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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
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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 | $1895 | Mac OS X, Linux, Windows | |||
| MathCad | GUI | No | $1195 | Windows | Simple GUI driven interface | |||
| Mathematica |  |
GUI, Command line, C++ | No | $2495 | 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 | ||
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 | |
| jHepWork |  |
GUI, Java, Jython scripting | LGPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java) | Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting | |
| FlexPro | proprietary | No | MS Windows only | |||||
| FreeMat | Yes | Free | Linux, 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 |
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free | Perl Data Language | |||||
| S-Lang | ||||||||
| Scilab |  |
CeCILL | Yes | Free | Windows, Linux | |||
| Scinet Math | proprietary | No | $499 | High Performance object-based numerical software library for the Microsoft .NET Platform. | ||||
| SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python |  |
GUI/command line | BSD/matplotlib | Yes | Free | Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, Windows | Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting | |
| Sysquake | GUI, command line | proprietary | No | 250$ (LE free) | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X | MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics | ||
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 | ||
| DIY Chart homepage | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Unix, Windows, Mac | DIY Chart Builder - Free online create and design charts and graphs | ||
| 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 | ||
| IDPS | [1] | GUI, Fortran, C, Python, Socket Server | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, OS-X, Solaris, OSF1/True64, Windows | Uses Qt3/Qt4, runs as a server | |
| IGOR Pro | GUI | proprietary | No | US$550[1] | Windows, Mac, Linux (wine) | |||
| JFreeChart |  |
GUI, Java, Groovy | LGPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java) | ||
| jHepWork | |
GUI, Java, Jython scripting | LGPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java) | Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting | |
| 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), Windows (beta) | ||
| 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 | |
| PLplot |  |
Ada, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk | LGPL | Yes | Free | Windows, Mac, Linux | Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets | |
| PSI-Plot | GUI | proprietary | No | US$299 academic US$299 | Windows | |||
| QtiPlot | GUI, Python | GPL | Yes | free if compiled from source | Windows, Mac, Linux | Python scriptable | ||
| 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 | |
| SciGraphica | GUI,Python scriptable | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux | GUI, Python scriptable | ||
| Scinet Chart |  |
proprietary | No | US$119 | Powerful and highly flexible charting component for the MS .NET platform to create sophisticated and very attractive 2D and 3D plots of data and functions. | |||
| 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) | ||||
| Sympl | GUI, scriptable | GPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java) | Scriptable, interactive plots. Can run as a desktop application or an applet on a web 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 | |||
| ChartGo | GUI | proprietary | No | Free | Any( internet service) | ChartGo allows users to create charts online fast and free | ||
| XYZ Data Viwer |  |
GUI | proprietary | No | 69.95 | Windows | Display in the three-dimensional space tabular function with three arguments z=f(x,y) | |
Statistical software
| Software | Example(s) | Interface | Licence(s) | Operating system | Distinguishing features | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Open Source (yes/no) | Price | |||||||
| CHARTrunner | GUI | Proprietary | No | $990 | Windows | Creates control charts, histograms, Pareto diagrams, capability analysis, and other SPC charts. It retrieves data from other sources including Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, text files, and ODBC. | |||
| DAP | |||||||||
| Epi Info | |||||||||
| EViews |  |
Proprietary | No | ||||||
| gretl | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Specialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R | |||
| PSPP |  |
GUI, command line | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Statistical analysis of sampled data. Free replacement for SPSS. | ||
| QI Macros | No | $139 | Excel Add in | Control Chart Wizard analyzes your data and selects the right chart for you | |||||
| MedCalc |  |
Gui | Proprietary | No | $395 | Windows | |||
| PRO Stat | GUI | proprietary | No | US$299 academic US$299 | Windows | ||||
| R |  |
GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Interoperabile with other free software packages. | |||
| S-PLUS | Proprietary | No | |||||||
| S-Lang | |||||||||
| Statistical Lab | |||||||||
| SAS System | Proprietary | No | |||||||
| SPSS | Gui, Command Line | Proprietary | No | ||||||
| Statgraphics | Gui | Proprietary | No | $695 | Windows | Statistical software package for exploratory data analysis, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement and Six Sigma. | |||
| Stata | Proprietary | No | |||||||
| Systat | Proprietary | No | |||||||
| SOCR | |||||||||
Spreadsheets
Graphing functionality is included in almost all spreadsheet programs. Some well-known examples are:
| Software | Interface | Licence(s) | Operating system | Distinguishing features | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Open Source (yes/no) | Price | ||||
| Gnumeric | GUI | GNU GPL | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | |
| Microsoft Excel | GUI | Proprietary | No | Windows and Mac OS X | ||
| Numbers (iWork) | GUI | Proprietary | No | Mac OS X | ||
| OpenOffice.org Calc | GUI | GNU LGPL | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | |
| EditGrid | GUI (Web based) | Free, or with subscription service | Any (Web-based application) | Online spreadsheet | ||
| Zoho Office Suite | GUI (Web based) | Proprietary | 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. Please see:
- Category:Vector graphics editors
- List of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
See also
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