plotly/plotly.js

Open-source JavaScript charting library behind Plotly and Dash

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Forks: 2k
Open beginner issues: 3
Indexed issues: 713
Avg merge: 2d 12h
Merged PRs (30d): 28

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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713 open issues indexed

[BUG]: Some plots render incorrectly when using virtual-webgl in Chromium browsers Open

bug P3 size: 3

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

plotly/plotly.js#7764 · Opened Apr 20, 2026
[BUG]: Phishing warning on fonts.openmaptiles.org Open

bug P2 size: 1

plotly/plotly.js#7755 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 14, 2026
[BUG]: Trace doesn't line up with axis when having an automargin title and there are sliders/buttons displayed Open

bug good first issue P3 size: 3

plotly/plotly.js#7750 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 9, 2026
Determine whether we can remove `dist/plot-schema.json` from NPM bundle Open

feature P3 size: 1 task

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7747 · Opened Apr 3, 2026
[BUG]: Clusters within scattermaps fail to display with at least one custom style Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7742 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2026
[FEATURE]: Please allow for the sizes of clusters within scattermaps to be based on their underlying values Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7741 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2026
[BUG]: selectedpoints for curvenumber > 0 invisible when using scattergl Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7728 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2026
[FEATURE]: Support setting hover text for legend and/or legend items Open

feature

plotly/plotly.js#7727 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 10, 2026
[BUG]: Getting strange choropleth map output when locationmode is set to geojson-id Open

bug

plotly/plotly.js#7724 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 5, 2026
Plotly.toImage scale factor does not work with maps Open

plotly/plotly.js#7714 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 18, 2026
[FEATURE]: Method for keyboard users to toggle hoverinfo (esp. for box plots) Open

feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

plotly/plotly.js#7708 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 12, 2026
[FEATURE]: Add a polar heatmap Open

feature

plotly/plotly.js#7706 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 10, 2026
[FEATURE]: Make auto-zoom when panning out of range optional Open

feature

plotly/plotly.js#7705 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 8, 2026
[BUG]: Chart flips on panning Open

bug

plotly/plotly.js#7703 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 5, 2026
[maintenance] Remove Chrome version 143 pin in `webgl-jasmine-chromeLatest` Open

plotly/plotly.js#7693 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 20, 2026
[BUG]: Broken styling in plot rendered in an iframe Open

bug

plotly/plotly.js#7688 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 16, 2026
[FEATURE]: Add `plotly_heatmapclick` event (similar to `plotly_treemapclick` / `plotly_sunburstclick`) Open

feature

plotly/plotly.js#7685 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 13, 2026
Feature Request: Plotly.Fx.hover() should support unified hover mode with categorical x-axes Open

plotly/plotly.js#7682 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 4, 2026
[BUG]: Return of #3619 - Issue with hovermode default logic for horizontal traces. Open

bug P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7671 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 10, 2025
[BUG]: Custom SVG images don't render on modebar correctly Open

bug regression

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 46/100

plotly/plotly.js#7669 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 9, 2025
[BUG]: Coupled hoverinfo tooltips are misaligned Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7664 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 3, 2025
[FEATURE]: Freeze hovertext on click Open

feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7663 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 3, 2025
[Feature request] Allow annotations and layout images to be positioned relative to the container, not just the x/y axes or plotting area Open

feature P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

plotly/plotly.js#7665 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 26, 2025
[BUG]: please provide an unbundled version of stackgl_modules Open

bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7654 · Opened Nov 25, 2025
[mkdocs] dark mode styling of Edit this Page button Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

plotly/plotly.js#7649 · Opened Nov 18, 2025
[mkdocs] Update link in Edit this Page button Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

plotly/plotly.js#7648 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 18, 2025
[mkdocs] - explore how to move away from multiple .html files to just one .md file per page Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

plotly/plotly.js#7645 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] - rebuild docs automatically on update Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7644 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] - can't see plotly.js version when hovering on Plotly logo in docs example Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

plotly/plotly.js#7642 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] - ensure all codpen example use same plotly.js version (and not plotly-latest) Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

plotly/plotly.js#7641 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] some examples don't run in the docs Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7640 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] - plotly.js loaded many times Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7639 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[mkdocs] - duplicate anchor links used on page Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7634 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
[mkdocs] - some default values are not correct Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

plotly/plotly.js#7633 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2025
[mkdocs] - Figure reference page doesn't have correct content Open

bug

plotly/plotly.js#7631 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 14, 2025
[mkdocs] - no page table of contents on some pages Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7630 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
[mkdocs] - Page and section headings are not corrrect Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

plotly/plotly.js#7628 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
[mkdocs] Add github action to build the docs Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

plotly/plotly.js#7627 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
full_figure_for_development giving different margins in 6.3 than in 6.2 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7632 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 13, 2025
[BUG]: Create more spacing between chart scale lines Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7624 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 12, 2025
[mkdocs] Missing backslashes in test/plot-schema.json Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7620 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 12, 2025
[mkdocs] Updating images to reflect current branding Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7616 · Opened Nov 7, 2025
[mkdocs] missing pages in the navigation Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7615 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 7, 2025
[mkdocs] Fastly image broken link Open

bug

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 50/100

plotly/plotly.js#7614 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 7, 2025
[mkdocs] resolve links in several 'Quick Reference' pages Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7613 · Opened Nov 7, 2025
[BUG]: No click events in polar charts if drag mode is not zoom Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

plotly/plotly.js#7612 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 4, 2025
[BUG]: Violin plot width incorrectly calculated in grouped mode with multiple x-categories Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

plotly/plotly.js#7611 · Opened Oct 31, 2025
Explicit node coordinates (x/y positions) not fully respected in Sankey diagram Open

bug good first issue P3

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

plotly/plotly.js#7758 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 25, 2025
Annotations can overflow out of the chart Open

bug P3

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7606 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2025
[BUG]: Polar plot zoom function wipes internal layout settings and incorrect range for dblclick zoomout function Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

plotly/plotly.js#7594 · Opened Oct 21, 2025

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.