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This is a list of notable software to create any kind of information graphics:

Software Example(s) Interface License(s) Initial release year Latest release Operating system Distinguishing features
LicenseOpen source (yes/no)
Kst GUI, CLI GPL Yes 2004 2021, v 2.0.x Linux, macOS, Windows Fast real-time large-dataset plotting and viewing tool with basic data analysis functions
AIDALGPLYes 2001October 2003 / 3.2.1Open interfaces and formats for particle physics data processing
AlgebratorGUIProprietaryNo 19992009 / 4.2Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows2D graphs
BaudlineBaudlineGUIProprietaryNo 2000July 21, 2010 / 1.08FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, SolarisSignal analysis tool
D3jsJavaScript libraryBSDYes 2011August 25, 2018 / 5.7.0web browsers, js enginesstatic and dynamic presentations
DADiSPDADiSPGUI, command line, SPL script languageProprietaryNo 1987January 17, 2017 / 6.7 B02WindowsNumerical analysis and signal processing with a spreadsheet-like interface
DAPGNU-style copyleft[1]Yes 1998April 16, 2014 / 3.10Statistics
DataGraphGUI, command lineProprietaryNo 2006February 17, 2020 / 4.5.1macOS2D graphing, animations, data analysis, linear and non-linear curve fitting
DataSceneGUISharewareNo 2009March 2011 / 3.0.7Linux, Unix/X11, Windows2D & 3D graphing, animated graphs, data analysis, curve fitting, and data monitoring
EditGridGUI (web based)No 2006Any (Web-based application)Online spreadsheet; service to end May 1, 2014
EJSEJSGUIGPLYes 2014Linux, macOS, WindowsCreates ODE solving interactive, ready-to-publish Java applets
Epi InfoGPLYes 1985February 2, 2018 / 7.2.2.6WindowsStatistics
EViewsProprietaryNo 1994June 21, 2017 / 10Statistics
Fitykold screenshotGUI, command lineGPLYes 2004December 19, 2016 / 1.3.1Linux, macOS, Windowsspecialized in curve fitting
FlexProProprietaryNo 19912017MS Windows only
FreeMatFreemat screenshotGPL[2]Yes 2004June 30, 2013 / 4.2Linux, macOS, Windows
FusionChartsFusionChartsGUI (web based), JavaScript Charting LibraryProprietaryNo 2002November 1, 2016 / 3.11.3All Web Browsers (including IE 6), JS EnginesInteractive JavaScript Charts
GeoGebraGeoGebraGUIGPL with non-commercial restriction[3]Yes 2001September 3, 2017 / 6.0.385.0Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows, Androidrendering of geometry, graphs, statistical diagrams, (LaTeX) formula rendering; antialiasing in PNG Export; exports to SVG, EPS, EMF, PNG, PDF
GephiGephiGUIGPLv3 / CDDL 1.0Yes 2008February 14, 2016 / 0.9.1Linux, macOS, WindowsNetworks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs
ggplot2RGPL2Yes 2007December 30, 2016 / 2.2.1Cross-platformBased on The Grammar of Graphics
GrafanaGrafanaGUI (web based)GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Yes2014May 22, 2025 / 12.0.1All Web BrowsersDiagrams, Live Data Analysis, Public Dashboards
GnumericGUIGPL[4]Yes 2001August 19, 2018 / 1.12.43Cross-platformSpreadsheet
GNU OctaveOctaveGUI, command line, C, C++, FortranGPLYes 1993April 13, 2023 / 8.2.0FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), Solaris, Windows, AndroidMATLAB compatible, built-in ODE and DAE solvers, extensive user contributed toolboxes
GnuplotFoucault pendulumCommand line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, third-party GUIsOwn licenseYes 1986June 1, 2023 / 5.4.8Amiga, Atari ST, BeOS, Linux, Mac, DOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), OS-9/68k, Ultrix, Windows, VMS, AndroidBuilt in scripting language
