Graph wiki

From Software Informer

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

[edit] Computer algebra systems

Software	Example(s)	Interface	Licence(s)			Operating system	Distinguishing features
			License	Open Source (yes/no)	Price
GeoGebra		GUI	GPL	Yes	Free		Geometry diagrams only
Kig		GUI	GPL	Yes	Free		Geometry diagrams only
Maple		GUI, Command line		No		Mac OS X, Linux, Windows
MathCad		GUI		No		Windows	Simple GUI driven interface
Mathematica		GUI, Command line, C++		No		Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HPUX, Solaris	Also a statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language
Maxima		GUI, Command line	GPL	Yes	Free	Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD and Unix Like OS	Various graphical user interfaces, Support LaTex with GNU TeXmacs and Web frontend with SAGE
SymPy			BSD	Yes	Free	Linux, Mac OS X, WIndows	Python library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics

[edit] Numerical software

Software	Example(s)	Interface	Licence(s)			Operating system	Distinguishing features
			License	Open Source (yes/no)	Price
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
FlexPro			proprietary	No		MS Windows only
FreeMat				Yes	Free	Lunix, 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
SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python
Sysquake		GUI, command line	proprietary	No	250$ (LE free)	Linux, Windows, Mac OS X	MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics

[edit] Plotting programs (graphing programs)

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
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
IGOR Pro		GUI	proprietary	No	US$550[1]	Windows, Mac, Linux (wine)
JFreeChart		GUI, Java, Groovy	LGPL	Yes	Free	Any (Java)
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)
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
QtiPlot		GUI	GPL	Yes	free if compiled from source	Windows, Mac, Linux
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
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)
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

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} MSRP for full version. Discounted downloads and academic discounts might be available.

[edit] Statistical software

[edit] Spreadsheets

Graphing functionality is included in almost all spreadsheet programs. Some well-known examples are:

• Gnumeric
• Microsoft Excel
• Numbers
• OpenOffice.org Calc

Some online spreadsheets also support charting:

• EditGrid
• iRows
• Zoho Office Suite spreadsheet

[edit] Vector graphics

Vector graphics software can be used for manual graphing or for editing the output of another program. Please see:

• List of vector graphics editors
• Comparison of vector graphics editors

[edit] See also

• List of graphical methods
• Diagramming software
• Comparison of numerical analysis software

Information graphics software