Happy Holidays and Year-End Note for 2025

December 23rd, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Green holiday sweater with Excel logo and the text: Ohh... this calls for a spreadsheetAs 2025 winds down, we want to say thank you to our customers, partners, and everyone who builds and uses analytics every day. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at AnyChart!

Closing out 2025, we are sharing this holiday sweater as a small nod to a theme we focused on this year πŸ‘‡

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Data Visuals That Stood Out to Us This Week β€” DataViz Weekly

December 12th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Data Visuals That Stood Out to Us This WeekWelcome to DataViz Weekly, where we highlight strong examples of data visualization in action. Take a look at the projects that stood out to us this week:

  • Global defense industry at record highs β€” Reuters
  • Climate-driven rise in home insurance costs β€” The New York Times
  • Interactive Star Wars galaxy map β€” Tim Sircoloumb
  • Sizes of life on Earth β€” Neal Agarwal

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Enhancing AI-Assisted JavaScript Chart Development with Context7 MCP and Claude

November 26th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Diagram showing Claude, Context7, and AnyChart connected with arrows, above multiple devices displaying JavaScript charts, illustrating AI-assisted data visualization developmentAt AnyChart, we are constantly exploring tools and workflows that help developers work more efficiently, stay up to date, and minimize friction when integrating data visualization into their projects.

One approach we’ve recently tested β€” and found highly effective β€” is connecting Claude to Context7 via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This integration gives Claude access to a continuously updated, extensive database of technical documentation across libraries, packages, and APIs.

This means you can rely on Claude not just for reasoning, but also for live, accurate, and authoritative documentation retrieval, dramatically reducing the chances of outdated suggestions or hallucinated methods.

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Best JavaScript Gantt Chart Libraries in 2025–2026

November 5th, 2025 by Jay Stevenson

A Gantt chart with task bars, milestones, dependencies, and connections on a laptop web screen, featuring a calendar and paper notesGantt charts are among the most effective ways to visualize tasks, timelines, and dependencies, making them a core component of modern project management practices. For developers building web applications, the right JavaScript Gantt chart library can dramatically save development time and deliver a professional, interactive experience directly in the browser.

The ecosystem in 2025–2026 includes a wide range of solutions β€” from free open-source libraries for simple timelines to enterprise-grade components with advanced scheduling engines and resource management features. Some prioritize speed and simplicity, while others focus on deep functionality and seamless integration into broader charting or UI stacks.

This article reviews the most notable JavaScript Gantt chart libraries available today. Each library is presented with its functionality, performance and scalability, integration options, licensing, and support. Whether you are building an internal tool, a SaaS application, or a full-scale enterprise system, this guide will help you quickly identify the Gantt solution that best fits your needs.

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Compelling New Data Visualizations From Around the Web β€” DataViz Weekly

October 31st, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Four Compelling New Data Visualizations From Around the WebData becomes much easier to explore and explain when it is shown visually. If you want to see how that plays out in practice, you are in the right place. Welcome to DataViz Weekly, where we round up the most interesting charts and maps we have spotted over the past week. Featuring this time:

  • Solar pressure on Europe’s power grid β€” Bloomberg
  • China’s trade rise over two decades β€” Folha de S.Paulo
  • Sleep deprivation in wartime Ukraine β€” Texty.org.ua
  • Cats’ laziness β€” Lisa Hornung

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How Visualization Reveals Meaning in Data β€” DataViz Weekly

October 24th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

New Examples of How Visualization Reveals Meaning in DataVisualization is a well-established way to translate complex data into a form people can quickly understand, making patterns, trends, and outliers easier to see. Depending on the nature of the data and the questions behind it, different techniques may be used. DataViz Weekly is here with a few fresh, illustrative examples from the real world:

  • AI industry interconnections β€” De Tijd
  • Funding halt across Democratic and Republican districts β€” The New York Times
  • TikTok watch-time trends β€” The Washington Post
  • Sea temperatures and anomalies worldwide β€” Gary Oberbrunner

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Recent Data Visualization Highlights β€” DataViz Weekly

October 17th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Recent Data Visualization Highlights in DataViz WeeklyWelcome back to DataViz Weekly, where we regularly observe how visualization helps bring data to life. This time, we invite you to take a look at the following projects that we have recently found particularly interesting:

  • Bird journeys amid global warming β€” The Guardian
  • Living costs across the United States β€” FlowingData
  • Electricity prices across the U.S. in the AI era β€” The Big Take
  • Urban patterns in Europe β€” Urban Taxonomy

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Great New Visuals Letting Data Speak β€” DataViz Weekly

October 10th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Illustrating Great New Visuals Letting Data SpeakRaw data can be difficult to read and interpret at a glance. Charts and maps make it easier to see what it has to say. We continue to curate great new visuals in our regular series DataViz Weekly, and here’s our latest selection:

  • Causes of death in reality and in media β€” Our World in Data
  • EU healthcare priorities β€” European Data Portal
  • U.S. school system redistricting β€” New America
  • Religious mixing in Australian marriages β€” ABC News

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Fresh Examples of Data Visualization in Action β€” DataViz Weekly

October 3rd, 2025 by AnyChart Team

Four Fresh Examples of Data Visualization in Action Featured in This New DataViz WeeklyWhen data needs to be explored or explained, visualization helps. Here are several fresh examples of how that works in practice. On the agenda in DataViz Weekly today:

  • U.S. federal funding and shutdowns β€” The New York Times
  • H-1B workers at U.S. research institutions β€” The Xylom
  • USAID medical supply disruptions β€” The Washington Post
  • Daytime air alerts in Kyiv β€” CNN

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When Data Becomes Visual Insight β€” DataViz Weekly

September 12th, 2025 by AnyChart Team

New Examples When Data Becomes Visual InsightNumbers often stay abstract until they are put into form. Visuals can help reveal what is hidden in plain figures, generating insight and bringing meaning to the surface. In this edition of DataViz Weekly, weΒ offer a quick look at four recent projects that turnΒ data into something we, humans, can truly see andΒ grasp more clearly.

  • Pay across occupations β€” FlowingData
  • Billionaires in America β€” WSJ
  • Africa’s real size β€” Reuters
  • Zodiac signs out of sync β€” The Upshot

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