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title: "Cubism.js"
description: "D3 plugin for horizon charts, a time-series encoding that stacks many metrics in a fraction of the vertical space."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/cubism-js-vg-0393"
category: "Data Visualization & Charts"
subcategory: "Charting engines"
license: "Apache-2.0"
author: "Square / Mike Bostock (@mbostock)"
source: "https://github.com/square/cubism"
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# Cubism.js
D3 plugin for horizon charts, a time-series encoding that stacks many metrics in a fraction of the vertical space.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/square/cubism
- Category: Data Visualization & Charts / Charting engines
- Author: Square / Mike Bostock (@mbostock)
- Licence: Apache-2.0
- Tags: horizon-chart, time-series, d3, monitoring
## Why it's a gem
Horizon charts fit 20 metrics where line charts fit two
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/cubism-js-vg-0393 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/cubism-js-vg-0393