List of information graphics software

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

* either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
* either it is provided specifically for information visualization

Software  | Example(s)  | Interface  | License(s) | Initial release year  | Latest release  | Operating system | Distinguishing features

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License | Open 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
AIDA |  |  | LGPL | Yes  | 2001 | 2003 / 3.2.1 |  | Open interfaces and formats for particle physics data processing
Algebrator |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1999 | 2009 / 4.2 | Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows | 2D graphs
Baudline |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 2000 | 2010 / 1.08 | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Solaris | Signal analysis tool
D3js |  | JavaScript library | BSD | Yes  | 2011 | 2018 / 5.7.0 | web browsers, js engines | static and dynamic presentations
DADiSP |  | GUI, command line, SPL script language | Proprietary | No  | 1987 | 2017 / 6.7 B02 | Windows | Numerical analysis and signal processing with a spreadsheet-like interface
DAP |  |  | GNU-style copyleft[1] | Yes  | 1998 | 2014 / 3.10 |  | Statistics
DataGraph |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 2006 | 2020 / 4.5.1 | macOS | 2D graphing, animations, data analysis, linear and non-linear curve fitting
DataScene |  | GUI | Shareware | No  | 2009 | 2011 / 3.0.7 | Linux, Unix/X11, Windows | 2D & 3D graphing, animated graphs, data analysis, curve fitting, and data monitoring
EditGrid |  | GUI (web based) |  | No  | 2006 |  | Any (Web-based application) | Online spreadsheet; service to end May 1, 2014
EJS |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2014 |  | Linux, macOS, Windows | Creates ODE solving interactive, ready-to-publish Java applets
Epi Info |  |  | GPL | Yes  | 1985 | 2018 / 7.2.2.6 | Windows | Statistics
EViews |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1994 | 2017 / 10 |  | Statistics
Fityk |  | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes  | 2004 | 2016 / 1.3.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | specialized in curve fitting
FlexPro |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1991 | 2017 | MS Windows only |
FreeMat |  |  | GPL[2] | Yes  | 2004 | 2013 / 4.2 | Linux, macOS, Windows |
FusionCharts |  | GUI (web based), JavaScript Charting Library | Proprietary | No  | 2002 | 2016 / 3.11.3 | All Web Browsers (including IE 6), JS Engines | Interactive JavaScript Charts
GeoGebra |  | GUI | GPL with non-commercial restriction[3] | Yes  | 2001 | 2017 / 6.0.385.0 | Linux, macOS, Sugar, Windows, Android | Very good for rendering geometry, graphs, statistical diagrams, (LaTeX) formula rendering; all antialiased in PNG Export; exports to SVG, EPS, EMF, PNG, PDF
Gephi |  | GUI | GPLv3 / CDDL 1.0 | Yes  | 2008 | 2016 / 0.9.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Networks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs
ggplot2 |  | R | GPL2 | Yes  | 2007 | 2016 / 2.2.1 | Cross-platform | Based on The Grammar of Graphics
Grafana |  | GUI (web based) | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Yes | 2014 | 2025 / 12.0.1 | All Web Browsers | Diagrams, Live Data Analysis, Public Dashboards
Gnumeric |  | GUI | GPL[4] | Yes  | 2001 | 2018 / 1.12.43 | Cross-platform | Spreadsheet
GNU Octave |  | GUI, command line, C, C++, Fortran | GPL | Yes  | 1993 | 2023 / 8.2.0 | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), Solaris, Windows, Android | MATLAB compatible, built-in ODE and DAE solvers, extensive user contributed toolboxes
Gnuplot |  | Command line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, third-party GUIs | Own license | Yes  | 1986 | 2023 / 5.4.8 | Amiga, Atari ST, BeOS, Linux, Mac, DOS, OS/2 (including eComStation and ArcaOS), OS-9/68k, Ultrix, Windows, VMS, Android | Built in scripting language
