List of information graphics software
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
| Software | Example(s) | Interface | Licence(s) | Operating system | Distinguishing features | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Open Source (yes/no) | Price | |||||
| Simple Grapher | GUI | Proprietary | No | Free | Microsoft Windows | 2D and 3D Graph | |
| Algebrator | GUI | Proprietary | No | $58.99 | Linux, Mac OS X, Sugar, Windows | 2D graphs | |
| AnyChart | charts, maps, stock charts, Gantt charts | JavaScript library, GUI | Proprietary[1] | No | $79 | All platforms/OS, all browsers | Flexible; JavaScript (HTML5) based; interactive; real-time updates; multi-level drill-downs; various types of charts, maps, stock charts, Gantt charts, dashboards. |
| Baudline |  | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris | Signal analysis tool |
| D3js | JavaScript library | BSD | Yes | Free | web browsers, js engines | static and dynamic presentations | |
| DADiSP |  | GUI, command line, SPL script language | Proprietary | No | Windows | Numerical analysis and signal processing with a spreadsheet-like interface | |
| DAP | GNU-style copyleft[2] | Yes | Free | Statistics | |||
| Datacopia |  Sample charts created through http://www.datacopia.com | GUI (web based) | Freemium | No | Free, $4.99 – $29.99 | Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android | Generates a ranked list of several plots & visualizations based on an analysis of the data provided, allowing the user to choose their favorite graphic, share it, and export it as an image. |
| DataScene | GUI | Shareware | No | Free express, $169 – $299 std. and pro. | Linux, Unix/X11, Windows | 2D & 3D graphing, animated graphs, data analysis, curve fitting, and data monitoring. | |
| Descartes (plotting tool) | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Any (Python) | Inactive as of 2005 | |
| EditGrid | GUI (web based) | Free, or with subscription service | Any (Web-based application) | Online spreadsheet; service due to end May 1, 2014 | |||
| EJS |  | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Creates ODE solving interactive, ready-to-publish Java applets |
| Epi Info | GPL | Yes | Free | Windows | Statistics | ||
| EViews | Proprietary | No | Statistics | ||||
| Fityk |  | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | specialized in curve fitting |
| FlexPro | Proprietary | No | MS Windows only | ||||
| FreeMat |  | GPL[3] | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | ||
| FusionCharts |  Create Interactive Charts and Graphs | GUI (web based), JavaScript Charting Library | Proprietary | No | Free for Personal Use, $1,299 – $9,999 | All Web Browsers (including IE 6), JS Engines | Interactive JavaScript Charts for your Web & Mobile applications. Get 90+ chart types and 965 maps, readymade business dashboards and demos. |
| GeoGebra |  | GUI | GPL[4] | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Sugar, Windows | Very good for rendering Geometry, Graphs, Statistical Diagrams, (LaTeX) Formula Rendering. All antialiased in PNG Export. Export to SVG, EPS, EMF, PNG, PDF. |
| Gephi |  | GUI | GPLv3 / CDDL 1.0 | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Networks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs |
| ggplot2 | R | GPL2 | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | Based on "The Grammar of Graphics" | |
| Gnumeric | GUI | GPL[5] | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | Spreadsheet | |
| GNU Octave |  | GUI, command line, C, C++, Fortran | GPL | Yes | Free | eComStation, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, Solaris or Windows | MATLAB compatible, built-in ODE and DAE solvers, extensive user contributed toolboxes |
| Gnuplot |  | Command line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, third-party GUIs | Own license | Yes | Free | Amiga, Atari ST, BeOS, Linux, Mac, MS-DOS, OS/2, OS-9/68k, Ultrix, Windows, VMS | Built in scripting language |
| GrADS | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, IBM AIX, DEC Alpha, IRIX | Visualization of Earth science data | ||
| GLE | Command line, GUI | BSD / GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Graphics scripting language | |
| GraphPad Prism | GUI | proprietary | No | academic US$450, student US$300 | Mac, Windows | ||
| Grace |  | Command line, GUI, various APIs | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac(X11), Windows (cygwin) | Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr |
| Graphviz | DOT language | CPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | ||
| gretl | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Specialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R | |
| High-D | GUI | Proprietary | No | $139 | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Parallel coordinates | |
| IDPS | GUI, Fortran, C, Python, Socket Server | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, OSF1/True64, Solaris, Windows | Uses Qt 3/Qt 4, runs as a server | |
