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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">gnuplot</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><div class="infobox-caption">3D rendering of an <a href="Ellipsoid" title="Ellipsoid">ellipsoid</a> by gnuplot</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1986</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">6.0.3<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-428a0b88954c52ef5b3c7e3033cf866a62edade9-v20_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-428a0b88954c52ef5b3c7e3033cf866a62edade9-v20-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

/ 9 June 2025<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">9 June 2025</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">Preview release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6.1 <span class=""><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/gnuplot&action=edit">[±]</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sf.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/">sf<wbr>.net<wbr>/p<wbr>/gnuplot<wbr>/gnuplot-main<wbr>/</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="List_of_graphing_software" class="mw-redirect" title="List of graphing software">Plotting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Gnuplot_license" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnuplot license">gnuplot</a><sup id="cite_ref-spdx_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spdx-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lice_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lice-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gnuplot.info">www<wbr>.gnuplot<wbr>.info</a></span> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>gnuplot</b> is a <a href="Command-line" class="mw-redirect" title="Command-line">command-line</a> and <a href="GUI" class="mw-redirect" title="GUI">GUI</a> program that can generate two- and three-dimensional <a href="Plot_(graphics)" title="Plot (graphics)">plots</a> of <a href="Function_(mathematics)" title="Function (mathematics)">functions</a>, <a href="Data" title="Data">data</a>, and <a href="Curve_fitting" title="Curve fitting">data fits</a>. The program runs on all major <a href="Computer" title="Computer">computers</a> and <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a> (<a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>, <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="FreeDOS" title="FreeDOS">FreeDOS</a>, and many others).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

Originally released in 1986, its listed authors are Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley, Russell Lang, Dave Kotz, John Campbell, Gershon Elber, Alexander Woo "and many others."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its name, this software is not part of the <a href="GNU_Project" title="GNU Project">GNU Project</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2></div>

<p>gnuplot can produce output directly on screen, or in many formats of graphics files, including <a href="Portable_Network_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Network Graphics">Portable Network Graphics</a> (PNG), <a href="Encapsulated_PostScript" title="Encapsulated PostScript">Encapsulated PostScript</a> (EPS), <a href="Scalable_Vector_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scalable Vector Graphics">Scalable Vector Graphics</a> (SVG), <a href="JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> and many others. It is also capable of producing <a href="LaTeX" title="LaTeX">LaTeX</a> code that can be included directly in LaTeX documents, making use of LaTeX's fonts and powerful formula notation abilities. The program can be used both interactively and in batch mode using scripts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>gnuplot can read data in multiple formats, including ability to read data on the fly generated by other programs (<a href="Pipe_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipe (Unix)">piping</a>), create multiple plots on one image, do 2D, 3D, contour plots, parametric equations, supports various linear and non-linear coordinate systems, projections, geographic and time data reading and presentation, box plots of various forms, histograms, labels, and other custom elements on the plot, including shapes, text and images, that can be set manually, computed by script or automatically from input data.

</p><p>gnuplot also provides scripting capabilities, looping, functions, text processing, variables, macros, arbitrary pre-processing of input data (usually across columns), as well as the ability to perform non-linear multi-dimensional multi-set weighted data fitting (see <a href="Curve_fitting" title="Curve fitting">Curve fitting</a> and <a href="Levenberg%E2%80%93Marquardt_algorithm" title="Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm">Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm</a>).

</p><p>The gnuplot core code is programmed in <a href="C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a>. Modular subsystems for output via <a href="Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a>, <a href="WxWidgets" title="WxWidgets">wxWidgets</a>, and LaTeX/TikZ/ConTeXt are written in <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> and <a href="Lua_(programming_language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lua (programming language)">Lua</a>.

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<p>The code below creates the graph to the right.

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<div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-gnuplot mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span class="k">set</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">title</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"Some Math Functions"</span>

<span class="k">set</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">xrange</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">-10</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">]</span>

<span class="k">set</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">yrange</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">-2</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span>

<span class="k">set</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">zeroaxis</span>

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<div class="gallerytext">A <a href="Scatter_plot" title="Scatter plot">scatter plot</a> of samples from a text file</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">A logarithmic spiral</div>

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<p>The name of this program was originally chosen to avoid conflicts with a program called "newplot", and was originally a compromise between "llamaplot" and "nplot".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Support of Epidemic daily and weekly formats in Version 5.4.2 is a result of pandemic <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">Coronavirus</a> data needs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_terms">Distribution terms</h2></div>

