List of information graphics software#Plotting programs (graphing programs)

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This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics:

• either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
• either it is provided specifically for information visualization

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rowspan="2" | Software ! rowspan="2" | Example(s) ! rowspan="2" | Interface ! colspan="2" | License(s) ! rowspan="2" | Initial release year ! rowspan="2" | Latest release ! rowspan="2" | Operating system ! rowspan="2" | Distinguishing features
License	Open source (yes/no)
Kst | |GUI, CLI |GPL |{{Yes}} |2004 |2021, v 2.0.x |Linux, macOS, Windows | Fast real-time large-dataset plotting and viewing tool with basic data analysis functions
AIDA			LGPL	{{Yes}} | 2001	{{dts|2003|10}} / 3.2.1		Open interfaces and formats for particle physics data processing
Algebrator		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1999	{{dts|2009}} / 4.2	Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows	2D graphs
Baudline	File:Baudline spectro1.png	GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 2000	{{dts|2010|07|21}} / 1.08	FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Solaris	Signal analysis tool
D3js		JavaScript library	BSD	{{yes}} | 2011	{{dts|2018|08|25}} / 5.7.0	web browsers, js engines	static and dynamic presentations
DADiSP	File:Dadisp01.png	GUI, command line, SPL script language	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1987	{{dts|2017|01|17}} / 6.7 B02	Windows	Numerical analysis and signal processing with a spreadsheet-like interface
DAP			GNU-style copyleft{{cite web |title=The Dap Project for Statistics and Graphics |url=https://www.gnu.org/software/dap/ |access-date=22 April 2016}}	{{yes}} | 1998	{{dts|2014|04|16}} / 3.10		Statistics
DataGraph		GUI, command line	Proprietary	{{no}} | 2006	{{dts|2020|02|17}} / 4.5.1	macOS	2D graphing, animations, data analysis, linear and non-linear curve fitting
DataScene		GUI	Shareware	{{No}} | 2009	{{dts|2011|03}} / 3.0.7	Linux, Unix/X11, Windows	2D & 3D graphing, animated graphs, data analysis, curve fitting, and data monitoring
EditGrid		GUI (web based)		{{No}} | 2006		Any (Web-based application)	Online spreadsheet; service to end May 1, 2014
EJS	File:HomePageEjsSplash.png	GUI	GPL	{{Yes}} | 2014		Linux, macOS, Windows	Creates ODE solving interactive, ready-to-publish Java applets
Epi Info			GPL	{{yes}} | 1985	{{dts|2018|02|02}} / 7.2.2.6	Windows	Statistics
EViews			Proprietary	{{no}} | 1994	{{dts|2017|06|21}} / 10		Statistics
Fityk	File:Fityk screenshot.png	GUI, command line	GPL	{{yes}} | 2004	{{dts|2016|12|19}} / 1.3.1	Linux, macOS, Windows	specialized in curve fitting
FlexPro			Proprietary	{{No}} | 1991	2017	MS Windows only
FreeMat	File:FreeMat.gif		GPL{{Cite web|url=http://freemat.sourceforge.net/#faq |title=Homepage |access-date=13 January 2014 |website=FreeMat website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207083154/http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ |archive-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}	{{Yes}} | 2004	{{dts|2013|06|30}} / 4.2	Linux, macOS, Windows
FusionCharts	File:JavaScript Charting Library.jpg	GUI (web based), JavaScript Charting Library	Proprietary	{{No}} | 2002	{{dts|2016|11|01}} / 3.11.3	All Web Browsers (including IE 6), JS Engines	Interactive JavaScript Charts
