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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
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[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 | |||
[edit] Statistical software
| Software | Example(s) | Interface | Licence(s) | Operating system | Distinguishing features | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Open Source (yes/no) | Price | |||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| R | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Great interoperability 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 | |||||||
[edit] Spreadsheets
Graphing functionality is included in almost all spreadsheet programs. Some well-known examples are:
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:
- Category:Vector graphics editors
- List of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
