# plotters-rs/plotters

A rust drawing library for high quality data plotting for both WASM and native, statically and realtimely 🦀 📈🚀

Repository: https://github.com/plotters-rs/plotters
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plotters
Homepage: https://plotters-rs.github.io/home/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, visualization, plotting, webassembly, science, graphing, data-plotting, rust-crate, plot
Last push: 2026-04-13T12:44:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2688, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4615, forks 320 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.102502+00:00)

## What it is
Plotters is a pure Rust drawing library focused on rendering figures, plots, and charts for both native and WebAssembly targets. It supports multiple backends including bitmaps, vector graphics, GUI windows (Piston, GTK/Cairo), and the web.

## Use cases
- plot line charts and histograms in Rust
- render data plots to PNG or SVG files
- draw real-time charts in a desktop window
- display charts in a WebAssembly web app
- visualize scientific data from a Rust program
- embed plotting into a Jupyter notebook via evcxr

## When to choose
- you need high-quality static or real-time plots in Rust
- you want the same plotting code to work natively and in the browser via WASM
- you need multiple output backends like bitmap, SVG, or GUI windows

## When to avoid
- you need interactive dashboards or tooltips rather than rendered figures
- you are working in Python and prefer matplotlib-style tooling
- you need a console-based plotting backend out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, charts, graphics
- domain: data-visualization, data-science, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: rust, wasm, cross-platform, windows
- tags: plotting, rust-crate, charting, webassembly, realtime-plotting, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- plotters-rs/plotters (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.102502+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 2026-08-29T18:19:41.062236+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/plotters-rs/plotters (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.102502+00:00, sha f12401c9b66c)
  - homepage: https://plotters-rs.github.io/home/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:29.997019+00:00, sha 448e3495ad6d)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/plotters (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:30.005884+00:00, sha 98162cafe474)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.