GeoGebra	File:Geogebra software.png	GUI	GPL with non-commercial restriction{{Cite web|url=http://www.geogebra.org/cms/en/license/162 |title=GeoGebra Non-Commercial License Agreement |website=GeoGebra website |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140113222610/http://www.geogebra.org/cms/en/license/162 |last=The International GeoGebra Institute |date=April 2013 |url-status=dead}}	{{yes}} | 2001	{{dts|2017|09|03}} / 6.0.385.0	Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows, Android	Very good for rendering geometry, graphs, statistical diagrams, (LaTeX) formula rendering; all antialiased in PNG Export; exports to SVG, EPS, EMF, PNG, PDF
Gephi	File:Gephi 0.9.1 Network Analysis and Visualization Software.png	GUI	GPLv3 / {{nowrap|CDDL 1.0}}	{{yes}} | 2008	{{dts|2016|02|14}} / 0.9.1	Linux, macOS, Windows	Networks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs
ggplot2		R	GPL2	{{yes}} | 2007	{{dts|2016|12|30}} / 2.2.1	Cross-platform	Based on The Grammar of Graphics
Grafana |thumb |GUI (web based) |GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | {{Yes}} |2014 |August 1 2022 / 9.0.6 |All Web Browsers |Diagrams, Live Data Analysis, Public Dashboards
Gnumeric		GUI	GPL{{Cite web|url=https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/#content|title=Welcome to Gnumeric!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216003611/https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/#content|archive-date=16 December 2013|access-date=13 January 2014}}	{{Yes}} | 2001	{{dts|2018|08|19}} / 1.12.43	Cross-platform	Spreadsheet
GNU Octave	File:Octave session.png	GUI, command line, C, C++, Fortran	GPL	{{Yes}} | 1993	{{dts|2023|04|13}} / 8.2.0	FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), Solaris, Windows, Android	MATLAB compatible, built-in ODE and DAE solvers, extensive user contributed toolboxes
Gnuplot	File:Foucault-anim.gif	Command line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, third-party GUIs	Own license	{{yes}} | 1986	{{dts|2023|06|01}} / 5.4.8	Amiga, Atari ST, BeOS, Linux, Mac, DOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), OS-9/68k, Ultrix, Windows, VMS, Android	Built in scripting language
GrADS		command line	GPL	{{yes}} | 1988	{{dts|2018|04|25}} / 2.2.1	Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, IBM AIX, DEC Alpha, IRIX	Visualization of Earth science data
GraphPad Prism		GUI	proprietary	{{no}} | 1989	{{dts|2016|10|12}} / 7.0b	Mac, Windows
Grace	File:Grace-screenshot.png	Command line, GUI, various APIs	GPL	{{yes}} | 1998	{{dts|2015|02|14}} / 5.1.25	Linux, Mac(X11), Windows (cygwin)	Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr
Graphviz		DOT language	CPL	{{yes}} | 1991	{{dts|2016|12|25}} / 2.40.1	Linux, macOS, Windows
gretl		GUI	GPL	{{yes}} | 2000	{{dts|2018|09|03}} / 2018c	Linux, Mac, Windows	Specialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R
HippoDraw			GPL v2	{{yes}} | 1992	{{dts|2007|10}} / 1.21.3		C++-based data analysis system
IGOR Pro	File:IGOR Pro sample plot.png	GUI	proprietary	{{no}} | 1989	{{dts|2019|04|11}} / 8.0.3	Mac, Windows	3D and volume visualization, Curve and peak fitting, Signal processing, Image processing
ILNumerics		Math library for .NET, C#	GPL / proprietary	{{No}} | 2006	{{dts|2015|06|11}} / v4.8	Windows and Linux	Math library with rich visualization features (interactive 3D scenes, scientific plotting) and MATLAB-like syntax
JFreeChart	File:JFree-screenshot.png	GUI, Java, Groovy	LGPL	{{yes}} | 2000	{{dts|2017|11|05}} / 1.5.0	Any (Java)
JMP	File:JMP Graph Sample.png	GUI, scripting	proprietary	{{no}} | 1989	{{dts|2021|03|09}} / 16.0	Mac, Windows	Interactive statistical graphics
