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{{AboutShort description|scientific graphing andScientific data analysis software|the content delivery platform|Origin (digital distribution software)}}
{{About|scientific graphing and data analysis software|the content delivery platform|Origin (service)}}
{{undisclosed paid|date=May 2019}}
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| screenshot = Origin_graphing_screenshot.png
| developer = [[OriginLab Corporation]]
| latest release version = 20202025
| latest release date = {{release date and age|20192024|1011|2521}}
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[List of numerical analysis software|Data analysis]]
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==Features==
[[Image:Cshome price sparklines.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Origin Workbook with [[sparkline]]s above data columns,; this allows a quick glance of the data without plotting them.]]
 
Origin is primarily a [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] software with a [[spreadsheet]] front end. Unlike popular spreadsheets like [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]], Origin's worksheet is column oriented. Each column has associated attributes like name, units and other user definable labels. Instead of cell formula, Origin uses column formula for calculations.
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Origin can be also used as a [[Component Object Model|COM]] server for programs which may be written in [[Visual Basic .NET]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[LabVIEW]], etc.
 
OriginOlder project(.OPJ), filesbut not newer (.OPJOPJU), Origin project files can be read by the open-source [[LabPlot]] or [[SciDAVis]] software. The files can also be read by [[QtiPlot]] but only with a paid "Pro" version. Finally the liborigin<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/liborigin{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/liborigin]|title=Liborigin|date=21 January 2024 }}</ref> library can also read . OPJ files such as by using the <code>opj2dat</code> script, which exports the data tables contained in the file.
 
There is also a free component (Orglab) maintained by Originlab that can be used to create (or read) OPJ files. A free Viewer application is also available.
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There are a few version types that have been offered from Origin and OriginPro as personal, academic, government and student versions. However, the student version is not available for Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Laos.
 
There is an origin file viewer to see data and charts made with origin. The actual software is Version 9.6.5. This software can convert newer OPJU files to older OPJ files for older versions of Origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.originlab.com/viewer/index.aspx|title = Origin Viewer}}</ref>
 
==History==
Origin was first created for use solely with microcalorimeters manufactured by MicroCal Inc. (acquired by Malvern Instruments in 2014<ref>[httphttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/malvern-instruments-completes-acquisition-of-microcal-and-announces-purchase-of-archimedes-product-from-affinity-biosensors-268563732.html Malvern Instruments Completes Acquisition of MicroCal and Announces Purchase of Archimedes Product From Affinity Biosensors ], Malvern Instruments press release, July 25, 2014.</ref>) The software was used to graph the instruments data, and perform nonlinear curve fitting and parameter calculation.
 
The software was first published for the public in 1992 by Microcal Software, which later was renamed to OriginLab Corporation,<ref>[http://www.speciation.net/Appl/Companies/company.html?id=497 EVISA Company Database]</ref> located in [[Northampton (Massachusetts)|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]].
 
