{"categories":[{"label":"Graphics","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/multimedia-graphics"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Adds interactive point-selection cursors to Matplotlib plots, allowing users to click on data points and retrieve their coordinates and values.","skillfed_tags":["interactive-plotting","data-exploration"],"use_cases":["Exploring scatter plots or line plots interactively to read exact values without manually hovering or zooming.","Building interactive data analysis tools where users need to identify and annotate specific data points in real time.","Debugging or validating data by clicking on plot points to confirm their coordinates match expectations.","Creating Jupyter notebooks or scripts where interactive point selection enhances exploratory data analysis without complex UI code."],"what_it_does":"mplcursors is a Matplotlib extension that lets you add interactive cursors to your plots. When you enable it, you can click on data points in a live plot window and the cursor will display the coordinates and values of that point. It's designed as a simpler alternative with a streamlined API.\n\nThe package depends only on matplotlib and importlib-metadata, making it lightweight to add to existing visualization workflows. It's actively maintained, has no known security vulnerabilities, and ranks in the top 5000 PyPI packages by download volume, suggesting it's used in real data exploration and analysis pipelines.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with Matplotlib and need simple interactive point selection. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, has no vulnerabilities, and solves a common exploratory data analysis task. The only caveat is that the license status is unclear in the metadata, so verify the repository license before using it in a restricted context."},"id":"mplcursors","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/mplcursors","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/mplcursors.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/mplcursors/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-18","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"mplcursors","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Interactive data selection cursors for Matplotlib."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1491144,"position":3842,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.7.1"}