TickUp Charts

Standard Edition vs TickUp Prime (Pro)

| | TickUp Core (Standard Edition) | TickUp Prime (Pro) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Rendering | HTML5 Canvas 2D | WebGL 2.0 | | Live updates | 1 Hz (1 second) throttling | ~60 FPS pipeline | | History depth | Up to 5,000 candles (generous Standard cap) | Unlimited (product-dependent) | | Indicators | Up to 3 overlays | Unlimited | | Advanced UX | — | Magnetic snapping, VWAP Pro, premium visuals | | License | MIT (this repo) | Commercial |

TickUp Core is the MIT Standard Edition: a production-quality charting stack for dashboards, internal tools, and simple market UIs. It uses a generous but limited history window (currently 5,000 candles) so performance stays predictable while Prime remains the path for boundless scale.

Power users and trading-grade products should evaluate TickUp Prime for WebGL throughput, deep history, and professional interaction tooling. Try it live in the Prime Showcase.

What you get in Standard Edition

• Canvas 2D OHLCV charts (candlestick, line, area, bar) with pan, zoom, crosshair, and drawings.
• TypeScript-first APIs and an imperative ref for live data and snapshots.
• Standard Tier guardrails built into the library: 5,000-bar series cap, 1 Hz live-update throttling (unless you use the licensed Prime shell path), and three simultaneous overlay indicators—with clear in-app messaging when a limit applies.
• “Powered by TickUp” attribution enforced in Standard layouts (visibility guarded in the host).

Why upgrade to Prime?

• You need more than 5,000 bars, faster than 1 Hz updates, or more than three studies without caps.
• You want WebGL-class density and Prime-only interaction and analysis features.

How to upgrade

1. Read the TickUp Prime documentation.
2. Explore the Prime Showcase.
3. Use the Prime repository for licensing and integration.

Prime evaluation (separate product)

The TickUpPrimeTier shell in this package is for evaluating the Prime product shape: evaluation chrome when no license key is set. Standard Tier guardrails in this open-source core (including the 5,000-candle cap) still apply to data throughput and indicator counts unless you run against a fully licensed Prime deployment.

Pricing & Licensing

| Plan | License | Best For | Price | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Community | MIT | Open Source & Hobby Projects | Free | | Professional | Commercial | Solo Founders & Small Teams | $99/yr | | Enterprise | Custom | HFT Platforms, Brokerages, and Banks | Contact |

Quick Start

npm install tickup react react-dom styled-components

import { TickUpStage } from 'tickup';

export function App() {
  return <TickUpStage intervalsArray={[]} />;
}

Documentation

• Getting started — Grand Tour — Install from scratch + copy-paste Hello World (no prior charting experience assumed).
• Documentation hub — Full index (guides 00–18).
• API reference — TickUpHost props, TickUpRenderEngine, and chartOptions tables.
• OHLC schema & debugging — Data format and common “chart not showing” fixes.
• Comparison showcase — #/compare to audit Core vs Prime before choosing a tier.
• Quick start · Imperative API · Data & live updates
• Contributing — how to collaborate on the open-source core.

Open source & collaborators

TickUp Core (this repository and the tickup package on npm) is open source under the MIT License. You can study it, ship it in commercial products, fork it, and send improvements back—no permission slip required beyond the license terms.

If you care about financial UX, canvas performance, TypeScript APIs, or documentation clarity, you belong here. We welcome first-time contributors as much as regulars: open an issue with a question, a repro, or a rough idea; share a small doc fix or a focused PR; or pair on a larger change after a quick discussion in an issue so nobody wastes effort.

Ways to reach the maintainer (Bar Damri):

• Email: [email protected] — best for private questions, security reports, or collaboration proposals before they become public threads.
• Website: bardamri.com
• GitHub: Issues & pull requests on this repo for bugs, features, and code review in the open.

See Contributing for branch expectations, build commands, and PR hygiene.

TickUp Prime

Interested in TickUp Prime? Start with the Prime documentation and try the Showcase.

Legacy support

npm versions below 1.0.36 are deprecated and unsupported. That line predates the current Generous Standard architecture (clean TickUp Core vs Prime separation, documented Standard Tier guardrails, and security fixes). Do not build new integrations on older tarballs.

Standard Tier stability: From 1.0.36 onward, the 5,000-bar history cap and the ~1 Hz live-update throttle on Standard shells are mandatory parts of the supported Standard Tier model—they keep dashboards predictable and are not optional “suggestions” for production use.

Deprecate older releases on npm (run while logged in as a maintainer; repeats are safe):

npm deprecate tickup@"< 1.0.36" "Legacy architecture. Please upgrade to v1.0.36+ for stable Core/Prime separation and security patches."

Optional: confirm what npm will match:

npm view tickup versions --json