red-data-tools/YouPlot
YouPlot
YouPlot is a command line plotting utility and terminal data visualization tool used to render statistical plots and charts directly within a terminal interface using Unicode characters. It functions as a Unix pipeline plotter, allowing users to visualize numerical data without leaving the shell.
The project operates as a real-time data visualizer, drawing plots progressively as data streams into the system. It integrates into command line pipelines by reading data from standard input to provide real-time stream monitoring and data analysis.
The tool covers a variety of rendering capabilities, including line charts, scatter plots, histograms, bar plots, box plots, and density plots. These are supported by internal systems for dynamic axis scaling and coordinate mapping to fit the terminal dimensions.
Features
- Terminal Plotting Tools - Generates statistical charts and graphs from tabular or streamed data using Unicode characters in the command line.
- Character-Based Plotting - Renders graphical data plots on a two-dimensional terminal grid using Unicode characters.
- CLI Plotting Utilities - Acts as a comprehensive tool for creating bar plots, histograms, and scatter plots from standard input.
- Command Line Analytics - Enables data analysis and visual comparisons directly within the terminal environment.
- Streaming Data Processing - Processes continuous streams of data from standard input in real time for live plotting.
- Standard Input Ingestion - Implements mechanisms for reading raw byte streams from standard input for pipeline processing.
- Shell Integration - Functions as a component within Unix-style command-line pipes using standard input and output.
- Real-time Visualizations - Provides interfaces for pushing and rendering live data streams into visual formats for monitoring.
- Visual Plotting Sinks - Integrates into Unix command pipelines to visualize numerical data flowing from standard input.
- Standard Stream Piping - Integrates with shell pipelines by reading from standard input and writing to standard output.
- Terminal Data Visualizations - Renders complex data and statistical charts using text-based graphics in a terminal.
- Basic - Provides the capability to create horizontal bar graphs from input data.
- Histograms - Generates horizontal histograms by grouping numerical values into bins to display frequency distributions.
- Real-Time Data Streaming - Renders plots progressively as data streams into the system in real-time.
- Scatter Plot Rendering - Plots individual data points on a two-dimensional coordinate system to identify correlations.
- Box Plot Renderers - Ships a renderer for box-and-whisker plots to visualize statistical data distributions and outliers.
- Density Plots - Visualizes the distribution of data using density plots rendered within the terminal.
- Axis Scaling Engines - Provides an axis scaling engine to automatically fit data bounds within the terminal window.
- Line Charts - Draws line graphs for single or multiple data series to track trends.
- Terminal Buffer Rendering - Maps application state to terminal character buffers to update plots dynamically as data arrives.
