QuickChart MCP Server
by GongRzhe
Generate charts and visualizations through AI assistants via QuickChart.io
data Node.js Beginner No API key
⭐ 158 stars 📅 Updated: 10mo ago
Description
An MCP server for generating charts using QuickChart.io. Supports bar, line, pie, doughnut, radar, polar area, scatter, bubble, radial gauge, and speedometer chart types. Uses Chart.js configuration format and returns chart URLs or downloads images locally. No API key required — works out of the box.
✅ Best for
Quick chart generation during AI-assisted data analysis or report creation
⏭️ Skip if
You need offline chart rendering or highly customized visualizations beyond Chart.js
💡 Use cases
- Generating data visualizations from datasets during AI conversations
- Creating charts for reports and presentations
- Downloading chart images for embedding in documents
- Building dashboards with various chart types
👍 Pros
- ✓ No API key required — free QuickChart.io integration
- ✓ Supports 10+ chart types including gauges and speedometers
- ✓ Simple 2-tool interface — easy to use
- ✓ Chart.js format compatibility for flexible customization
👎 Cons
- ✗ Depends on QuickChart.io external service
- ✗ Limited to chart types supported by Chart.js
- ✗ No offline chart generation capability
🔧 Exposed tools (2 tools)
| Tool | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| generate_chart | chart-generation | Generate a chart URL using QuickChart.io with multiple chart types and customizable styling |
| download_chart | chart-generation | Download a chart image to a local file |
💡 Tips & tricks
Use Chart.js configuration format for full customization. The generate_chart tool returns a URL — use download_chart to save images locally when needed.
Quick info
- Author
- GongRzhe
- License
- MIT
- Runtime
- Node.js 18+
- Transport
- stdio
- Category
- data
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Self-hostable
- ❌
- Auth
- —
- Docker
- —
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
Client compatibility
- ❓ Claude Code
- ❓ Cursor
- ❓ VS Code Copilot
- ❓ Gemini CLI
- ❓ Windsurf
- ❓ Cline
- ❓ JetBrains AI
- ❓ Warp
Platforms
🍎 macOS 🐧 Linux 🪟 Windows