# JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl

Unicode-based scientific plotting for working in the terminal

Repository: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/unicodeplotsjl
Homepage: https://juliaplots.org/UnicodePlots.jl
Language: Julia
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: plotting, julia, repl, terminal, plots, unicode
Last push: 2026-07-15T16:35:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4037, "days_push": 49, "days_rel": 80, "gap_med": 29.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- 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 1541, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.604463+00:00)

## What it is
A Julia library for rendering scientific plots using Unicode characters directly in the terminal or REPL. It supports line plots, scatter plots, bar charts, histograms, heatmaps, and more without any GUI dependencies.

## Use cases
- plot data in the terminal
- visualize data in a REPL session
- draw charts over SSH without X11
- quickly inspect arrays and functions while coding
- add lightweight plots to CLI tools
- render histograms and scatter plots in a notebook-free workflow

## When to choose
- you work in Julia and need plots inside the REPL or terminal
- you're on a headless server or SSH session with no display
- you want zero-dependency, fast, text-based visualization
- you're building a CLI tool that needs inline charts

## When to avoid
- you need publication-quality or interactive graphical plots
- you need rich styling, legends, or export to image formats
- you're not working in Julia
- you need large datasets rendered with high fidelity

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, jvm
- tags: julia, terminal-plots, unicode, repl, scientific-plotting, command-line

## Member repositories
- JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.604463+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 2026-08-30T04:30:46.839805+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.604463+00:00, sha 4c84d0bf79ae)
  - homepage: https://juliaplots.org/UnicodePlots.jl (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:05.539529+00:00, sha 0d42beeeee0c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.