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pixijs vs ScottPlot
pixijs has 48,178 GitHub stars, 5,071 forks, 344 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ScottPlot has 6,750 stars, 1,011 forks, 242 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. pixijs leads on adoption by 614% (48,178 vs 6,750 stars). pixijs is written in TypeScript under MIT; ScottPlot is written in C# under MIT. pixijs has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, ScottPlot 15%. pixijs was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (data-visualization), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| pixijs | ScottPlot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 6.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick pixijs if
- You weight community size — 48K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ScottPlot if
- You want the ScottPlot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and ScottPlot fits your workflow better
About pixijs
PixiJS is an open source 2D rendering library for the web, described in its README as the HTML5 Creation Engine. It ships WebGL and WebGPU renderers and is written in TypeScript, distributed under the MIT license from the pixijs/pixijs repository, which has been developed for fourteen years and holds roughly 48,000 stars across about 5,000 forks. The project lives in the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem: it is installed through npm and driven from browser code, with GLSL shaders, canvas, canvas2d, and rendering engine listed among its topics. Its homepage is pixijs.com, and the repository carries the Data and …
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About ScottPlot
ScottPlot is a free, open source interactive plotting library for .NET, written in C and released under the MIT license, aimed at .NET developers who need to render and explore large datasets as charts inside their own applications.
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Frequently asked questions
Is pixijs or ScottPlot more popular?
pixijs has 48,178 GitHub stars and ScottPlot has 6,750. pixijs has the larger community by that measure.
Are pixijs and ScottPlot free?
Both are open source. pixijs is licensed under MIT and ScottPlot under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between pixijs and ScottPlot?
pixijs is written in TypeScript and ScottPlot in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, pixijs or ScottPlot?
Choose pixijs if you want the larger community (48,178 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose ScottPlot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.