Graphical primitives for visualization, such as lines and areas.

Is d3/d3-shape beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to d3/d3-shape to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
2.5k
Forks
307
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
18
Avg merge
4h 16m
Merged PRs (30d)
1
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
ISC
Last GitHub push
Nov 3, 2026
Latest indexed
Nov 8, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
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How to contribute to d3/d3-shape

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's ISC license.
  3. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Improve tree-shaking
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    d3/d3-shape#217 · 2 comments ·

  • option for arc's curve precision
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    d3/d3-shape#211 ·

  • add optional angle radius parameter in curbeBezier `curveStep` curves
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-shape#209 · 4 comments ·

  • startPadAngle and endPadAngle
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-shape#207 · 4 comments ·

  • Dynamic smoothing interpolation
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-shape#175 · 2 comments ·

  • Add pathMonth for Calendar View to D3
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-shape#170 · 3 comments ·

  • trail marks?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-shape#164 · 1 comment ·

  • Selected Rounding of Corners in Arc
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-shape#160 · 3 comments ·

  • d3.stack for tidy data?
    May be free again @Fil claimed this 2054 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    d3/d3-shape#158 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • curveStepRadial?
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    d3/d3-shape#149 ·

  • d3.dodge?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-shape#147 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • curveCubicX?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-shape#118 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • curveHorizontal, curveVertical?
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-shape#113 · 3 comments ·

  • d3.curveMonotoneX may be unsuitable for stacked areas.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-shape#81 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • curveStep.radius?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-shape#74 · 10 comments · 8 reactions ·

  • line.copy, area.copy?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-shape#71 · 2 reactions ·

  • curveStepAbove, curveStepBelow?
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    d3/d3-shape#68 · 2 comments ·

  • Step curve could allow NaN x or y for discontinuities.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-shape#65 · 3 comments ·

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