Flot is a pure Javascript plotting library for jQuery. It produces graphical plots of arbitrary datasets on-the-fly client-side.

The focus is on simple usage (all settings are optional), attractive looks and interactive features like zooming.

Although Flot is easy to use, it is also advanced enough to be suitable for Web 2.0 data mining/business intelligence purposes which is its original application.

The plugin is targeting all newer browsers. If you find a problem, please report it. Drawing is done with the <canvas> tag introduced by Safari and now available on all major browsers, except Internet Explorer where the excanvas Javascript emulation helper is used.

Examples

Take a look at the examples to see how it works, or look at FlotUsage to see some real projects using Flot.

Documentation

Besides the examples, there's a README and the API documentation. The news will tell you the changes.

You could also take a look at the todo.

If you need more help, you can ask on the mailing list.

Who's behind this?

The development so far has mostly been done by IOLA, a small Danish web-development house focusing on Django and jQuery. If you need commercial support, you're welcome to contact us.