# dreamRs/esquisse

RStudio add-in to make plots interactively with ggplot2

Repository: https://github.com/dreamRs/esquisse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/esquisse
Homepage: https://dreamrs.github.io/esquisse
Language: R
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: r, ggplot2, addin, data-visualization, visualization, rstudio-addin, rstats
Last push: 2025-02-21T13:20:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 29/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 7, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3232, "days_push": 558, "days_rel": 558, "gap_med": 155, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1859, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.178334+00:00)

## What it is
esquisse is an RStudio add-in that lets users interactively build ggplot2 visualizations through a drag-and-drop interface. It supports bar plots, curves, scatter plots, histograms, boxplots, and sf objects, and can export graphs or generate the reproducible R code.

## Use cases
- create ggplot2 charts without writing code
- interactively explore a data frame with plots
- generate R code for a plot built visually
- make histograms and boxplots quickly in RStudio
- build scatter plots by dragging variables onto aesthetics
- export a finished chart from an interactive builder

## When to choose
- you use R/RStudio and want a GUI for ggplot2
- you're learning ggplot2 and want to see generated code
- you need quick exploratory data visualization
- you want multilingual UI support for a plotting tool

## When to avoid
- you need fully programmatic, scripted plotting pipelines
- you don't use R or RStudio
- you need chart types ggplot2/esquisse doesn't support
- you want a standalone web BI dashboard tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, gui, charts
- domain: data-visualization, data-science, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: ggplot2, rstudio-addin, shiny, interactive-plots, exploratory-data-analysis, rstats, r, rstudio, desktop

## Member repositories
- dreamRs/esquisse (main) score 29

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.178334+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 2026-08-30T03:15:59.390857+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dreamRs/esquisse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.178334+00:00, sha 43672c3d64db)
  - homepage: https://dreamrs.github.io/esquisse (fetched 2026-08-29T10:55:00.516810+00:00, sha 6dd68bdd4d50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.