Calligra Sheets	File:KChart-screenshot.png	GUI	GPL	{{yes}} | 2010	{{dts|2017|03|21}} / 3.0.1	Linux (KDE)	The charting tool of Calligra Suite, an integrated graphic art and office suite developed by KDE
Kig		GUI	GPL	{{yes}} | 2006			Geometry diagrams only
LabPlot	File:LabPlot 2.9.0 Screenshot.png	GUI, Qt, C, C++	GNU GPLv2 or later	{{yes}} | 2001	{{dts|2024|07|16}} / 2.11.1 | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku	2D plotting, suitable for creation of publication-ready plots
LabVIEW			Proprietary	{{No}} | 1986	{{dts|2017|05}} / 2017		Visual circuits modeling
LibreOffice |thumb |GUI |MPL-2.0 |{{Yes}} |2011 |September 8, 2022 / 7.3.6 |Linux, macOS, Windows |Spreadsheet, Diagrams, Statistical Functions
LiSiCA	File:LiSiCA 2d output.png	Python		{{No}} |2015 |	Windows, Linux	Ligand-based virtual screening software that searches for 2D and 3D similarities between a reference compound and a database of target compounds
MagicPlot		GUI	Proprietary	{{no}} | 2008	{{dts|2021|01|18}} / 3.0	Any (Java)	Nonlinear fitting, batch processing
Maple	File:MaplePlot.jpeg	GUI, command line	Proprietary	{{no}} |1982 |{{dts|2017|05|25}} / 2017	Linux, macOS, Windows
MathCad		GUI	Proprietary	{{no}} | 1986	{{dts|2017|03|06}} / Prime 4.0, {{dts|2015|11}} / 15.0 M045	Windows	Simple GUI driven interface
Mathematica	File:Mathematica Image.png	GUI, command line, C++	Proprietary	{{no}} | 1988	{{Latest stable software release/Mathematica}}	Linux, macOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi[https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130394/raspberry-pi-includes-mathematica-wolfram-language-free Raspberry Pi now includes Mathematica and Wolfram Language for free | The Verge]	Computer algebra, statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language; see Wolfram Language
MATLAB	File:MATLAB mesh sinc3D.svg	GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1979	{{dts|2017|09|20}} / R2017b	Linux, macOS, Windows	Matrix system
Maxima		GUI, command line	GPL	{{yes}} | 1982	{{dts|2017|10|03}} / 5.41.0	BSD, Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows, Android	Various graphical user interfaces, Support LaTeX with GNU TeXmacs and Web frontend with SageMath
MayaVi	File:Mayavi.png	GUI, Python, scriptable, embeddable	BSD	{{Yes}} | 2019	{{dts|2018|08|03}} / 4.6.2	Linux, macOS, Windows	Visualises computational grids, scalar/vector/tensor data; texture & ray-cast mappers
MedCalc		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} |1993	{{dts|2017|08|17}} / 17.9	Windows	Statistics
Microsoft Excel		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1987		macOS, Windows	Spreadsheet
NCSS		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1981	{{dts|2016|05|02}} / NCSS 11	Windows	Statistical analysis and graphics software
Nucalc		GUI	proprietary	{{no}} | 1994		Mac OS, macOS, Windows
Numbers (iWork)		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 2007	{{dts|2017|03|28}} / 4.1	macOS	Spreadsheet
OpenDX		GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1991	{{dts|2006|01|19}} / 4.4.0	Cross-platform
OpenOffice.org Calc		GUI	GNU LGPL	{{Yes}} | 2002	{{dts|2011|01|25}} / 3.3	Cross-platform	Spreadsheet
OpenPlaG	File:OpenPlaG1.png	GUI	GPL	{{yes}} | 2007	{{dts|2018|06|12}} / 3.5	Any (PHP 5)	graph plotter to use on websites
Orange	File:Paint Data - example workflow.png	GUI, Python scripting	GPL	{{yes}} | 1996	{{dts|2017|09|03}} / 3.5	Linux, Windows, macOS	A visual programming data-flow software suite with widgets for statistical data analysis, interactive data visualization, data mining, and machine learning
