Heatmap.js
๐ฅ JavaScript Library for HTML5 canvas based heatmaps
[](http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/heatmapjs/?utm_source=gh "View the heatmap.js website with usage examples, showcases, best practises, plugins ( googlemaps heatmap, leaflet) and more.") The project is written primarily in JavaScript, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2011. It has gained significant community traction with 6,373 stars and 1,318 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: angularjs, canvas, data-visualization, dataviz, density-visualization.
heatmap.js
Dynamic Heatmaps for the Web.
How to get started
The fastest way to get started is to install heatmap.js with bower. Just run the following command:
bower install heatmap.js-amd
This will download the latest working version of heatmap.js and put it in your bower_components folder.
Alternatively you could just download the latest release from github and unzip it.
The file you're ultimately looking for is heatmap.js or heatmap.min.js
heatmap.js is also hosted on npm:
npm install heatmap.js
How to run the local examples
Start a webserver (e.g. python SimpleHTTPServer from the project directory root):
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 1337 &
Then browse to
http://localhost:1337/examples/
Get involved
Please have a look at the contribution guidelines before submitting contributions.
Disclaimer: PRs can take time to receive feedback or be merged ( I'm only one person with very little time ) but I'm trying to get back to everyone eventually
Questions?
In order to keep technical questions in a central place where other people can learn from it, the best thing you can do is post your question to stackoverflow with the tag heatmap.js.
If you do have a very specific question (or need commercial support) don't hesitate to contact me directly via email.
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