| IGOR Pro |  | GUI | proprietary | No | Non-free standard US$550 academic US$395 student $US85 | Mac, Windows | 3D and volume visualization, Curve and peak fitting, Signal processing, Image processing |
| ILNumerics | Math library for .NET / C# | GPL / proprietary | free / €999 | Windows and Linux | Math library with rich visualization features (interactive 3D scenes, scientific plotting) and Matlab-like syntax. | ||
| Ipe |  | GUI, XML | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows, OS/X | IPE Graphics with LaTeX equations or notations can be stored as PDF files (not only exported to PDF) and be included in LaTeX documents. pdftoipe allows any PDF graph to be edited in Ipe. |
| JFreeChart |  | GUI, Java, Groovy | LGPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java) | |
| KChart |  | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux (KDE) | |
| Kig | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Geometry diagrams only | ||
| kst |  | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux (KDE), Windows (beta) | |
| LabPlot |  | GUI, Qt scripting | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux (KDE) | |
| LabVIEW | Proprietary | No | Visual circuits modeling | ||||
| MagicPlot | GUI | Proprietary | No | Student ed.: freeware Pro ed.: $149 ($74.50 Academic) | Any (Java) | Nonlinear fitting, batch processing | |
| Maple |  | GUI, command line | No | $1895 | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | ||
| MathCad | GUI | No | $1195 | Windows | Simple GUI driven interface | ||
| Mathematica |  | GUI, command line, C++ | No | $2495 | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Raspberry Pi[6] | Computer algebra, statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language. See Wolfram Language. | |
| MATLAB |  | GUI | Proprietary | No | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Matrix system | |
| Maxima | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes | Free | BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix Like OS, Windows | Various graphical user interfaces, Support LaTex with GNU TeXmacs and Web frontend with Sage | |
| MayaVi |  | GUI, Python, scriptable, embeddable | BSD | Yes | Free | GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Visualises computational grids, scalar/vector/tensor data. Texture & ray-cast mappers. |
| MedCalc | GUI | Proprietary | No | $395 | Windows | Statistics | |
| Microsoft Excel | GUI | Proprietary | No | Mac OS X, Windows | Spreadsheet | ||
| NCSS (statistical software) | GUI | Proprietary | No | $429 | Windows | Statistical Analysis and Statistical Graphics software | |
| Nucalc | GUI | proprietary | No | Non-freeUS$100[7] | Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows | ||
| Numbers (iWork) | GUI | Proprietary | No | Mac OS X | Spreadsheet | ||
| OpenOffice.org Calc | GUI | GNU LGPL | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | Spreadsheet | |
| OpenPlaG |  | GUI | GPL | Yes | Free | Any (PHP 5) | graph plotter |
| Orange |  | GUI, Python scripting | GPL | Yes | Free | GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X | A visual programming data-flow software suite with widgets for statistical data analysis, interactive data visualization, data mining, and machine learning. |
| Origin | GUI, COM, C/C++ and scripting | proprietary | No | Non-freeUS$ 1095 (std) 1800 (pro) 850 (academic pro) 69/yr. (student)[7] | Windows | Multi-layer 2D, 3D and statistical graphs for science and engineering. Built-in digitizing tool. Auto-recalculation and reporting. Programmable, with access to NAG Numerical Library. | |
| Paraview | GUI, Python scripting | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Windows | Parallel scientific and Computational Fluid Dynamics visualizations | |
| PDL |  | Free | Perl Data Language | ||||
| PGPLOT | FORTRAN, C | No | Free for non commercial | Linux, Mac, Windows | (Fortran) California Institute of Technology, Inactive as of 2001 | ||
| Physics Plot | GUI | proprietary | No | Non-freeUS$100 | Windows (visualbasic) | ||
| ploticus |  | Command line, C | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | plots and charts from data |
| Plotly |  | GUI, command line Python | Commercial | No | Free | Any (web-based) | plots and charts in browser, web-sharing and exporting, drag-and-drop data import, Python command line |
| plotutils | command line, C/C++ | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Collection of command line programs, C/C++ API | |
| PLplot |  | Ada, C/C++/D, Fortran 77/90, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk | LGPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets |
| PSPP | GUI, command line | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Statistical analysis of sampled data. Free replacement for SPSS. | |
| QtiPlot | GUI, Python | proprietary | No | Non-free. Various rates for Annual subscriptions[8] | Linux, Mac, Windows | Python scriptable | |
