Muze

Data

data visualization library

SHOW HN2020

33points
22comments
#1,318of 3,028 in 2020
Top 44%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.

Pricing: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Grammar of graphics approach and data-first design appeals to users.

    From 2 comments
    • 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…
      depomoty on HN
    • 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…
      hgoury on HN
  • Useful for Tableau-like interfaces in apps.

    From 2 comments
    • 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…
      depomoty on HN
    • This is amazing. Congrats on shipping it Pallav!
      xgenecloud on HN

Objections

  • Licensing is confusing; WASM version is not open source and EULA forbids reverse engineering.

    From 2 comments
    • The licensing for this is confusing. :( eg: https://muzejs.org/muze-wa/eula ``` Reverse engineering: You may not reverse engineer or disassemble the Software. ``` However,…
      justinclift on HN
    • 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…
      samblr on HN
  • Crashes on some Chrome versions.

    From 1 comment
    • 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.
      bastijn on HN

Requests

  • Make the WebAssembly version open source.

    From 1 comment
  • Python wrapper like Altair.

    From 1 comment
    • 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…
      sterlinm on HN

Questions

  • How to use it with a React app with automatic configuration.

    From 1 comment
    • 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…
      macklemoreshair on HN
  • Whether crossfiltering and drill-down are supported.

    From 1 comment
    • 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?
      antman on HN

Alternatives named

  • Vega and Vega-Lite

    From 2 comments
    • 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…
      hgoury on HN
    • 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…
      sterlinm on HN
  • Voyager

    From 1 comment
    • 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…
      hgoury on HN
  • ChartJS

    From 1 comment
    • 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…
      depomoty on HN

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