# glamp/bashplotlib

plotting in the terminal

Repository: https://github.com/glamp/bashplotlib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bashplotlib
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-23T22:00:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5011, "days_push": 801, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1920, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.136947+00:00)

## What it is
bashplotlib is a Python package and command-line tool for drawing basic plots (histograms and scatter plots) directly in the terminal using ASCII characters. It works both as CLI commands (hist, scatter) and as an importable Python library, accepting data from files or stdin.

## Use cases
- plot histograms in the terminal
- draw scatter plots without a GUI
- pipe command output into a chart
- visualize numeric data over ssh
- quickly inspect a data file's distribution

## When to choose
- you need quick data visualization in a terminal-only environment
- you want zero-dependency ASCII charts from pip
- you're working over ssh without a display

## When to avoid
- you need interactive, publication-quality, or GUI charts
- you need line charts or trendlines (not yet supported)
- you need rich styling or per-point colors

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, cli
- domain: data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-plots, histogram, scatterplot, ascii-charts, stdin-piping, command-line

## Member repositories
- glamp/bashplotlib (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.136947+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:09:49.069261+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/glamp/bashplotlib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.136947+00:00, sha b5633e819d8b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/bashplotlib/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:09.087157+00:00, sha 070aca3afa93)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.