Origin		GUI, COM, C/C++ and scripting	proprietary	{{no}} | 1992	{{dts|2017|06|22}} / 2017 SR2	Windows	Multi-layer 2D, 3D, and statistical graphs for science and engineering; built-in digitizing tool; auto-recalculation and reporting; programmable, with access to NAG Numerical Library
ParaView		GUI, Python scripting	GPL	{{Yes}} | 2002	{{dts|2018|06|19}} / 5.5.2	Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows	Parallel scientific and computational fluid dynamics visualizations
Perl Data Language (PDL)	File:Pdl-plot.png		Artistic License / GPL	{{Yes}} | 1996	{{dts|2018|05|06}} / 2.019	Perl Data Language
PGPLOT		FORTRAN, C		{{no}} | 1983	{{dts|2001|02|26}} / 5.2.2	Linux, Mac, Windows	(Fortran) California Institute of Technology, Inactive {{as of|2001|lc=y}}
ploticus	File:Ploticus wikipedia stats.png	Command line, C	GPL	{{yes}} | 1999	{{dts|2013|05}} / 2.42	Linux, Mac, Windows	plots and charts from data
Plotly	File:Plotly screenshot.png	GUI, command line Python	Commercial	{{no}} | 2012		Any (web-based)	plots and charts in browser, web-sharing and exporting, drag-and-drop data import, Python command line
plotutils		command line, C/C++	GPL	{{yes}} | 1989	{{dts|2009|09|27}} / 2.6	Linux, Mac, Windows	Collection of command line programs, C/C++ API
PLplot	File:Plplot.png	Ada, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk	LGPL	{{yes}} | 2001	{{dts|2017|08|26}} / 5.13.0	Linux, Mac, Windows	Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets
PSPP		GUI, command line	GPL	{{yes}} | 1997	{{dts|2017|08|20}} / 1.0.0	Linux, Mac, Windows	Statistical analysis of sampled data; free replacement for SPSS
QtiPlot		GUI, Python	proprietary	{{no}} | 2004	{{dts|2017|05|31}} / 0.9.9.11	Linux, Mac, Windows	Python scriptable
R	150px	Third party	GPL	{{yes}} | 1993	{{dts|2018|07|02}} / 3.5.1("Feather Spray")	Linux, Mac, Windows	In addition to base graphics, has a large number of graphics packages including lattice and ggplot2.{{cite web|url=https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Graphics.html|title=CRAN Task View: Graphic Displays & Dynamic Graphics & Graphic Devices & Visualization|date =7 January 2015|last1=Lewin-Koh|first1=Nicholas}} Interoperabile with other free software packages
ROOT	File:2D ROI.jpg	GUI, C++, Python, Ruby	LGPL	{{yes}} | 1994	{{dts|2018|08|23}} / 6.14.04	Linux, Mac, Windows	De facto standard in high energy physics
RRDtool	File:Rrddemo.png	Command line	GPL	{{Yes}} | 1999	{{dts|2017|05|17}} / 1.7.0	Linux, Windows
S-PLUS			Proprietary	{{No}} | 1988	{{dts|2010|11}} / 8.2		Statistics
S				{{dunno}} | 1976			Statistics
SAS			Proprietary	{{No}} | 1972	{{dts|2013|07|10}} / 9.4		Statistics
Scilab	File:Scilab en.png		CeCILL	{{Yes}} | 1990	{{dts|2019|02|14}} / 6.0.2	Linux, macOS, Windows	Matrix system
SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python	File:Logarithmic Spiral Pylab.svg	Python, GUI, command line	BSD/matplotlib	{{Yes}} | 2003	{{dts|2017|06|21}} / 0.19.1, {{dts|2017|07|06}} / 1.13.1, {{dts|2017|05|10}} / 2.0.2	FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows	Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting
SOCR				{{Yes}} | 2002			Online tool suite for statistical computing
Sonic Visualiser		GUI	GPL	{{Yes}} | 2010	{{dts|2018|08|14}} / 3.1.1	Linux, macOS, Windows
SPSS		GUI, command line	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1968	{{dts|2017|08|08}} / 25.0		Statistics
Stata			Proprietary	{{No}} | 1985	{{dts|2017|06|06}} / 15.0		Statistics
Statgraphics	File:Response plot.png	GUI	Proprietary	{{No}} | 1980	{{dts|2015|07