GrADScommand lineGPLYes 1988April 25, 2018 / 2.2.1Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, IBM AIX, DEC Alpha, IRIXVisualization of Earth science data
GraphPad PrismGUIproprietaryNo 1989October 12, 2016 / 7.0bMac, Windows
GraceGrace-screenshotCommand line, GUI, various APIsGPLYes 1998February 14, 2015 / 5.1.25Linux, Mac(X11), Windows (cygwin)Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr
GraphvizDOT languageCPLYes 1991December 25, 2016 / 2.40.1Linux, macOS, Windows
gretlGUIGPLYes 2000September 3, 2018 / 2018cLinux, Mac, WindowsSpecialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R
HippoDrawGPL v2Yes 1992October 2007 / 1.21.3C++-based data analysis system
IGOR ProIGOR ProGUIproprietaryNo 1989April 11, 2019 / 8.0.3Mac, Windows3D and volume visualization, Curve and peak fitting, Signal processing, Image processing
ILNumericsMath library for .NET, C#GPL / proprietaryNo 2006June 11, 2015 / v4.8Windows and LinuxMath library with rich visualization features (interactive 3D scenes, scientific plotting) and MATLAB-like syntax
JFreeChartJFreeChart screenshotGUI, Java, GroovyLGPLYes 2000November 5, 2017 / 1.5.0Any (Java)
JMPSample of six JMP graphsGUI, scriptingproprietaryNo 1989March 9, 2021 / 16.0Mac, WindowsInteractive statistical graphics
Calligra SheetsKChartGUIGPLYes 2010March 21, 2017 / 3.0.1 Linux (KDE)The charting tool of Calligra Suite, an integrated graphic art and office suite developed by KDE
KigGUIGPLYes 2006Geometry diagrams only
LabPlotLabPlot screenshotGUI, Qt, C, C++GNU GPLv2 or laterYes 2001July 16, 2024 / 2.11.1 Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku2D plotting, suitable for creation of publication-ready plots
LabVIEWProprietaryNo 1986May 2017 / 2017Visual circuits modeling
LibreOffice GUI MPL-2.0 Yes 2011 September 8, 2022 / 7.3.6 Linux, macOS, Windows Spreadsheet, Diagrams, Statistical Functions
LiSiCALiSiCAPythonNo 2015 Windows, LinuxLigand-based virtual screening software that searches for 2D and 3D similarities between a reference compound and a database of target compounds
MagicPlotGUIProprietaryNo 2008January 18, 2021 / 3.0Any (Java)Nonlinear fitting, batch processing
MapleMapleGUI, command lineProprietaryNo 1982 May 25, 2017 / 2017Linux, macOS, Windows
MathCadGUIProprietaryNo 1986March 6, 2017 / Prime 4.0, November 2015 / 15.0 M045WindowsSimple GUI driven interface
MathematicaGUI, command line, C++ProprietaryNo 198815.0.0 (June 16, 2026 (2026-06-16)) [±][5]Linux, macOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi[6]Computer algebra, statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language; see Wolfram Language
MATLABMATLABGUIProprietaryNo 1979September 20, 2017 / R2017bLinux, macOS, WindowsMatrix system
MaximaGUI, command lineGPLYes 1982October 3, 2017 / 5.41.0BSD, Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows, AndroidVarious graphical user interfaces, Support LaTeX with GNU TeXmacs and Web frontend with SageMath
MayaViMayaviGUI, Python, scriptable, embeddableBSDYes 2019August 3, 2018 / 4.6.2Linux, macOS, WindowsVisualises computational grids, scalar/vector/tensor data; texture & ray-cast mappers
MedCalcGUIProprietaryNo 1993 August 17, 2017 / 17.9WindowsStatistics
Microsoft ExcelGUIProprietaryNo 1987macOS, WindowsSpreadsheet
NCSSGUIProprietaryNo 1981May 2, 2016 / NCSS 11WindowsStatistical analysis and graphics software
NucalcGUIproprietaryNo 1994Mac OS, macOS, Windows
Numbers (iWork)GUIProprietaryNo 2007March 28, 2017 / 4.1macOSSpreadsheet
OpenDXGUIProprietaryNo 1991January 19, 2006 / 4.4.0Cross-platform
