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| Original author(s) | John D. Hunter |
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| Developer(s) | Michael Droettboom, et al. |
| Initial release | 2003[1] |
| Stable release | 3.9.2[2] 
/ 13 August 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Python |
| Engine | Cairo, Anti-Grain Geometry |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Plotting |
| License | Matplotlib license |
| Website | matplotlib |
Matplotlib is a plotting library for the Python programming language and its numerical mathematics extension NumPy. It provides an object-oriented API for embedding plots into applications using general-purpose GUI toolkits like Tkinter, wxPython, Qt, or GTK. There is also a procedural "pylab" interface based on a state machine (like OpenGL), designed to closely resemble that of MATLAB, though its use is discouraged.[3] SciPy makes use of Matplotlib.
Matplotlib was originally written by John D. Hunter. Since then it has had an active development community[4] and is distributed under a BSD-style license. Michael Droettboom was nominated as matplotlib's lead developer shortly before John Hunter's death in August 2012[5] and was further joined by Thomas Caswell.[6][7] Matplotlib is a NumFOCUS fiscally sponsored project.[8]
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- ^ "Matplotlib Lead Developer Explains Why He Can't Fix the Docs—But You Can – NumFOCUS". NumFOCUS. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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