A Zero-dependency SVG Chart Library for PHP

The maantje/charts package by Jamie Schouten is a zero-dependency PHP library for generating SVG charts. Charts has a straightforward API, which you can use to create SVGs directly in PHP without any additional dependencies required:

use Maantje\Charts\Bar\Bar;
use Maantje\Charts\Bar\Bars;
use Maantje\Charts\Chart;

$chart = new Chart(
    series: [
        new Bars(
            bars: [
                new Bar(name: 'Jan', value: 222301),
                new Bar(name: 'Feb', value: 189242),
                new Bar(name: 'Mar', value: 144922),
            ],
        ),
    ],
);

echo $chart->render();

The example bar chart renders the following SVG:

The library seemed very performant to me while running the examples. You can generate the example SVG files by cloning the repo and running the examples composer script:

git checkout https://github.com/maantje/charts
cd charts
composer install
composer run examples
open examples/output/

Package Features

Simple, intuitive API for chart creation
Lightweight, with no external dependencies
Supports various chart types: line charts, bar charts, stacked charts, and mixed charts
Fully customizable and extendable
Outputs pure SVG, allowing for:
- Embedding in PDFs (ideal for reports)

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub at maantje/charts.