} / 17.1.08

|| Windows || Statistical package for exploratory data analysis, dynamic data visualization, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement, Six Sigma

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| Statistical Lab || || || || {{Yes}}

| 2005 || {{dts|2011|05|02}} / 3.81

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|Systat || || || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 1979 || || || Statistics

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| SymPy || File:Sympy plot screenshot.png || || BSD || {{Yes}}

| 2007 || {{dts|2018|09|14}} / 1.3

|| Linux, macOS, Windows || Python library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics

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| Sysquake || || GUI, command line || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 2001 || {{dts|2013|11|05}} / 5.0

|| Linux, macOS, Windows || MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics

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|SciDAVis || 150px || GUI, Python || GPL || {{yes}}

| 2007 || {{dts|2018|06|04}} / 1.23

|| Linux, Mac, Windows || Qt4-based GUI, Python scriptable

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| SigmaPlot || || GUI || proprietary || {{no}}

| 1983 || {{dts|2014 ||}} / 13.0.0

|| Windows ||

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| TAChart || 150px || Charting library|| modified LGPL || {{Yes}}

| 2012 || {{dts|2016|11|13}} / 1.6.2 || Linux, macOS, Windows || Very flexible charting component for Lazarus / Free Pascal

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|Tableau || || GUI || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 2003 || || Windows || Spreadsheet

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| Tecplot || 150px || GUI || proprietary || {{no}}

| 1988 || {{dts|2016 ||}} / 2016

|| Linux, Mac, Unix, Windows || Computational fluid dynamics

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| Teechart || 150px || Charting library|| Open source || {{Yes}}

| 1995 || {{dts|2021|04|26}} || Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android || Full set of chart types, maps & gauges, interactive, real-time, PNG, JPEG export, cross-browser support, integration with WordPress, Drupal, Node.js, Joomla, TypeScript, NuGet among others

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| think-cell chart || || GUI || proprietary || {{No}}

| 2002 || || Windows || Support for waterfall, Marimekko and Gantt charts; direct integration into Microsoft PowerPoint

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| Veusz || 150px || GUI, Python, command line || GPL || {{yes}}

| 2007 || {{dts|2021|10|07}} / 3.4

|| Windows || Create publication-quality PS/PDF plots, Python scripting and plugin interface

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| Visifire || || Independent of server side scripting || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 2008 || {{dts|2014|06|05}} / 5.1.7-0

|| Mac, Windows||

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|VisIt || 150px || GUI, C++, Python, and Java || BSD || {{yes}}

| 2002 || {{dts|2018|05|}} / 2.13.2

|| Linux, Mac, Windows|| Designed to handle very large data sets

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| Webix || || JavaScript library || GPLV3/Proprietary[http://webix.com/licenses/ Webix - Buy] || {{Yes}}

| 2013 || {{dts|2017|06|27}} / 4.4

|| Cross platforms, cross browsers || JavaScript/HTML5 based; more than 75 widgets and controls; maps; charts; data tables; organograms; gauge charts

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| Winplot || || GUI || Freeware || {{No}} || 1985 || ||Microsoft Windows||

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|World Programming System (WPS Analytics) || || GUI, command line || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 2002 || {{dts|2020|03|}} / v4.2

||AIX, Linux, Linux for Arm8 64-bit (AArch64), macOS, PowerLinux, POWER/System p/pSeries (LE), Windows, Linux for System z, z/OS|| Statistics; handles very large data sets; supports mixing Python, R, SAS, and SQL languages in one user program

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|Xgraph || || GUI, command line || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 1985 || {{dts|2018|07}} / v4.38 || Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, Solaris || Interactive and batch 2D data file plotting

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| Zoho Office Suite || || GUI (web based) || Proprietary || {{No}}

| 2005 || || Any (web-based application) || Online spreadsheet

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