GnuPlot Alternatives

GnuPlot is described as 'Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility. It was originally intended as to allow scientists and students to visualize mathematical functions and data. It does this job pretty well, but has grown to support many non-interactive' and is a popular graphing calculator in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GnuPlot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best GnuPlot alternative is GNU Octave, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GnuPlot are MATLAB, GeoGebra, Matplotlib and OriginPro.

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  1. GNU Octave icon
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    Octave is a computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB . It is part of the GNU Project. It is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

    68 GNU Octave alternatives

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  2. MATLAB icon
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    High-level environment supporting numerical computation, visualization, matrix operations, algorithm development, custom interfaces, integration with external languages, symbolic and model-based simulation, and specialized toolboxes for fields like engineering.

    90 MATLAB alternatives

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  3. GeoGebra icon
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    GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.

    41 GeoGebra alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  4. Matplotlib icon
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    Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. Matplotlib makes easy things easy and hard things possible.

    53 Matplotlib alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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  5. OriginPro icon
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    Data analysis and graphing software for scientists and engineers. It provides You with dozens of functionalities and options. The plotting engine is very effective and the plots are of high quality. A lot of statistical functionalities make data analysis very easy even for those...

    54 OriginPro alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  6. LabPlot icon
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    LabPlot is a free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals.

    43 LabPlot alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • FreeBSD
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  7. Desmos icon
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    Explore math with the fast and powerful Desmos Graphing Calculator. Plot any equation, from lines and parabolas to derivatives and Fourier series. Add sliders to demonstrate function transformations, create tables to input and plot data, animate your graphs, and more—all for...

    15 Desmos alternatives

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    • Free Personal
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    • Online
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  8. Graph icon
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    Graph is an open source application used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system. Anyone who wants to draw graphs of functions will find this program useful. The program makes it very easy to visualize a function and paste it into another program.

    50 Graph alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. python(x,y) icon
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    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

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    • Discontinued

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  10. SciDaVis icon
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    SciDAVis is a free application for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization. It's an application aimed at data analysis and

    41 SciDaVis alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  11. Delineate provides facilities to edit and draw graphs specified in the DOT language It is designed to be a simple and intuitive tool for creating and editing graphs, with a focus on the user experience.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  12. Grapher icon
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    With Grapher, you can graph equations and data sets and visualize the results on your Mac in real time. Grapher displays algebraic relations, both implicit and explicit, in 2D and 3D. You can use a variety of coordinate systems and choose from a wide array of mathematical...

    45 Grapher alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Mac
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