bqplot/bqplot
Plotting library for IPython/Jupyter notebooks observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 81
- Release rhythm 83
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 2
- age_days: 3994
- days_rel: 118
- days_push: 118
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
3693 stars · 479 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
bqplot is a 2-D plotting library for Jupyter notebooks built on the Grammar of Graphics, where every plot component is an interactive ipywidget. It offers both a matplotlib-like pyplot API and a fully customizable object model API, with plots that update reactively as data changes.
Use cases
- create interactive charts in jupyter notebooks
- build dashboards with jupyter widgets and voila
- plot data that updates in real time in a notebook
- make linked interactive visualizations in python
- brush and select data slices in a chart
- build reusable custom plotting widgets
When to choose
- you work primarily in Jupyter notebooks and want interactive, widget-based plots
- you need charts that respond to data updates or user interactions like brushing and lasso selection
- you want to compose plots with other ipywidgets into GUIs or dashboards
When to avoid
- you need publication-quality static plots outside of notebooks (matplotlib is a better fit)
- you need large-scale web dashboards independent of Jupyter (consider Plotly Dash or Bokeh)
- you rely on JupyterLab <= 2, which requires legacy extension installation
Facets
library · maturity active
data-visualization charts data-visualization data-science web-development python browser jupyter ipywidgets grammar-of-graphics interactive-plots notebook web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/bqplot/bqplot · fetched 2026-08-28 · 31438a331039
- homepage: https://bqplot.github.io/bqplot · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6267ff72a0b9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bqplot/bqplot | main | 86 |
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