enthought/mayavi
3D visualization of scientific data in Python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 64
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5700
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1407 stars · 316 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mayavi is a Python library and application for interactive 2D and 3D scientific data visualization, built on top of the VTK toolkit. It offers both a rich GUI application and a simple scripting interface (mlab) for plotting scalar, vector, and tensor data.
Use cases
- visualize 3d scientific data in python
- plot volumetric scalar and vector fields
- replace matlab 3d plotting with numpy-based scripts
- embed a 3d visualization engine in a python application
- render vtk datasets and export images
- interactively explore simulation or medical imaging data
When to choose
- you need interactive 3D visualization of numpy or VTK data in Python
- you want Matlab-like 3D plotting via a simple mlab API
- you need an embeddable visualization engine or GUI application with pipeline editing
When to avoid
- you only need lightweight 2D plots (use matplotlib)
- you want web-based or notebook-first 3D rendering (consider pyvista/plotly)
- you cannot install heavy dependencies like VTK and a Qt/wx GUI toolkit
Facets
library · maturity active
data-visualization gui image-processing data-visualization data-science graphics python cross-platform windows vtk 3d-plotting mlab scientific-plotting enthought-tool-suite numpy scientific-computing linux macos
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/enthought/mayavi · fetched 2026-08-28 · faf5188bd6e3
- homepage: http://docs.enthought.com/mayavi/mayavi/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c4f8a634f073
- site_page: http://docs.enthought.com/mayavi/mayavi/installation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · abc374bae0b5
- site_page: http://docs.enthought.com/mayavi/mayavi/misc.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8cabcca04c5a
- site_page: http://docs.enthought.com/mayavi/mayavi/changes.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 357002854c0d
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/mayavi/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1ee06870dc64
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| enthought/mayavi | main | 86 |
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