# tenox7/ttyplot

a realtime plotting utility for terminal/console with data input from stdin

Repository: https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ttyplot
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: plot, stdin, pipe, pipeline, chart, graph, realtime, snmp, sar, ping, commandline, cli, cli-app, command-line-tool, console, snmp-network-throughput, snmpget, cpu, console-tool
Last push: 2026-07-28T04:32:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2883, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": 50, "gap_med": 22, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1375, forks 49 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.127218+00:00)

## What it is
ttyplot is a realtime terminal plotting utility written in C that reads numeric data from stdin or a Unix pipeline and renders live text-mode charts. It supports rate calculation for counters, two graphs per display, and experimental braille/block element rendering.

## Use cases
- plot ping latency in the terminal in real time
- visualize CPU or memory usage from vmstat or free
- graph SNMP network throughput from snmpget
- chart any streaming numeric data piped from a command
- monitor load average or wifi signal strength live

## When to choose
- you want quick realtime charts of command output without leaving the terminal
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free plotting tool for servers over SSH
- you want to visualize metrics from tools like ping, sar, vmstat, or snmpget

## When to avoid
- you need rich interactive charts, zooming, or export to image formats
- you want GUI or web-based dashboards
- you need long-term metric storage and historical graphs

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, charts, cli, monitoring
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring, data-visualization
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-ui, realtime-plotting, stdin-pipeline, ascii-charts, c, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tenox7/ttyplot (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.127218+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 2026-08-30T04:40:35.477549+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.127218+00:00, sha bb47a81df771)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.