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Matplotlib vs Smoothie Charts

A side-by-side look at Matplotlib and Smoothie Charts. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Matplotlib

Matplotlib

Photos & Graphics

Matplotlib is a comprehensive 2D plotting library for Python that allows users to create a wide variety of publication-quality graphs, charts, and visualizations. It integrates well with NumPy and Pandas data structures.

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Smoothie Charts

Smoothie Charts

Development

Smoothie Charts is a JavaScript charting library for streaming data visualization. It is optimized for real-time line graphs but also supports bar, scatter, spline and area graphs. Smoothie Charts aims to provide high performance interactive charts with a small footprint.

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