{"categories":[{"label":"Visualization","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-visualization"},{"label":"Terminals","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/terminals"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Plotille renders plots, scatter plots, histograms, and heatmaps directly in the terminal using braille characters and colors, with no external dependencies.","skillfed_tags":["terminal-ui","data-visualization","cli-tools"],"use_cases":["Quick visualization of numerical data in CLI scripts without leaving the terminal or opening a GUI window.","Real-time monitoring dashboards that display metrics, trends, or system performance in a terminal interface.","Educational demonstrations of mathematical functions, statistical distributions, or signal processing results.","Exploratory data analysis in remote SSH sessions or containerized environments where graphical display is unavailable.","Embedding plots in terminal-based reports or log output for inline data inspection."],"what_it_does":"Plotille is a terminal-based plotting library that renders data visualizations using braille Unicode characters and ANSI colors. It offers two usage patterns: a high-level API with functions like plot(), scatter(), and histogram() for quick single-plot generation, and a Figure class for composing multiple plots with shared axes, legends, and custom styling. The library supports line plots with linear interpolation, scatter plots, histograms, heatmaps, image display, and basic timeseries plotting with datetime values.\n\nWith zero runtime dependencies and pure Python implementation, plotille integrates easily into CLI tools, monitoring dashboards, and data analysis scripts. It supports multiple color modes and works across Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14 on CPython and PyPy. The braille rendering provides finer granularity than ASCII art while remaining readable in any standard terminal.","worth_installing":"Yes. Plotille is actively maintained, has zero dependencies, supports Python 3.10 through 3.14, carries no known vulnerabilities, and solves a genuine problem\u2014rendering plots in terminals where graphical tools are overkill or unavailable. Install it if you need terminal visualization; skip it only if you require publication-quality graphics or 3D rendering."},"id":"plotille","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/plotille","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/plotille.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/plotille/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-02-17","license_spdx":"MIT","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"plotille","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Plot in the terminal using braille dots."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":227666,"position":9172,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"6.0.5"}