Matplotlib 3.6.0 documentation

Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python.

Installation

Install using pip:

pip install matplotlib 

Install using conda:

conda install matplotlib 

Further details are available in the Installation Guide.

Learning resources

Tutorials

• Quick-start guide

• Plot types

• Introductory tutorials

• External learning resources

How-tos

• Example gallery

• Matplotlib FAQ

Understand how Matplotlib works

• The Explanations in the Users guide

• Many of the Intermediate and Advanced tutorials have explanatory material

Reference

• API Reference

• Axes API for most plotting methods

• Figure API for figure-level methods

• Top-level interfaces to create:

  • Figures (pyplot.figure)

  • Subplots (pyplot.subplots, pyplot.subplot_mosaic)

Third-party packages

There are many Third-party packages built on top of and extending Matplotlib.

Contributing

Matplotlib is a community project maintained for and by its users. There are many ways you can help!

• Help other users on discourse

• report a bug or request a feature on GitHub

• or improve the documentation and code