: https://explore.charts.com Github: https://github.com/chartshq
It makes me think of Voyager [1][2], based on Vega and Vega-lite, that leverage a grammar of graphics. A neat trick you can do in Julia is use it interactively to generate plot specs [3].
Sadly, looking at the github repo it seems to be unmaintened, so I am glad to see Muze in that space.
[1] https://github.com/vega/voyager
Indeed. Vega has been one of our inspirations. Though, we took a more business use-case focussed approach for the visualizations, and also more focus on performance.
I'm a big fan of vega/altair but the biggest limitation is that it can't scale to larger datasets. It might be interesting if you made some side by side comparisons of implementing examples from the vega gallery using Muze. An Altair like wrapper for python users would be nice too, of course.
This looks super cool! I like the fact that, like you said, the focus is on the data and not on preparing the chart configuration stuff. I can definitely use this in my project where I had to write to write an algorithm to parse the data to a valid configuration for ChartJS. I bookmarked this and definitely gonna try it soon. Will let you guys know. My project is also open-source if you wanna check it out https://chartbrew.com
Glad you liked it. Look forward to you using it. Reach out to us a eng [at] muzejs.org if you need any help.
This seems interesting but I’m not sure how to use it....? We have a react app that could really use a plug and play kind of viz library. Is the idea that I could feed my data into this and it would automatically configure viz based on the dataset it sees?
Yes, that's the idea. You include Muze, provide the data, and it automatically renders the visualization and interactions.
P.S. We're coming up with a react binding for Muze in next 4-5 weeks.
Here's an example of using Muze with React: https://codepen.io/chartshq/pen/jOqELZR
For Tableau like functionality crossfiltering and drill dowm should be first class features, is that part of the current functionality or is there some exampke?
Hi,
Yes, these are available by default.
- Cross filtering: https://muzejs.org/demos/wa/latest/crossfiltering-with-dynam...
- Drill-down with custom drill path: https://muzejs.org/demos/wa/latest/drilldown
- Drill into grid: https://muzejs.org/demos/wa/latest/show-datagrid-on-doublecl...
On my iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 13.5.1, chrome 84.0.4147.71 the "health index of each country" is crashing my tab.
Otherwise, thanks for sharing. Bookmarked just in case.
Thanks for the reporting this. We are working on it. It seems that this issue exist for a particular chrome version. We'll fix it soon.
This is amazing. Congrats on shipping it Pallav!