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reagraph vs Storybook
Tool for documenting UI components, not a graph library.
reagraphNetwork graph visualization built in WebGL for React
StorybookBuild, test and document UI components in isolationWhich to pick
Pick reagraph if you want…
- WebGL-powered React graph visualizations
- Integrations with WebGL or D3 (on reagraph's list, not Storybook's)
Pick Storybook if you want…
- Isolated UI component development
- Component isolation and documentation
- Integrations with Vue, Angular or HTML5 (on Storybook's list, not reagraph's)
Side by side
- What it is
- reagraph:Reagraph is an open-source React library for interactive 2D/3D network graph visualizations using WebGL.
- Storybook:Storybook is an open-source frontend workshop for building, testing, and documenting UI components in isolation.
- Best for
- reagraph:WebGL-powered React graph visualizations
- Storybook:Isolated UI component development
- Who it’s for
- reagraph:React developers needing high-performance graph visualizations.
- Storybook:Frontend developers and design systems teams
- Pricing
- reagraph:Open source
- Storybook:Free
- Open source
- reagraph:Yes, 1,092 GitHub stars
- Storybook:Yes, 91,193 GitHub stars
- Works with
- reagraph:React, WebGL, D3
- Storybook:React, Vue, Angular, HTML5
reagraph features
- WebGL Rendering. Leverages GPU acceleration for fast rendering of large graphs.
- 2D & 3D Layouts. Supports both flat and three-dimensional graph views with smooth motion animations.
- Customizable Themes. Provides light/dark themes and allows full theme overrides via a theme interface.
- D3-Based Engine. Built on D3, giving developers fine-grained control over visuals and interactions.
- Smart Defaults. Applies intelligent defaults so charts look good without configuration.
- Complex Clustering. Handles advanced data patterns and clustering out of the box.
Storybook features
- Component isolation. Build UI components and pages without needing data, APIs, or business logic.
- Story-based testing. Capture known-good component states as stories for visual, interaction, and accessibility tests.
- Automatic documentation. Generate searchable UI docs and Markdown pages directly from component stories.
- CI integration. Add Storybook as a CI step to automate UI workflow and catch regressions early.
- Add-ons ecosystem. Extend functionality with 400+ community add-ons for controls, visual testing, and more.
- Framework support. Works with React, Vue, Angular, and plain HTML5 projects.
reagraph vs Storybook FAQ
Is reagraph or Storybook free?+
Yes, both are free, and reagraph is open source.
Is reagraph or Storybook open source?+
Yes, both are open source: reagraph (reaviz/reagraph on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and Storybook (storybookjs/storybook on GitHub, MIT license).
Do reagraph and Storybook integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list React. reagraph also lists WebGL and D3; Storybook also lists Vue, Angular and HTML5.
On DevHunt
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