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JsPlumb is now free for non-commercial usage

JsPlumb is now free for non-commercial usage

by sporritt·May 22, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidCrowd Pleaser

JsPlumb rebrand with free non-commercial license in a crowded diagram library space.

Strengths
  • •Dedicated engines for diagrams and 2D charts offer specialized rendering performance.
  • •Native packages for React, Angular, Vue, and Svelte reduce integration friction.
  • •Automatic layout algorithms handle complex node wiring without manual positioning.
Weaknesses
  • •Diagramming library market is saturated with mature open-source and commercial options.
  • •Free for non-commercial only limits adoption for startups and small businesses.
Target Audience

Frontend developers building visual workflow editors or data visualization dashboards

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Post Description

We've put out a major new release of JsPlumb recently, with a modernised API and dedicated diagram/2d chart engines (and a new name), and one of the decisions we made was to make it available for free for non-commercial usage. Packages for React, Angular, Vue, Svelte and vanilla JS are available in the public NPM repo.

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