Roadmap

Revised November 5, 2021.

The following represents Highcharts’ product development cycle and future direction. It is only intended for information purposes and not seen as a commitment on our part.

Highcharts JS

New dashboard package which will administer the data layer and communication between multiple charts and other components. Commenced work in Q2 2020.
Continued TypeScript migration.
New series type, pictorial, an infographic-style visualization of quantities using simplified shapes. See the preliminary study.
New series type, tree graph, for displaying hierarchical data in a tree view. Commenced work in Q4 2020.
New series type, arc diagram, similar to the dependency wheel, but where the nodes are laid out on a line and the links are semi-circles.
Support zooming on polar charts.
More navigation control in drill down. Breadcrumbs and go-to-level feature. Commenced work in Q4 2020.
More data label options for dependency wheel, similar to pie series.
More formatting options for tooltip.

Highcharts Stock

New series types:
- Cumulative sum
- HLC
Stock Tools improvements:
- “Indicator on indicator”. Allow rendering technical indicators, using the previously calculated technical indicator’s values.
- Linear and logarithmic scale switch.
New stock annotations:

Highcharts Maps

Support for TopoJSON and making it our preferred delivery format from the Map Collection.
Support for tiled web map services.

Highcharts Export Server

Transition away from using PhantomJS to using Chrome Headless.
Remove the async option.
Support authentication and paid premium plans.