# daleroberts/itermplot

An awesome iTerm2 backend for Matplotlib, so you can plot directly in your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/daleroberts/itermplot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/itermplot
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: python, iterm2, matplotlib, plot, visualization, command-line
Last push: 2023-06-06T13:11:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3521, "days_push": 1184, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1497, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:53.878032+00:00)

## What it is
itermplot is a Matplotlib backend that renders plots inline directly in the iTerm2 terminal on macOS. It requires no changes to existing Python scripts and supports features like reverse video, TMUX, and animations.

## Use cases
- plot matplotlib figures directly in the terminal
- view charts inline while working in iTerm2 without opening a window
- render matplotlib animations as gifs from the command line
- use matplotlib in tmux sessions with inline plots
- quickly visualize data during interactive python sessions in the shell

## When to choose
- you use iTerm2 on macOS and want zero-friction inline plotting
- you work primarily in the terminal or over SSH and don't want GUI plot windows
- you want to save matplotlib animations as gif files from scripts

## When to avoid
- you don't use iTerm2 (e.g., Linux terminals or other macOS terminal emulators)
- you need publication-quality interactive figures with zoom and pan
- you need a backend that is actively developed with recent Python support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli
- tags: matplotlib-backend, iterm2, terminal-plots, inline-plots, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- daleroberts/itermplot (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.878032+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 2026-08-30T04:33:08.371717+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/daleroberts/itermplot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.878032+00:00, sha 52d13c30ca47)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/itermplot/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:21.578935+00:00, sha f45cdb709778)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.