OpenOffice.org CalcGUIGNU LGPLYes 2002January 25, 2011 / 3.3Cross-platformSpreadsheet
OpenPlaGopenPlaGGUIGPLYes 2007June 12, 2018 / 3.5Any (PHP 5)graph plotter to use on websites
OrangeOrangeGUI, Python scriptingGPLYes 1996September 3, 2017 / 3.5Linux, Windows, macOSA visual programming data-flow software suite with widgets for statistical data analysis, interactive data visualization, data mining, and machine learning
OriginGUI, COM, C/C++ and scriptingproprietaryNo 1992June 22, 2017 / 2017 SR2WindowsMulti-layer 2D, 3D, and statistical graphs for science and engineering; built-in digitizing tool; auto-recalculation and reporting; programmable, with access to NAG Numerical Library
ParaViewGUI, Python scriptingGPLYes 2002June 19, 2018 / 5.5.2Linux/Unix, macOS, WindowsParallel scientific and computational fluid dynamics visualizations
Perl Data Language (PDL)PDLArtistic License / GPLYes 1996May 6, 2018 / 2.019Perl Data Language
PGPLOTFORTRAN, CNo 1983February 26, 2001 / 5.2.2Linux, Mac, Windows(Fortran) California Institute of Technology, Inactive as of 2001
ploticusA plot of Wikipedia statistics in PloticusCommand line, CGPLYes 1999May 2013 / 2.42Linux, Mac, Windowsplots and charts from data
PlotlyA plot made using plotlyGUI, command line PythonCommercialNo 2012Any (web-based)plots and charts in browser, web-sharing and exporting, drag-and-drop data import, Python command line
plotutilscommand line, C/C++GPLYes 1989September 27, 2009 / 2.6Linux, Mac, WindowsCollection of command line programs, C/C++ API
PLplot3D surface plotAda, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/TkLGPLYes 2001August 26, 2017 / 5.13.0Linux, Mac, WindowsMany different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets
PSPPGUI, command lineGPLYes 1997August 20, 2017 / 1.0.0Linux, Mac, WindowsStatistical analysis of sampled data; free replacement for SPSS
QtiPlotGUI, PythonproprietaryNo 2004May 31, 2017 / 0.9.9.11Linux, Mac, WindowsPython scriptable
RThird partyGPLYes 1993July 2, 2018 / 3.5.1("Feather Spray")Linux, Mac, WindowsIn addition to base graphics, has a large number of graphics packages including lattice and ggplot2.[7] Interoperabile with other free software packages
ROOTROOT plot showing regions of interest in a 2D distributionGUI, C++, Python, RubyLGPLYes 1994August 23, 2018 / 6.14.04Linux, Mac, WindowsDe facto standard in high energy physics
RRDtoolRRDtoolCommand lineGPLYes 1999May 17, 2017 / 1.7.0Linux, Windows
S-PLUSProprietaryNo 1988November 2010 / 8.2Statistics
S? 1976Statistics
SASProprietaryNo 1972July 10, 2013 / 9.4Statistics
ScilabScilabCeCILLYes 1990February 14, 2019 / 6.0.2Linux, macOS, WindowsMatrix system
SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for PythonmatplotlibPython, GUI, command lineBSD/matplotlibYes 2003June 21, 2017 / 0.19.1, July 6, 2017 / 1.13.1, May 10, 2017 / 2.0.2FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, WindowsExtensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting
SOCRYes 2002Online tool suite for statistical computing
Sonic VisualiserGUIGPLYes 2010August 14, 2018 / 3.1.1Linux, macOS, Windows
SPSSGUI, command lineProprietaryNo 1968August 8, 2017 / 25.0Statistics
StataProprietaryNo 1985June 6, 2017 / 15.0Statistics
StatgraphicsStatgraphicsGUIProprietaryNo 1980July 2015 / 17.1.08 WindowsStatistical package for exploratory data analysis, dynamic data visualization, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement, Six Sigma
Statistical LabYes 2005May 2, 2011 / 3.81
SystatProprietaryNo 1979Statistics
