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LabPlot

LabPlot is free, open-source desktop software for visualizing and analyzing data on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Place
#53 of 99
Score
6.7
LabPlot's website

What LabPlot is

LabPlot is free, open-source desktop software for visualizing and analyzing data on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It creates interactive 2D plots such as scatter, line, histogram, box, bar, KDE, and control charts. Analysis tools cover statistics, linear and nonlinear regression, curve fitting, smoothing, interpolation, Fourier transforms, and signal processing. Interactive computational notebooks support Python, R, Julia, Maxima, Octave, and Lua. LabPlot imports data from CSV, Origin, SAS, Stata, SPSS, MATLAB, SQL, JSON, Excel, HDF5, MQTT, FITS, netCDF, ROOT, and other listed sources. It can read live data through Unix, UDP, and TCP sockets or a serial port. A plot digitizer extracts values from images through manual selection or semi-automated curve extraction. The project says the software runs locally and does not collect, transmit, or store user data. Packages are listed for major desktop systems, with additional FreeBSD and Haiku distributions.

Good

  • Interactive publication-quality 2D plots
  • Broad statistical and signal-processing tools
  • Notebooks support Python, R, Julia, and more
  • Reads live socket and serial data
  • Runs locally without collecting user data

Watch out

  • Desktop software rather than a web application
  • No free trial is listed
  • Setup spans many separate data-source formats

Who it suits

LabPlot suits engineers, students, and research scientists working with scientific data. It is also appropriate for users who want local desktop analysis, notebooks, and live data connections.

Verdict

LabPlot provides a broad local toolkit for plotting, analysis, notebooks, digitization, and live inputs without sending user data elsewhere. Its desktop focus makes it a strong fit for scientific workflows that need many formats and languages.

Plans and prices

From LabPlot's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2001.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
LabPlotFreeFree desktop software · open source

The facts

Each one read from LabPlot's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Analysis
Analysis tools include statistics, linear and nonlinear regression, curve fitting, smoothing, interpolation, Fourier transforms, and signal processing.checked 11 Oct 2001
Assessment
The project offers a HECVAT v4.16 form and says cloud-infrastructure and SOC 2 questions may be not applicable to its local desktop software.checked 11 Oct 2001
Audience
The project describes LabPlot as serving users across scientific fields, including engineers, students, and research scientists.checked 11 Oct 2001
Data formats
It imports formats including CSV, Origin, SAS, Stata, SPSS, MATLAB, SQL, JSON, Excel, HDF5, MQTT, FITS, netCDF, and ROOT.checked 11 Oct 2001
Data sources
CSV,Origin,SAS,Stata,SPSS,MATLAB,SQL,JSON,binary,ODS,Excel,HDF5,MQTT,BLF,FITS,netCDF,ROOT,LTspice,Ngspice,MCAP,Kaggle datasets,Unix/UDP/TCP sockets,serial portschecked 20 Sep 2001
Digitization
The plot digitizer extracts data from images using manual point selection or semi-automated curve extraction.checked 11 Oct 2001
Downloads
The download page lists packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as FreeBSD and Haiku distributions.checked 11 Oct 2001
Live data
It can read live data through Unix, UDP, and TCP sockets and a serial port.checked 11 Oct 2001
Notebooks
Its interactive computational notebooks support languages and systems including Python, R, Julia, Maxima, Octave, and Lua.checked 11 Oct 2001
Organization
LabPlot is an open-source project under the KDE umbrella, supported by KDE e.V., a registered nonprofit in Germany.checked 11 Oct 2001
Plots
It supports interactive, publication-quality 2D plots, including scatter, line, histogram, box, bar, KDE, and control charts.checked 11 Oct 2001
Purpose
LabPlot is free, open-source software for data visualization and analysis.checked 11 Oct 2001
Scheduled refresh
Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
Security and privacy
The project says LabPlot runs locally and does not collect, transmit, or store user data.checked 11 Oct 2001
Support
Users can report bugs through KDE Bugtracking or the app, ask questions on KDE Discuss or Matrix, and contact the support team by email.checked 11 Oct 2001

Money

Free plan
Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001

Where it runs

Platform
desktopchecked 20 Sep 2001

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