<table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">gnuplot License</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;">Author</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;">Published</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">1986 – 1993, 1998, 2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="Software_Package_Data_Exchange" title="Software Package Data Exchange">SPDX</a> identifier</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">gnuplot<sup id="cite_ref-spdx_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spdx-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Debian Free Software Guidelines">Debian FSG compatible</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</a> <a href="Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licences" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of free and open-source software licences">approved</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="Open_Source_Initiative" title="Open Source Initiative">OSI</a> <a href="Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licences" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of free and open-source software licences">approved</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="GPL_compatible" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL compatible">GPL compatible</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">No<sup id="cite_ref-gnulicense_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnulicense-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;"><a href="Copyleft" title="Copyleft">Copyleft</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:45%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:55%;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/master/tree/Copyright">https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/master/tree/Copyright</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>Despite gnuplot's name, it is not named after, part of or related to the <a href="GNU_Project" title="GNU Project">GNU Project</a>, nor does it use the <a href="GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>. It was named as part of a compromise by the original authors, punning on <i><a href="Gnu" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnu">gnu</a></i> (the animal) and <i>newplot</i> (a planned name that was discarded due to already being used).<sup id="cite_ref-gnuplot_faq_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnuplot_faq-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Official source code to gnuplot is freely redistributable, but modified versions thereof are not. The gnuplot license allows instead distribution of patches against official releases, optionally accompanied by officially released source code. Binaries may be distributed along with the unmodified source code and any patches applied thereto. Contact information must be supplied with derived works for <a href="Technical_support" title="Technical support">technical support</a> for the modified software.<sup id="cite_ref-lice_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lice-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to distribute the complete modified source code. Modifications are to be distributed as patches to the released version.

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<p>Despite this restriction, gnuplot is accepted and used by many <a href="GNU_packages" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU packages">GNU packages</a> and is widely included in <a href="Linux_distributions" class="mw-redirect" title="Linux distributions">Linux distributions</a> including the stricter ones such as <a href="Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> and <a href="Fedora_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fedora (operating system)">Fedora</a>. The <a href="Open-source_software#The_Open_Source_Definition" title="Open-source software">OSI Open Source Definition</a> and the <a href="Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Debian Free Software Guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a> specifically allow for restrictions on distribution of modified source code, given explicit permission to distribute both patches and source code.

</p><p>Newer gnuplot modules (e.g. Qt, wxWidgets, and cairo drivers) have been contributed under dual-licensing terms, e.g. gnuplot + BSD or gnuplot + GPL.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="GUIs_and_programs_that_use_gnuplot">GUIs and programs that use gnuplot</h2></div>

<p>Several third-party programs have <a href="Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interfaces</a> that can be used to generate graphs using gnuplot as the plotting engine. These include:

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<ul><li><a href="Gretl" title="Gretl">gretl</a>, a <a href="Statistics_package" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistics package">statistics package</a> for <a href="Econometrics" title="Econometrics">econometrics</a></li>

<li>JGNUPlot, a java-based GUI<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Kayali<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="Computer_algebra_system" title="Computer algebra system">computer algebra system</a></li>

<li>xldlas, an old X11 statistics package<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>gnuplotxyz, an old Windows program<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>wxPinter, a graphical plot manager for gnuplot<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Maxima_(software)" title="Maxima (software)">Maxima</a> is a text-based <a href="Computer_algebra_system" title="Computer algebra system">computer algebra system</a> which itself has several third-party GUIs</li>

<li><a href="Reduce_(computer_algebra_system)" title="Reduce (computer algebra system)">REDUCE</a> is a text-based <a href="Computer_algebra_system" title="Computer algebra system">computer algebra system</a>; versions using CSL have a GUI and there are several third-party GUIs</li></ul>

<p>Other programs that use gnuplot include:

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<ul><li><a href="GNU_Octave" title="GNU Octave">GNU Octave</a>, a mathematical programming language</li>

<li>statist, a terminal-based program<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>gplot.pl provides a simpler command-line interface.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/dkogan/feedgnuplot">feedgnuplot</a> provides a plotting of stored and realtime data from a pipe</li>

<li>ElchemeaAnalytical,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an <a href="Impedance_spectroscopy" class="mw-redirect" title="Impedance spectroscopy">impedance spectroscopy</a> plotting and fitting program developed by DTU Energy<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Gnuplot add-in for <a href="Microsoft_Excel" title="Microsoft Excel">Microsoft Excel</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Calc, the <a href="GNU_Emacs" title="GNU Emacs">GNU Emacs</a> calculator<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming_and_application_interfaces">Programming and application interfaces</h2></div>

