• Install
• Contribute
• Contact
• Citing Matplotlib

Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and
interactive visualizations in Python.

Check out our home page for more information.

Matplotlib produces publication-quality figures in a variety of hardcopy
formats and interactive environments across platforms. Matplotlib can be
used in Python scripts, Python/IPython shells, web application servers,
and various graphical user interface toolkits.

Install

See the install
documentation,
which is generated from /doc/install/index.rst

Contribute

You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change — excellent!

You've worked out a way to fix it — even better!

You want to tell us about it — best of all!

Start at the contributing
guide!

Contact

Discourse is the discussion forum
for general questions and discussions and our recommended starting
point.

Our active mailing lists (which are mirrored on Discourse) are:

• Users
  mailing list: matplotlib-users@python.org
• Announcement
  mailing list: matplotlib-announce@python.org
• Development
  mailing list: matplotlib-devel@python.org

Gitter is for coordinating
development and asking questions directly related to contributing to
matplotlib.

Citing Matplotlib

If Matplotlib contributes to a project that leads to publication, please
acknowledge this by citing Matplotlib.

A ready-made citation
entry is
available.