QtiPlot
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 Screenshot of QtiPlot 0.8.5 of 2006 |
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| Original author(s) | Ion Vasilief |
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| Stable release | 0.9.8.9 / 2 November 2011 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Plotting |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html |
QtiPlot is a platform-independent open-source cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. It is similar to the proprietary programs Origin or SigmaPlot[1], and is being used to substitute these in universities[2].
QtiPlot can be used to present 2D and 3D data and has various data analysis functions like curve fitting. Plotting of 3D data can be rendered using OpenGL using the Qwt3D libraries.
The program is also extensible to a considerable degree via muParser and Python scripting language, which allows adding the arbitrary user-defined functions with access to graphs, matrices and data tables.
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), QtiPlot is free software. Compiled binaries are available for Microsoft Windows, several Linux distributions and Mac OS X. Downloading binaries from the author's website requires purchase of an annual maintenance contract, however anyone is allowed to compile and distribute binaries under the GPL. This is the case for some Linux distribution repositories[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as for Windows[10].
[edit] Alternatives
- SciDAVis, forked from QtiPlot in 2007
- LabPlot, another Origin clone
- Fityk more focussed on curve fitting
- peak-o-mat, similar to Fityk
- HippoDraw, focussed on graphing
- Veusz, written in Python
- ParaView, for visualizing huge datasets
[edit] References
- ^ Review article in LinuxLinks. Linuxlinks.com (3 April 2011). Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ University page about QtiPlot. Omnis.if.ufrj.br. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ Archlinux package for QtiPlot[dead link]
- ^ Debian qtiplot package. Pkgs.org. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ Fedora package for QtiPlot. Pkgs.org. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ Mandriva package for QtiPlot. Pkgs.org. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ openSUSE package for QtiPlot. Rpm.pbone.net (18 December 2008). Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ Slackware package for QtiPlot[dead link]
- ^ Ubuntu package for QtiPlot. Pkgs.org. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
- ^ Unofficial QtiPlot Build for Windows. Cells.es. Retrieved on 12 December 2011.
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