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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Chart.js has had four major version releases as detailed below. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release Date</th><th>Key Contributors</th><th>Key Features</th></tr><tr><td>1.0.1</td><td>Jan 7, 2015</td><td>Nick Downie</td><td>Initial release</td></tr><tr><td>2.0.0</td><td>Apr 9, 2016</td><td>Evert Timberg, Tanner Linsley</td><td>Expanded animations; time scale; bubble, scatter, and stacked charts</td></tr><tr><td>3.0.0</td><td>Apr 2, 2021</td><td>Jukka Kurkela, Evert Timberg, Ben McCann, Simon Brunel</td><td>Major performance improvements, scriptable options, rewritten animation system, new documentation</td></tr><tr><td>4.0.0</td><td>Nov 14, 2022</td><td>Jacco van den Berg, Jukka Kurkela, Evert Timberg</td><td>ESM-only packaging</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/JavaScript_framework/8f1CVHDX">JavaScript framework</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/JavaScript_library/vjUJ5DGC">JavaScript library</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">Open-source software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://chartjs.org">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://npm-compare.com/chart.js">Usage Trends of Chart.js</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>da Rocha, Helder (28 February 2019). Learn Chart.js: Create interactive visualizations for the Web with Chart.js 2. Packt Publishing. ISBN 9781789342154. <a href="9781789342154" target="_blank">9781789342154</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Vaggalis, Nikos (10 May 2016). "Easy plotting With Chart.js". I Programmer. Retrieved 9 December 2019. <a href="https://www.i-programmer.info/news/167-javascript/9719-easy-plotting-with-chartjs.html" target="_blank">https://www.i-programmer.info/news/167-javascript/9719-easy-plotting-with-chartjs.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Chart.js by Nick Downie". Dribbble. Retrieved 9 December 2019. <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/989123-chart-js" target="_blank">https://dribbble.com/shots/989123-chart-js</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Introduction to Data Management & Visualization in JavaScript". SitePoint. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019. <a href="https://www.sitepoint.com/data-management-visualization-javascript/" target="_blank">https://www.sitepoint.com/data-management-visualization-javascript/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>