Matplotlib: Visualization with Python
Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. Matplotlib makes easy things easy and hard things possible.
- Create publication quality plots.
- Make interactive figures that can zoom, pan, update.
- Customize visual style and layout.
- Export to many file formats.
- Embed in JupyterLab and Graphical User Interfaces.
- Use a rich array of third-party packages built on Matplotlib.
Getting Started
Examples
Reference
Cheat Sheets
Documentation
News
September 16, 2022
Matplotlib 3.6.0 ReleasedMay 2, 2022
Matplotlib 3.5.2 ReleasedFebruary 17, 2022
Matplotlib is hiring!We are happy to post the 3-year Research Software Engineer position funded by the NASA ROSES-OSTFL 2020 grant. See the job description on discourse and submit an application via TypeForm.
December 11, 2021
Matplotlib 3.5.1 ReleasedSeptember 15, 2021
Matplotlib selected for NASA ROSES fundingSeptember 9, 2021
Matplotlib awarded a CZI EOSS Cycle 4 grantResources
Be sure to check the Users guide and the API docs. The full text search is a good way to discover the docs including the many examples.
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Short questions related to contributing to Matplotlib may be posted on the gitter channel.
Domain Specific Tools
A large number of third party packages extend and build on Matplotlib functionality, including several higher-level plotting interfaces (seaborn, HoloViews, ggplot, ...), and a projection and mapping toolkit (Cartopy).
More Domain-Specific Toolsseaborn
seaborn is a high level interface for drawing statistical graphics with Matplotlib. It aims to make visualization a central part of exploring and understanding complex datasets.
statistical data visualizationCartopy
Cartopy is a Python package designed for geospatial data processing in order to produce maps and other geospatial data analyses.
CartopyDNA Features Viewer
DNA Features Viewer is a Python library to visualize DNA features, e.g. from GenBank or Gff files, or Biopython SeqRecords.
DNA Features Viewerplotnine
plotnine is an implementation of a grammar of graphics in Python. The grammar allows users to compose plots by explicitly mapping data to the visual objects that make up the plot.
plotnineSupport Matplotlib
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Contribute
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