# veusz/veusz

Veusz scientific plotting application

Repository: https://github.com/veusz/veusz
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/veusz
Homepage: https://veusz.github.io/
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-22T09:04:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5690, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 151, "gap_med": 119, "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 1050, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.003827+00:00)

## What it is
Veusz is a scientific plotting and graphing application with a GUI for creating publication-ready 2D and 3D plots, built from composable plotting widgets. It also works as a Python module, command-line tool, and via scripting/DBUS/SAMP interfaces, exporting to PDF, SVG, PNG, EPS, and EMF.

## Use cases
- create publication-ready figures for a scientific paper
- plot x-y data with error bars from CSV files
- make contour and image plots from HDF5 data
- generate 3D surface plots of a dataset
- script plot generation from Python
- fit a function to measured data
- export graphs as vector PDF or SVG

## When to choose
- you need publication-quality vector output for academic papers
- you want a GUI for plotting rather than writing code
- you need to import scientific formats like FITS or HDF5
- you want to automate figure generation via Python scripting

## When to avoid
- you need interactive dashboards or web-based visualization
- you want quick exploratory plotting in a notebook (matplotlib may fit better)
- you need statistical chart types beyond scientific plotting
- you require a permissive license (Veusz is GPL-2.0)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, charts
- domain: data-visualization, data-science, education
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: scientific-plotting, publication-ready, gui, pdf-export, svg-export, 3d-plots, python-module, qt, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- veusz/veusz (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.003827+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 2026-08-30T07:00:26.071530+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/veusz/veusz (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.003827+00:00, sha fb5316975ea7)
  - homepage: https://veusz.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:02:00.748985+00:00, sha 9b4a11cf3fb6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.