SymPySymPyBSDYes 2007September 14, 2018 / 1.3 Linux, macOS, WindowsPython library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics
SysquakeGUI, command lineProprietaryNo 2001November 5, 2013 / 5.0 Linux, macOS, WindowsMATLAB compatible, interactive graphics
SciDAVisGUI, PythonGPLYes 2007June 4, 2018 / 1.23 Linux, Mac, WindowsQt4-based GUI, Python scriptable
SigmaPlotGUIproprietaryNo 19832014 / 13.0.0 Windows
TAChartCharting librarymodified LGPLYes 2012November 13, 2016 / 1.6.2Linux, macOS, WindowsVery flexible charting component for Lazarus / Free Pascal
TableauGUIProprietaryNo 2003WindowsSpreadsheet
TecplotGUIproprietaryNo 19882016 / 2016 Linux, Mac, Unix, WindowsComputational fluid dynamics
TeechartCharting libraryOpen sourceYes 1995April 26, 2021Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, AndroidFull set of chart types, maps & gauges, interactive, real-time, PNG, JPEG export, cross-browser support, integration with WordPress, Drupal, Node.js, Joomla, TypeScript, NuGet among others
think-cell chartGUIproprietaryNo 2002WindowsSupport for waterfall, Marimekko and Gantt charts; direct integration into Microsoft PowerPoint
VeuszGUI, Python, command lineGPLYes 2007October 11, 2025 / 4.2 WindowsCreate publication-quality PS/PDF plots, Python scripting and plugin interface
VisifireIndependent of server side scriptingProprietaryNo 2008June 5, 2014 / 5.1.7-0 Mac, Windows
VisItGUI, C++, Python, and JavaBSDYes 2002May 2018 / 2.13.2 Linux, Mac, WindowsDesigned to handle very large data sets
WebixJavaScript libraryGPLV3/Proprietary[8]Yes 2013June 27, 2017 / 4.4 Cross platforms, cross browsersJavaScript/HTML5 based; more than 75 widgets and controls; maps; charts; data tables; organograms; gauge charts
WinplotGUIFreewareNo1985Microsoft Windows
World Programming System (WPS Analytics)GUI, command lineProprietaryNo 2002March 2020 / v4.2 AIX, Linux, Linux for Arm8 64-bit (AArch64), macOS, PowerLinux, POWER/System p/pSeries (LE), Windows, Linux for System z, z/OSStatistics; handles very large data sets; supports mixing Python, R, SAS, and SQL languages in one user program
XgraphGUI, command lineProprietaryNo 1985July 2018 / v4.38Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, SolarisInteractive and batch 2D data file plotting
Zoho Office SuiteGUI (web based)ProprietaryNo 2005Any (web-based application)Online spreadsheet

Vector graphics

Vector graphics software can be used for manual graphing or for editing the output of another program; see:

Some online editors using vector graphics for specific needs exist. These creative interfaces work well together with data visualization tools like the ones above.

See also

References

  1. "The Dap Project for Statistics and Graphics". Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. "Homepage". FreeMat website. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. The International GeoGebra Institute (April 2013). "GeoGebra Non-Commercial License Agreement". GeoGebra website. Retrieved 13 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Welcome to Gnumeric!". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. "Launching Version 15 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica: Built-in (Useful) AI & Lots of New Core Functionality". Retrieved 2026-06-16.
  6. Raspberry Pi now includes Mathematica and Wolfram Language for free | The Verge
  7. Lewin-Koh, Nicholas (7 January 2015). "CRAN Task View: Graphic Displays & Dynamic Graphics & Graphic Devices & Visualization".
  8. Webix - Buy