30 R Packages For Data Visualization That You May Not Know Of

The packages/add-ins we will cover in this article include:

• Interactive Graphics: ggvis, esquisse, ggThemeAssist, plotly, shiny, flexdashboard
• Correlation Matrix: corrplot, ggcor, ggally
• Heatmap: heatmap.2, d3heatmap, pheatmap, ComplexHeatmap, InteractiveComplexHeatmap
• Color Theme: tvthemes, ggtech, ggsci, ggthemr, MetBrewer, ghibli, ggcute, ggpattern
• 3D Visualization: scatterplot3d, plot3d, rayshader, ggthreed
• Other Plots: ggpol, raincloud plot (ggrain, gghalves),ggstatsplot (highly recommend!), waffle plot (waffle, ggwaffle), treemapify

1. Interactive Graphics

1.1 ggvis

ggvis creates rich interactive graphics that you can play with locally.

1.2 esquisse add-in

You can create plots by dragging and dropping.