Matplotlib extensions
Styles, interactivity and GUIs for existing matplotlib figures. 4 tools, ranked by GitHub stars and updated .
Packages that extend Matplotlib instead of replacing it, so existing figures and code keep working. SciencePlots adds styles for journal figures, mpld3 renders figures as interactive D3 graphics in the browser, and Quibbler and syd make plots respond to widgets and changing data.
By GitHub stars, the most popular Matplotlib extensions here are SciencePlots (9.4K stars), mpld3 (2.4K stars), and Quibbler (333 stars). 2 of 4 had commits in the last 90 days.
| 1 |
 SciencePlots
Matplotlib styles for scientific figures and journal publications. |
9.4K |
| 2 |
 mpld3
Renders matplotlib figures as interactive D3.js graphics in the browser. |
2.4K |
| 3 |
 Quibbler
Inactive
Your data and anything you plot is effortlessly live and interactive. |
333 |
| 4 |
 syd
A package for making GUIs around matplotlib figures easy, fast, and streamlined. |
30 |
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