Open Source Matplotlib Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Matplotlib is GnuPlot. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Matplotlib and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Matplotlib are Plotly, LabPlot, SciDaVis and python(x,y).

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  1. GnuPlot icon
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    Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility. It was originally intended as to allow scientists and students to visualize mathematical functions and data. It does this job pretty well, but has grown to support many non-interactive...

    65 GnuPlot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. LabPlot icon
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    LabPlot is a free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals.

    39 LabPlot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • FreeBSD
     
  3. SciDaVis icon
     26 likes

    SciDAVis is a free application for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization. It's an application aimed at data analysis and

    38 SciDaVis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. python(x,y) icon
     37 likes

    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

    67 python(x,y) alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Bokeh icon
     10 likes

    Bokeh is a Python interactive visualization library that targets modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction of novel graphics in the style of D3.js, but also deliver this capability with high-performance interactivity over very...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6. Veusz icon
     10 likes

    Veusz is a scientific plotting and graphing program with a graphical user interface, designed to produce publication-ready 2D and 3D plots.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7.  5 likes

    JFreeChart is a free 100% Java chart library that makes it easy for developers to display professional quality charts in their applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8.  1 like

    ggvis is a data visualization package for R which lets you create rich interactive graphics that you can play with locally in Rstudio or in your browser, using a syntax similar in spirit to ggplot2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Core Plot icon
     2 likes

    Core Plot is a 2D plotting framework for Mac OS X and iOS. It is highly customizable and capable of drawing many types of plots

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. Pygal icon
     2 likes

    Pygal is a dynamic SVG charting library written in Python.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Giac/Xcas icon
     9 likes

    Giac/Xcas is a free computer algebra system for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix (license GPL3, for commercial dual-license contact us).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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