GrADS |  | command line | GPL | Yes  | 1988 | 2018 / 2.2.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, IBM AIX, DEC Alpha, IRIX | Visualization of Earth science data
GraphPad Prism |  | GUI | proprietary | No  | 1989 | 2016 / 7.0b | Mac, Windows |
Grace |  | Command line, GUI, various APIs | GPL | Yes  | 1998 | 2015 / 5.1.25 | Linux, Mac(X11), Windows (cygwin) | Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr
Graphviz |  | DOT language | CPL | Yes  | 1991 | 2016 / 2.40.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows |
gretl |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2000 | 2018 / 2018c | Linux, Mac, Windows | Specialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R
HippoDraw |  |  | GPL v2 | Yes  | 1992 | 2007 / 1.21.3 |  | C++-based data analysis system
IGOR Pro |  | GUI | proprietary | No  | 1989 | 2019 / 8.0.3 | Mac, Windows | 3D and volume visualization, Curve and peak fitting, Signal processing, Image processing
ILNumerics |  | Math library for .NET, C# | GPL / proprietary | No  | 2006 | 2015 / v4.8 | Windows and Linux | Math library with rich visualization features (interactive 3D scenes, scientific plotting) and MATLAB-like syntax
JFreeChart |  | GUI, Java, Groovy | LGPL | Yes  | 2000 | 2017 / 1.5.0 | Any (Java) |
JMP |  | GUI, scripting | proprietary | No  | 1989 | 2021 / 16.0 | Mac, Windows | Interactive statistical graphics
Calligra Sheets |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2010 | 2017 / 3.0.1  | Linux (KDE) | The charting tool of Calligra Suite, an integrated graphic art and office suite developed by KDE
Kig |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2006 |  |  | Geometry diagrams only
LabPlot |  | GUI, Qt, C, C++ | GNU GPLv2 or later | Yes  | 2001 | 2024 / 2.11.1  | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku | 2D plotting, suitable for creation of publication-ready plots
LabVIEW |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1986 | 2017 / 2017 |  | Visual circuits modeling
LibreOffice | thumb  | GUI  | MPL-2.0  | Yes  | 2011  | September 8, 2022 / 7.3.6  | Linux, macOS, Windows  | Spreadsheet, Diagrams, Statistical Functions
LiSiCA |  | Python |  | No  | 2015  |  | Windows, Linux | Ligand-based virtual screening software that searches for 2D and 3D similarities between a reference compound and a database of target compounds
MagicPlot |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 2008 | 2021 / 3.0 | Any (Java) | Nonlinear fitting, batch processing
Maple |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 1982  | 2017 / 2017 | Linux, macOS, Windows |
MathCad |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1986 | 2017 / Prime 4.0, 2015 / 15.0 M045 | Windows | Simple GUI driven interface
Mathematica |  | GUI, command line, C++ | Proprietary | No  | 1988 | 14.0.0 (January 9, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-01-09)) [±][5] | Linux, macOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi[6] | Computer algebra, statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language; see Wolfram Language
MATLAB |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1979 | 2017 / R2017b | Linux, macOS, Windows | Matrix system
Maxima |  | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes  | 1982 | 2017 / 5.41.0 | BSD, Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows, Android | Various graphical user interfaces, Support LaTeX with GNU TeXmacs and Web frontend with SageMath
MayaVi |  | GUI, Python, scriptable, embeddable | BSD | Yes  | 2019 | 2018 / 4.6.2 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Visualises computational grids, scalar/vector/tensor data; texture & ray-cast mappers
MedCalc |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1993  | 2017 / 17.9 | Windows | Statistics
Microsoft Excel |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1987 |  | macOS, Windows | Spreadsheet
NCSS |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1981 | 2016 / NCSS 11 | Windows | Statistical analysis and graphics software
Nucalc |  | GUI | proprietary | No  | 1994 |  | Mac OS, macOS, Windows |
Numbers (iWork) |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 2007 | 2017 / 4.1 | macOS | Spreadsheet