| R |  | Third party | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | In addition to base graphics, has a large number of graphics packages including lattice and ggplot2.[9] Interoperabile with other free software packages. |
| ROOT |  | GUI, C++, Python, Ruby | LGPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | De facto standard in high energy physics |
| RRDtool |  | Command line | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Windows | |
| S-PLUS | Proprietary | No | Statistics | ||||
| S-Lang | Statistics | ||||||
| SAS System | Proprietary | No | Statistics | ||||
| DataMelt |  | GUI, Java, Jython, BeanShell, JRuby scripting | LGPL | Yes | Free | Any (Java), Android | Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting |
| Scilab |  | CeCILL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Matrix system | |
| SciPy, NumPy, matplotlib modules for Python |  | Python, GUI, command line | BSD/matplotlib | Yes | Free | FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting |
| SOCR | Statistics | ||||||
| SPSS | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No | Statistics | |||
| Stata | Proprietary | No | Statistics | ||||
| Statgraphics |
 Dynamic Response Surface Plot |
GUI | Proprietary | No | $30-$2,414 | Windows | Statistical software package for exploratory data analysis, dynamic data visualization, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement and Six Sigma. |
| Statistical Lab | |||||||
| Systat | Proprietary | No | Statistics | ||||
| SymPy |  | BSD | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Python library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics | |
| Sysquake | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No | $250 (LE free) | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics | |
| SciDAVis |  | GUI, Python | GPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Qt4-based GUI, Python scriptable |
| SigmaPlot | GUI | proprietary | No | Non-freeCommercial US$799, Government US$699, Commercial US$549 | Windows | ||
| TAChart |  | Charting library | modified LGPL | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Very flexible charting component for Lazarus / Free Pascal. |
| Tableau | GUI | Proprietary | No | $999 – $1800 | Windows | Spreadsheet | |
| Tecplot |  | GUI | proprietary | No | varies | Linux, Mac, UNIX, Windows | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Teechart |  | Charting library | Commercial | Yes | Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, WP7/8, iOS, Android, BlackBerry | Charting, Gauge and Map components for .NET, Delphi VCL, FireMonkey, ActiveX, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Android, Windows Phone, iPhone/iPad and BlackBerry. | |
| TreeMap | GUI | Proprietary | No | $259 | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Web | Treemapping | |
| think-cell chart | GUI | proprietary | No | Annual subscription | Windows | Support for waterfall, Marimekko and Gantt charts. Direct integration into Microsoft PowerPoint. | |
| Veusz |  | GUI, Python, command line | GPL | Yes | Free | Mac, Unix, Windows | Create publication-quality PS/PDF plots, Python scripting and plugin interface |
| Visifire | Independent of server side scripting | GPL | Yes | Free | Mac, Windows | ||
| VisIt |  | GUI, C++, Python, and Java | BSD | Yes | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows | Designed to handle very large data sets |
| World Programming System (WPS) | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No | AIX, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows, z/Linux, z/OS | Statistics. Handles Big Data | ||
| XGraph | GUI, command line | Proprietary | No | Free | Linux, Windows | Interactive and batch 2D data file plotting | |
| Zoho Office Suite | GUI (web based) | Proprietary | No | 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
A few online editors using vector graphics for specific needs have been created. This kind of creative interfaces work well together with data visualization tools like the ones above.
See also
- List of graphical methods
- Diagramming software
- Comparison of numerical analysis software
References
- ↑ AnyChart - Buy
- ↑ "The Dap Project for Statistics and Graphics". Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "Homepage". FreeMat website. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ The International GeoGebra Institute (April 2013). "GeoGebra Non-Commercial License Agreement". GeoGebra website. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "Welcome to Gnumeric!". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Raspberry Pi now includes Mathematica and Wolfram Language for free | The Verge
- 1 2 MSRP for full version. Discounted downloads and academic discounts might be available.
- ↑ QtiPlot pricing
- ↑ http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Graphics.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.