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LabPlot

Free#35 of 98 in Data Visualization Software

LabPlot: A free, capable desktop environment for scientific plotting, analysis, and live data. Ranked #35 of 98 in Data Visualization Software by our editors (5.6/10); pricing: Free plan; best for scientists needing desktop statistical plotting.

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At a glance

  • Editor score
    5.6 / 10
  • Pricing
    Free plan
  • Best for
    Scientists needing desktop statistical plotting
  • Free plan
    Yes
  • Paid from
    Free
  • Facts checked
    20 Sep 2026
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  • Where it wins

    • Free and open source across Windows, macOS, and Linux
    • Broad scientific imports, statistical tools, and interactive 2D plots
    • Notebooks, live-data inputs, plot digitization, and scripting support

  • Where it doesn't

    • Desktop-only workflow, without a hosted dashboard experience
    • Broad functionality may exceed the needs of simple charting
    • Best suited to technical users working with scientific or structured data

Our verdict on LabPlot

LabPlot is free, open-source desktop software for visualizing and analyzing scientific and technical data. It is aimed at researchers, engineers, educators, and other users working with structured or experimental data. The application runs locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with additional packages for FreeBSD and Haiku. Its core visualization features cover interactive 2D scatter, line, histogram, box, bar, KDE, Q-Q, and control charts, while analysis tools include regression, curve fitting, smoothing, interpolation, integration, differentiation, and Fourier transforms.

LabPlot’s strongest advantage is breadth for scientific workflows. It imports and exports across formats including CSV, Origin, SAS, Stata, SPSS, MATLAB, SQL, JSON, binary, ODS, Excel, HDF5, MQTT, FITS, netCDF, ROOT, LTspice, Ngspice, MCAP, and Kaggle datasets. Live data can come from files, named pipes, TCP/UDP sockets, local sockets, and serial ports. Computational notebooks support Maxima, Octave, R, Scilab, Sage, KAlgebra, Qalculate!, Python, Julia, and Lua, with integrations including Jupyter, Cantor, SQL databases, and Nextcloud. Plot digitization adds manual or semi-automated curve extraction from external images.

For teams that need repeatable or extensible analysis, the SDK, shared library, Python wrappers, batch processing, templates, themes, autosave, spreadsheets, matrices, and Project Explorer add useful structure. The trade-off is its desktop focus: LabPlot is not a hosted dashboard or embedded analytics product, so it is a less natural choice for browser-based sharing and dashboard delivery. Choose it for local scientific plotting, statistical analysis, notebooks, and broad data connectivity; choose another category tool when web dashboards or embedded analytics are the primary requirement.

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LabPlot pricing

Plans Free planFree Free to use — no paid tier required for the core job.
See plans on labplot.org

LabPlot fact sheet

Free planYes
Paid fromFree
Dashboard typeNot verified
Scheduled refreshYes
Embedded dashboardsNot verified
Data sourcesCSV, 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 ports
Viewer limitNot verified
PlatformDesktop
DeploymentDesktop
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
SupportEmail, Live chat, Community, Docs
Built forSolo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate)
Integrations14 integrations: Maxima, Octave, R, Scilab, Sage, KAlgebra …
PricingFree plan
Websitelabplot.org
Facts checked20 Sep 2026

LabPlot integrations

LabPlot lists 14 integrations on its own site.

  • Maxima
  • Octave
  • R
  • Scilab
  • Sage
  • KAlgebra
  • Qalculate!
  • Python
  • Julia
  • Lua
  • Jupyter
  • Cantor
  • SQL databases
  • Nextcloud

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