OpenDX |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1991 | 2006 / 4.4.0 | Cross-platform |
OpenOffice.org Calc |  | GUI | GNU LGPL | Yes  | 2002 | 2011 / 3.3 | Cross-platform | Spreadsheet
OpenPlaG |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2007 | 2018 / 3.5 | Any (PHP 5) | graph plotter to use on websites
Orange |  | GUI, Python scripting | GPL | Yes  | 1996 | 2017 / 3.5 | Linux, Windows, macOS | A visual programming data-flow software suite with widgets for statistical data analysis, interactive data visualization, data mining, and machine learning
Origin |  | GUI, COM, C/C++ and scripting | proprietary | No  | 1992 | 2017 / 2017 SR2 | Windows | Multi-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
ParaView |  | GUI, Python scripting | GPL | Yes  | 2002 | 2018 / 5.5.2 | Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows | Parallel scientific and computational fluid dynamics visualizations
Perl Data Language (PDL) |  |  | Artistic License / GPL | Yes  | 1996 | 2018 / 2.019 | Perl Data Language |
PGPLOT |  | FORTRAN, C |  | No  | 1983 | 2001 / 5.2.2 | Linux, Mac, Windows | (Fortran) California Institute of Technology, Inactive as of 2001[update]
ploticus |  | Command line, C | GPL | Yes  | 1999 | 2013 / 2.42 | Linux, Mac, Windows | plots and charts from data
Plotly |  | GUI, command line Python | Commercial | No  | 2012 |  | Any (web-based) | plots and charts in browser, web-sharing and exporting, drag-and-drop data import, Python command line
plotutils |  | command line, C/C++ | GPL | Yes  | 1989 | 2009 / 2.6 | Linux, Mac, Windows | Collection of command line programs, C/C++ API
PLplot |  | Ada, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk | LGPL | Yes  | 2001 | 2017 / 5.13.0 | Linux, Mac, Windows | Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets
PSPP |  | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes  | 1997 | 2017 / 1.0.0 | Linux, Mac, Windows | Statistical analysis of sampled data; free replacement for SPSS
QtiPlot |  | GUI, Python | proprietary | No  | 2004 | 2017 / 0.9.9.11 | Linux, Mac, Windows | Python scriptable
R | 150px | Third party | GPL | Yes  | 1993 | 2018 / 3.5.1("Feather Spray") | Linux, Mac, Windows | In addition to base graphics, has a large number of graphics packages including lattice and ggplot2.[7] Interoperabile with other free software packages
ROOT |  | GUI, C++, Python, Ruby | LGPL | Yes  | 1994 | 2018 / 6.14.04 | Linux, Mac, Windows | De facto standard in high energy physics
RRDtool |  | Command line | GPL | Yes  | 1999 | 2017 / 1.7.0 | Linux, Windows |
S-PLUS |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1988 | 2010 / 8.2 |  | Statistics
S |  |  |  | ?  | 1976 |  |  | Statistics
SankeyDiagram.net |  | GUI (web based) | MIT with Commons Clause | ?  | 2021 | 2025 | Any (Web-based application) | Sankey Diagrams, Sharing Links, Exporting to Images or SVG Files, Math- & Auto-Calculating Expressions[8]
SAS |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1972 | 2013 / 9.4 |  | Statistics
Scilab |  |  | CeCILL | Yes  | 1990 | 2019 / 6.0.2 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Matrix system
SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python |  | Python, GUI, command line | BSD/matplotlib | Yes  | 2003 | 2017 / 0.19.1, 2017 / 1.13.1, 2017 / 2.0.2 | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows | Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting
SOCR |  |  |  | Yes  | 2002 |  |  | Online tool suite for statistical computing
Sonic Visualiser |  | GUI | GPL | Yes  | 2010 | 2018 / 3.1.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows
SPSS |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 1968 | 2017 / 25.0 |  | Statistics
Stata |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1985 | 2017 / 15.0 |  | Statistics
Statgraphics |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 1980 | 2015 / 17.1.08  | Windows | Statistical package for exploratory data analysis, dynamic data visualization, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement, Six Sigma
