# piccolomo/plotext

plotting on terminal

Repository: https://github.com/piccolomo/plotext
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plotext
Homepage: https://plotext.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-23T17:26:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2509, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2180, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:23.225824+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library that draws plots directly inside the terminal as colored text, with no dependencies beyond itself. It supports scatter, line, bar, histogram, heatmap, and candlestick charts, plus images, videos, and live streaming plots.

## Use cases
- plot data directly in the terminal
- visualize data over ssh without a GUI
- draw charts in a python cli tool
- stream live updating plots in the console
- display images and videos in the terminal
- quickly inspect csv data as a chart

## When to choose
- you work primarily in the terminal or over SSH
- you need zero-dependency plotting in a CLI application
- you want lightweight charts without a display server

## When to avoid
- you need publication-quality or interactive GUI charts
- you need advanced statistical plotting like seaborn provides

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-plots, ascii-art, matplotlib-alternative, streaming-plots, command-line

## Member repositories
- piccolomo/plotext (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.225824+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 2026-08-30T02:48:44.095747+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/piccolomo/plotext (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.225824+00:00, sha 439ba2eb6cae)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/plotext/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:05.448385+00:00, sha 3a883d68fc7f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.