LabPlot

{{Short description|Application for interactive graphing and analysis of scientific data}}

{{Infobox software

| name = LabPlot

| logo = Breezeicons-apps-48-labplot.svg

| screenshot = LabPlot 2.9.0 Screenshot.png

| screenshot size = 300px

| caption = Screenshot of LabPlot of 2022

| author = Stefan Gerlach

| developer = KDE

| released = {{Start date and age|2001}} (version 0.1, under the name QPlot)
{{Start date and age|2003}} (version 1.0, renamed to LabPlot)

| latest release version = 2.12

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|28|df=yes}}{{cite web | url=https://labplot.org/2025/04/28/labplot-2-12-released/| title=LabPlot 2.12 released – LabPlot| date=28 April 2025}}

| programming language = C, C++

| operating system = Windows
OS X
Linux
FreeBSD
Haiku

| genre = Scientific plotting
Data analysis
Curve fitting
Regression analysis
Statistical analysis
Data processing
Plot digitization
Notebook interface
Real-time data

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later

| website = {{URL|https://labplot.kde.org/}}

| repo = {{URL|https://invent.kde.org/education/labplot}}

}}

LabPlot is a free and open-source, cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific plotting, curve fitting, nonlinear regression, data processing and data analysis. LabPlot is available, under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, for Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Haiku operating systems.

It has a graphical user interface, a command-line interface, and an interactive and animated notebook interface. It is similar to Origin and able to import Origin's data files.{{Citation |last1=Косуліна |first1=Н.Г. |title=Програмне Забезпечення Обов'язкових Та Вибіркових Освітніх Компонентів Освітньої Програми «біомедична Інженерія» |work=Sciences of Europe |issue=131 |page=77 |publication-date=December 2023 |trans-title=Software of mandatory and optional educational components Educational program “Biomedical Engineering” |url=https://www.europe-science.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sciences-of-Europe-No-131-2023.pdf |place=Prague, Czech Republic |last2=Сухін |first2=В.В. |last3=Чорна |first3=М.О. |last4=Ляшенко |first4=Г.А. |last5=Коршунов |first5=К.С. |lang=uk}} Features include the Hilbert transform function, statistics, color maps, conditional formatting, and multi-axes.{{Citation |last=Carmona |first=Marco |title=7 Free and Open Source Plotting Tools [For Maths and Stats] |date=2021-11-08 |work=It’s FOSS |url=https://itsfoss.com/open-source-plotting-apps/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |language=en}}

History

In 2008, developers of LabPlot and SciDAVis (another Origin clone, forked from QtiPlot) "found their project goals to be very similar" and decided to merge their code into a common backend while maintaining two frontends: LabPlot, integrated with the KDE desktop environment (DE); and SciDAVis, written in DE-independent Qt with fewer dependencies for easier cross-platform use.{{citation|url=http://dot.kde.org/2009/10/16/labplot-and-scidavis-collaborate-future-free-scientific-plotting|title = LabPlot and SciDAVis Collaborate on the Future of Free Scientific Plotting|date = 16 October 2009}}

Starting April 2024, LabPlot received funding from NLnet's NGI0 Core grant to add scripting capabilities (via Python and a public interface), more data analysis functions, and statistical analysis features.{{Citation |title=LabPlot |work=Projects |url=https://nlnet.nl/project/LabPlot/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |publisher=NLnet Foundation}}

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