# JuliaPlots/Plots.jl

Powerful convenience for Julia visualizations and data analysis

Repository: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plotsjl
Homepage: https://docs.juliaplots.org
Language: Julia
License Family: other
Topics: julia, plotting, visualization, julia-language, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T13:46:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4026, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 8.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1949, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:58.069417+00:00)

## What it is
Plots.jl is a Julia metapackage providing a unified, high-level interface for creating visualizations across multiple plotting backends. It is part of a monorepo that also hosts RecipesBase, RecipesPipeline, PlotsBase, GraphRecipes, and StatsPlots.

## Use cases
- plot data in julia
- create line and scatter plots
- visualize statistical distributions
- make heatmaps and contour plots
- switch plotting backends without changing code
- plot graphs and networks
- create publication-quality figures

## When to choose
- you are working in Julia and need a single consistent plotting API
- you want to swap between backends like GR, Plotly, or PyPlot easily
- you need statistical or graph plotting recipes

## When to avoid
- you need a plotting library in another language
- you require fine-grained control over a specific backend's native features
- you need a license-guaranteed dependency since no license is specified

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, data-science, programming-languages
- platform: jvm-scripting, cross-platform
- tags: julia, plotting, visualization, plots-api, multiple-backends

## Member repositories
- JuliaPlots/Plots.jl (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.069417+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 2026-08-30T03:06:53.803731+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.069417+00:00, sha 8a2f0b873a6c)
  - homepage: https://docs.juliaplots.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:37.676614+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.