# holoviz/hvplot

A high-level plotting API for pandas, dask, xarray, and networkx built on HoloViews

Repository: https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hvplot
Homepage: https://hvplot.holoviz.org
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: holoviz, holoviews, plotting, datashader
Last push: 2026-08-24T15:41:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 50, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3089, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 258, "gap_med": 75.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1356, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.265548+00:00)

## What it is
hvPlot is a high-level plotting API for the PyData ecosystem, providing a familiar .hvplot() interface for pandas, dask, xarray, geopandas, and networkx objects. It is built on HoloViews and Bokeh to generate interactive visualizations with minimal code.

## Use cases
- plot a pandas dataframe interactively
- visualize large dask datasets with datashader
- make quick interactive plots from xarray data
- replace matplotlib one-liners with interactive charts
- plot networkx graphs in a notebook
- build exploratory data analysis visualizations in Jupyter

## When to choose
- you want interactive plots from pandas/xarray/dask objects with minimal code
- you need to visualize large datasets that require datashader rasterization
- you are working in notebooks and want a consistent plotting API across data structures

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained low-level control over plot rendering
- you need static publication-quality figures rather than interactive output
- your project does not use the PyData ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, data-science
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: pandas, dask, xarray, holoviews, datashader, plotting-api, interactive-plots

## Member repositories
- holoviz/hvplot (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.265548+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 2026-08-30T04:41:54.676439+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.265548+00:00, sha d55761b35959)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/hvplot/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:08.551887+00:00, sha 877eedb4a1da)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.