epezent/implot

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6202 stars · 690 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ImPlot is an immediate mode, GPU-accelerated plotting library built on Dear ImGui for rendering interactive real-time charts in C++ applications. It offers line, scatter, bar, heatmap, histogram, and pie plots with zoom, pan, and query controls while requiring no dependencies beyond ImGui.

Use cases

• plot real-time sensor data in a C++ desktop app
• add interactive charts to an ImGui-based tool
• visualize program data with minimal code
• render heatmaps and histograms in a game engine editor
• build a live dashboard with zoomable plots
• create candlestick or time-series plots in C++

When to choose

• your app already uses Dear ImGui and needs plotting
• you need real-time, high-performance GPU-rendered charts
• you want a lightweight C++ plotting library with no external dependencies
• you need interactive zoom, pan, and query controls

When to avoid

• you need publication-quality static plots for reports
• you want a standalone plotting tool without ImGui
• your project is Python or web-based rather than C++
• you need extensive chart types like 3D surface plots

Facets

library · maturity active

data-visualization charts ui-components graphics data-visualization developer-tools graphics cpp cross-platform imgui immediate-mode plotting gpu-accelerated real-time-plots desktop

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