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matplotlib: plotting with Python

License history

LICENSE file

No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2011.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
matplotlib/matplotlib · created Feb 19, 2011
Website
matplotlib.org/stable
Language
Python
Foundation
None; run by its maintainers
GitHub detects
nothing
Stars per week
25 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202623,409
Oct 19, 202623,387
Oct 12, 202623,367
Sep 28, 202623,323
Sep 21, 202623,262

Changes

Stars per weekNov 2, 2026

Gains about 25 stars a week, down from 31.

Stars per weekOct 23, 2026

Gains about 31 stars a week, down from 35.

Stars per weekOct 14, 2026

Gains about 35 stars a week, down from 61.

Stars per weekOct 4, 2026

Gains about 61 stars a week.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from matplotlib/matplotlib on GitHub.