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Show HN: Text-to-Chart – embeddable natural language charts (quickchart.io)
2 points by typpo on April 12, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Hi HN,

I maintain a chart generation service, QuickChart (https://github.com/typpo/quickchart), which renders millions of charts per day. The most consistent pain point for users is that charts require some programming ability, or at least a strict JSON schema.

The idea is to make chart creation more approachable. Instead of messing around with D3 or Chart.js for a one-off, you can just embed https://quickchart.io/natural/red_bar_chart in an image tag or iframe and call it a day. GPT generates a reasonable look & feel.

After you have a template that you're happy with, you can modify the chart with precision, e.g. https://quickchart.io/natural/red_bar_chart?data1=3,5,7. The idea is that you don't have to mess around with chart configs, hosting, etc.

I welcome your thoughts & feedback.




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