| Software |
Example(s) |
Interface |
Licence(s) |
Operating system |
Distinguishing features |
|
|
|
License |
Open Source (yes/no) |
Price |
|
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| Baudline |
 |
GUI |
proprietary |
No, Source available |
free |
Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris |
signal analysis tool |
|
| EJS |
 |
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Creates ODE solving interactive Java applets. Applets are ready to publish |
|
| jHepWork |
 |
GUI, Java, Jython scripting |
LGPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Java) |
Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting |
| FlexPro |
|
|
proprietary |
No |
|
MS Windows only |
|
| FreeMat |
|
|
|
Yes |
Free |
Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
|
| GNU Octave |
 |
GUI, Command line, C, C++, Fortran |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, OS/2 or eComStation |
MATLAB compatible, Built-in ODE and DAE solvers, Extensive user contributed toolboxes |
|
| LabVIEW |
|
|
Proprietary |
No |
|
|
|
| Matlab |
 |
|
Proprietary |
No |
|
|
|
| PDL |
|
|
|
|
free |
Perl Data Language |
|
| S-Lang |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Scilab |
 |
|
CeCILL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Linux |
|
| Scinet Math |
|
|
proprietary |
No |
$499 |
|
High Performance object-based numerical software library for the Microsoft .NET Platform. |
| SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python |
 |
GUI/command line |
BSD/matplotlib |
Yes |
Free |
Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, Windows |
Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting |
|
| Sysquake |
|
GUI, command line |
proprietary |
No |
250$ (LE free) |
Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics |
| Software |
Example(s) |
Interface |
Licence(s) |
Operating system |
Distinguishing features |
|
|
|
License |
Open Source (yes/no) |
Price |
|
|
| ChartGizmo |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
Free |
Any( internet service) |
ChartGizmo service allows to create and publish charts and graphs online |
|
| Descartes (plotting tool) |
|
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Python) |
Inactive as of 2005 |
| DIY Chart homepage |
|
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Unix, Windows, Mac |
DIY Chart Builder - Free online create and design charts and graphs |
| EpsTk |
|
Toolkit for use with Matlab and GNU Octave |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Octave or Matlab) |
|
| GLE |
|
Command line, GUI |
BSD / GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Graphics scripting language |
| GraphPad Prism |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
academic US$450, student US$300 |
Windows, Mac |
|
| Gnuplot |
 |
Command line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk |
own licence |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux, VMS, Ultrix, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, OS-9/68k, Atari ST, BeOS |
Built in scripting language |
| Grace |
 |
Command line, GUI, various APIs |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows (cygwin), Mac(X11), Linux |
Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr |
| Graph |
 |
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows |
|
| Grapholic |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$99[1] |
Windows |
|
| HSB Grapher |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
Free |
Windows, Linux using Wine |
Freeware |
|
| IDPS |
[1] |
GUI, Fortran, C, Python, Socket Server |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux, OS-X, Solaris, OSF1/True64, Windows |
Uses Qt3/Qt4, runs as a server |
| IGOR Pro |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$550[1] |
Windows, Mac, Linux (wine) |
|
| JFreeChart |
 |
GUI, Java, Groovy |
LGPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Java) |
|
| jHepWork |
|
GUI, Java, Jython scripting |
LGPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Java) |
Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting |
| KaleidaGraph |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$200 academic US$140 |
Windows MacOS |
|
|
| KChart |
 |
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux (KDE) |
|
| kst |
 |
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux (KDE), Windows (beta) |
|
| LabPlot |
 |
GUI, Qt scripting |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux (KDE) |
|
| LiveGraph |
 |
GUI |
BSD-style |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Java) |
Real-time plotting; Point-and-click interface; API for data handling |
| MatheGrafix |
 |
GUI |
own license |
No |
Free |
Windows |
an interactive function plotter, which allows users to print, present or embed a large variety of graphs in Office documents |
| MathGV |
|
GUI |
|
No |
Free |
Windows |
Freeware |
| GraphEasyRect |
|
GUI |
|
No |
Free |
Windows,Linux,Mac |
Freeware |
| Nucalc |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$100[1] |
Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X |
|
| OpenPlaG |
 |
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (PHP 5) |
graph plotter |
|
| Origin |
 |
GUI, COM, C/C++ and scripting |
proprietary |
No |
US$
950(std)
1500 (pro)
50(student)[1] |
Windows |
sparklines above worksheet data columns |
| PGPLOT |
|
FORTRAN, C |
|
No |
Free for non commercial |
Windows, Mac, Linux (Fortran) California Institute of Technology |
Inactive as of 2001 |
| Physics Plot |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$100 |
Windows (visualbasic) |
|
| ploticus |
 |
Command line, C |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
plots and charts from data |
|
| PLplot |
 |
Ada, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk |
LGPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets |
| PSI-Plot |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$299 academic US$299 |
Windows |
|
|
| QtiPlot |
|
GUI, Python |
GPL |
Yes |
free if compiled from source |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Python scriptable |
| ROOT |
 |
GUI, C++, Python, Ruby |
LGPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
|
| SciDAVis |
 |
GUI, Python |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Qt4-based GUI, Python scriptable |
| SciGraphica |
|
GUI,Python scriptable |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Linux |
GUI, Python scriptable |
| Scinet Chart |
 |
|
proprietary |
No |
US$119 |
|
Flexible charting component for the MS .NET platform to create 2D and 3D plots of data and functions. |
| SigmaPlot |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
US$749[1] |
Windows |
|
| surf |
|
commind line, GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
|
|
real algebraic geometry vizualization: plotting plane algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces in R^3, ray tracing, transparency (Surf home page) |
|
| SURFER |
|
GUI |
GPL |
Yes |
|
|
derivative of surf (Surfer home page) |
|
| Sympl |
|
GUI, scriptable |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Any (Java) |
Scriptable, interactive plots. Can run as a desktop application or an applet on a web page. |
|
| Tecplot |
 |
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
varies |
Linux, Mac, UNIX, Windows |
Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Turbo Plot |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
Free |
Windows |
x86/x64, Vectored Plots. |
| Veusz homepage |
 |
GUI, Python, Command line |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Unix, Windows, Mac |
Create publication-quality PS/PDF plots |
| Visifire |
|
Independent of Server side Scripting |
GPL |
Yes |
Free |
Windows, Mac |
|
| ChartGo |
|
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
Free |
Any( internet service) |
ChartGo allows users to create charts online fast and free |
|
| XYZ Data Viwer |
 |
GUI |
proprietary |
No |
69.95 |
Windows |
Display in the three-dimensional space tabular function with three arguments z=f(x,y) |
Graphing functionality is included in almost all spreadsheet programs. Some well-known examples are:
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