Statistical Lab |  |  |  | Yes  | 2005 | 2011 / 3.81  |  |
Systat |  |  | Proprietary | No  | 1979 |  |  | Statistics
SymPy |  |  | BSD | Yes  | 2007 | 2018 / 1.3  | Linux, macOS, Windows | Python library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics
Sysquake |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 2001 | 2013 / 5.0  | Linux, macOS, Windows | MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics
SciDAVis | 150px | GUI, Python | GPL | Yes  | 2007 | 2018 / 1.23  | Linux, Mac, Windows | Qt4-based GUI, Python scriptable
SigmaPlot |  | GUI | proprietary | No  | 1983 | 2014 / 13.0.0  | Windows |
TAChart | 150px | Charting library | modified LGPL | Yes  | 2012 | 2016 / 1.6.2 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Very flexible charting component for Lazarus / Free Pascal
Tableau |  | GUI | Proprietary | No  | 2003 |  | Windows | Spreadsheet
Tecplot | 150px | GUI | proprietary | No  | 1988 | 2016 / 2016  | Linux, Mac, Unix, Windows | Computational fluid dynamics
Teechart | 150px | Charting library | Open source | Yes  | 1995 | 2021 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android | Full 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 chart |  | GUI | proprietary | No  | 2002 |  | Windows | Support for waterfall, Marimekko and Gantt charts; direct integration into Microsoft PowerPoint
Veusz | 150px | GUI, Python, command line | GPL | Yes  | 2007 | 2021 / 3.4  | Windows | Create publication-quality PS/PDF plots, Python scripting and plugin interface
Visifire |  | Independent of server side scripting | Proprietary | No  | 2008 | 2014 / 5.1.7-0  | Mac, Windows |
VisIt | 150px | GUI, C++, Python, and Java | BSD | Yes  | 2002 | 2018 / 2.13.2  | Linux, Mac, Windows | Designed to handle very large data sets
Webix |  | JavaScript library | GPLV3/Proprietary[9] | Yes  | 2013 | 2017 / 4.4  | Cross platforms, cross browsers | JavaScript/HTML5 based; more than 75 widgets and controls; maps; charts; data tables; organograms; gauge charts
Winplot |  | GUI | Freeware | No | 1985 |  | Microsoft Windows |
World Programming System (WPS Analytics) |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 2002 | 2020 / v4.2  | AIX, Linux, Linux for Arm8 64-bit (AArch64), macOS, PowerLinux, POWER/System p/pSeries (LE), Windows, Linux for System z, z/OS | Statistics; handles very large data sets; supports mixing Python, R, SAS, and SQL languages in one user program
Xgraph |  | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No  | 1985 | 2018 / v4.38 | Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, Solaris | Interactive and batch 2D data file plotting
Zoho Office Suite |  | GUI (web based) | Proprietary | No  | 2005 |  | Any (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:

* Category:Vector graphics editors
* Comparison of vector graphics editors

A few online editors using vector graphics for specific needs have been created. This kind of creative interfaces work well together with data visualization tools like the ones above.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}

## See also

* Category:Diagramming software
* Comparison of numerical-analysis software
* List of graphical methods

## References

1. ↑ "The Dap Project for Statistics and Graphics". https://www.gnu.org/software/dap/.
2. ↑ "Homepage". https://freemat.sourceforge.net/#faq.
3. ↑ The International GeoGebra Institute (April 2013). "GeoGebra Non-Commercial License Agreement". http://www.geogebra.org/cms/en/license/162.
4. ↑ "Welcome to Gnumeric!". https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/#content.
5. ↑ "The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica". https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/01/the-story-continues-announcing-version-14-of-wolfram-language-and-mathematica/.
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". https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Graphics.html.
8. ↑ "How to create a Sankey Diagram". https://sankeydiagram.net/how-to/create-a-sankey-diagram.
9. ↑ Webix - Buy

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