GnuPlot vs Matplotlib : Which is Better?

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GnuPlot

gnuplot is a command-line program that can generate two- and three-dimensional plots of functions, data, and data fits.

License: Open Source

Categories: Education & Reference

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux

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Matplotlib

Matplotlib is a plotting library for the Python programming language and its numerical mathematics extension NumPy.

License: Open Source

Categories: Development

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux Online

GnuPlot VS Matplotlib Feature comparision

Feature GnuPlot Matplotlib
Command line interface
Headless
File-sync
Simulink
Batch plotting
Embedded debugger
Graphing calculator
Algebra
Export to HTML
Export to LaTeX
Python
Run from python interpreter
Calculators
Plot inequalities
Graph editing
Equation editor
Charts
Graphs
Qualitative Data Analysis
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