<p>gnuplot can be used from various programming languages to graph data, including <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arminms.github.io/g3p">G3P</a>), <a href="Perl" title="Perl">Perl</a> (via <a href="Perl_Data_Language" title="Perl Data Language">PDL</a> and other <a href="CPAN" title="CPAN">CPAN</a> packages), <a href="Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib">gnuplotlib</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/">Gnuplot-py</a> and <a href="SageMath" title="SageMath">SageMath</a>), <a href="R_(programming_language)" title="R (programming language)">R</a> via (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rgnuplot/index.html">Rgnuplot</a>), <a href="Julia_(programming_language)" title="Julia (programming language)">Julia</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl">Gaston.jl</a>), <a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/mleoking/JavaGnuplotHybrid">JavaGnuplotHybrid</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jgnuplot.sourceforge.net/">jgnuplot</a>), <a href="Ruby_(programming_language)" title="Ruby (programming language)">Ruby</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/rdp/ruby_gnuplot">Ruby Gnuplot</a>), <a href="Ch_(computer_programming)" title="Ch (computer programming)">Ch</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softintegration.com/docs/ch/plot/">Ch Gnuplot</a>), <a href="Haskell_(programming_language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haskell (programming language)">Haskell</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gnuplot">Haskell gnuplot</a>), <a href="Fortran_95" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortran 95">Fortran 95</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Smalltalk" title="Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a> (<a href="Squeak" title="Squeak">Squeak</a> and <a href="GNU_Smalltalk" title="GNU Smalltalk">GNU Smalltalk</a>) and <a href="Rust_(programming_language)" title="Rust (programming language)">Rust</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/SiegeLord/RustGnuplot">RustGnuplot</a>).

</p><p>gnuplot also supports <a href="Pipe_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipe (Unix)">piping</a>, which is typical of scripts.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For script-driven graphics, gnuplot is one of the most popular programs.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gnuplot_output_formats">Gnuplot output formats</h2></div>

<p>Gnuplot allows the user to display or store plots in several ways:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>On the console, such as <a href="Computer_terminal#Character-oriented_terminals" title="Computer terminal">dumb</a>, <a href="Sixel" title="Sixel">sixel</a>.</li>

<li>In a desktop window, such as <a href="Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a>, wxt, X11, aquaterm, win.</li>

<li>Embedded in a web page, such as SVG, HTML5, PNG, JPEG, animated GIF.</li>

<li>File formats designed for document processing, such as PostScript, PDF, cgm, emf, LaTeX variants.</li></ul>

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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">The Wikibook <i><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ad_Hoc_Data_Analysis_From_The_Unix_Command_Line" class="extiw external" title="wikibooks:Ad Hoc Data Analysis From The Unix Command Line">Ad Hoc Data Analysis From The Unix Command Line</a></i> has a page on the topic of: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ad_Hoc_Data_Analysis_From_The_Unix_Command_Line/Quick_Plotting_With_gnuplot" class="extiw external" title="wikibooks:Ad Hoc Data Analysis From The Unix Command Line/Quick Plotting With gnuplot">Quick Plotting With gnuplot</a></b></i></div></div>

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<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gnuplot.info">Official website</a></span></span> </li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/">Gnuplot</a> on <a href="SourceForge" title="SourceForge">SourceForge</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://alogus.com/publishing/gnuplot5/">Gnuplot 5</a>: an interactive ebook about gnuplot v.5.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gnuplotting.org/">gnuplotting</a>: a blog of gnuplot examples and tips</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://spplotters.blogspot.com/">spplotters</a>: a blog of gnuplot examples and tips</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gnuplot-surprising.blogspot.com/">gnuplot surprising</a>: a blog of gnuplot examples and tips</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gnuplot.io/">gnuplot online</a>: WebAssembly compiled online gnuplot v.5.x</li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFPhilipp_K._Janert2009" class="citation book cs1">Philipp K. Janert (2009). <i>Gnuplot in Action</i>. Manning Publications. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1933988399</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFLee_Phillips2012" class="citation book cs1">Lee Phillips (2012). <i>gnuplot Cookbook</i>. Packt Publishing. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1849517249</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFWilliamsKelley2015" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Thomas; Kelley, Colin (2015). <i>Gnuplot 5.0</i>. Samurai Media Limited. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-988-14436-4-9</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071027111440/http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-gnuplot/">Visualize your data with gnuplot</a>: an IBM tutorial</li></ul>

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