YouPlot
Command-line tool that draws plots in the terminal from piped data.
- Maintained
- MIT
- Ruby
- Ruby charting libraries
- GitHub stars
- 4.9K
- Commits, last 12 months
- 40
- Contributors
- 11
- Last commit
- Latest release
- v0.5.0May 24, 2026
Overview
YouPlot is an open-source Ruby charting library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 4,857 stars, 73 forks, and 11 contributors. It is maintained with 40 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Jun 22, 2026. The latest release, v0.5.0, was published on May 24, 2026.
Its GitHub description: A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal.
GitHub topics: csvclituirubytsvvisualizationterminal
Install
Development activity
Commits per month to the default branch over the last 12 complete months.
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| Month | Commits |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 24 |
| Jun 2026 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 |
| Sep 2026 | 0 |
Popularity among Ruby charting libraries
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| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
| Chartkick | 6,528 |
| YouPlot | 4,857 |
| Blazer | 4,802 |
| Gruff | 1,398 |
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Gruff
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Data: GitHub API, RubyGems. Updated Oct 4, 2026.