===Release history===
* 2025/6/19 Origin 2025b: Search box on top to find and execute commands, Project Browser, Customize report sheet graph size, Stats mode with pre-installed stats apps, Key chords for user-defined shortcuts, recent import, interactive cell referencing and highlight formula cells, Graph options dialog, window switcher by ctrl+tab, trend lines, reference lines, high DPI GUI improvements, graph protection
* 2020/10/27 Origin 2021. Fully integrate Python into Origin, adding originpro package. Also added formula bar, color manager, chord diagram. New Apps like TDMS Connector, Import PDF Tables.
* 2024/11/21 Origin 2025: Slicer, Recent Origin Files browser, Time Series Pivot, Save local opju to cloud, connect to google sheet, Report Style, Graph Style, Notes window preview, New Dialog to build Summary Sheet
* 2024/5/15 Origin 2024b: New Redo (Ctrl+Y) and improved Undo(Ctrl+Z), Unstack time series data by time interval, Time series explorer graph and analysis app, Open & save project to cloud(SharePoint/OneDrive/Google Drive), Plot from image window, ROI-based data extraction gadget, Remove operations for sheet/layer, window, folder or whole project.
* 2023/11/21 Origin 2024: Dark Mode Support, Drag to Change Axis Scale, Added Binary Column which Auto Scale in Plot, Range (max-min) added to Selection Stats, Sheet Browser Graph, Substitution notation support in LaTeX, Export and Copy Image with highlight effect, SPC (statistical process control) app, etc.
* 2023/04/27 Origin 2023b: built-in LaTeX, Floating windows, Keep pinned windows when switching folders, Export to PDF via MS Print, Scale opju files properly on different resolutions, Duplicate Sheet with New Files, Browser Graph with gadgets, Set external image in graph as linked file, SVG drag & drop to graph, rotate, resize, etc.
* 2022/11/3 Origin 2023: Folder Notes, Seesaw Folders, Pin window, Banded Rows, Hide & Protect sheet, Better inserted sheet/table on graph, Graph export with internal preview, clickable export link, Improved Script window with Unicode support, auto fill and syntax coloring,
* 2022/5/12 Origin 2022b: Export SVG, GeoTIFF support, rich text in notes window, simpler symbol map, remove formula and links, customize gadget ROI label, distance annotation, arrange & snap windows, high resolution icons on 4K monitor, etc.
* 2021/11/16 Origin 2022: Add Notes to Cells, Named Range, Image on Graph as Linked Files, Mini Toolbars on Object Manager, Connect to OneDrive and Google Drive for data.
* 2021/4/30 Origin 2021b: Mini toolbar for 3D graph, built-in Shapefile support, insert maps to graphs, NetCDF climate data, SQLite import export
* 2020/10/27 Origin 2021. Fully integrateintegrated Python intosupport Origin,with addingnew originpro package. Also addedNew formula bar, color manager, chord diagram. New Apps likeincluding TDMS Connector, Import PDF Tables.
* 2020/4/30 Origin 2020b. Mini toolbar for worksheet & matrix, data connector navigator panel, browser graphs. Worksheet cells no longer showing ####. New Apps such as Canonical Correlation Analysis, Correlation plot etc.
* 2019/10/25 Origin 2020. Only provides 64 bit Origin & OriginPro. Mini toolbars, much faster import and plotting of large dataset. Density dots, color dots, sankey diagram, improved pie and doughnut charts. Copy and Paste plot, Copy and Paste HTML or EMF table.
* 2019/04/24 Origin 2019b. HTML and [[Markdown]] reports. Web Data Connectors for [[CSV (file format)|CSV]], [[JSON]], Excel, [[MATLAB]]. [[Rug_plotRug plot|Rug Plots]], Split Heatmap Plot. Validation Reports using [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|NIST]] data. New Apps for [[Quantile regression|Quantile Regression]], 2D Correlation, Isosurface Plot, etc.
 
*2018/10/26 Origin 2019. Data Highlighter for data exploration, Windows-like search from [[Start menu]], Conditional formatting of data cells, [[Violin plot]], New apps like Stats Advisor, Image Object Counter, [[Design of Experiments]], etc.
* 2018/4/24 Origin 2018b. Matrices embedded in workbook, Worksheet/matrix data preview, Dynamic graph preview in analysis, Distributed batch processing on [[Multi-core processor|multi-core CPU]] (app).
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* 2009/08 Origin 8 SR6
* 2007/12 Origin 8 SR1<ref>[http://www.dddmag.com/Product-Origin-9-analysis-and-graphing-software.aspx Drug Discovery & Development magazine: Vol. 11, No. 2, February, 2008, pp. 30-32]</ref>
* 2007/10 Origin 8<ref>[httphttps://www.techbriefs.com/content/view/2000/36/ NASA Tech Briefs Product of the Month]</ref>
* 2006/01 Origin 7.5 SR6
* 2003/10 Origin 7.5
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* 1993/08 Origin 2.9
* 1993/?? Origin 2<ref>[http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00061a600 J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 115. No. 8, 1993, p. 3396]</ref>
 
==Alternatives and clones==
{{see also|List of graphing software}}
 
Similar proprietary software includes:
* [[SigmaPlot]]
* [[GraphPad Prism]]
* [[IGOR Pro]]
* [[MagicPlot]]
* [[Plotly]] – Plotting library and styling interface for [[R (software)|R]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[MATLAB]], [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]], and [[Perl]].
* [[JMP (statistical software)]]
* [[QtiPlot]]
* [[STATISTICA]]
 
Open-source projects inspired by Origin:
* [[SciDAVis]], a fork of QtiPlot
* [[LabPlot]], Qt/KDE Frameworks based, very active development
* [[Veusz]], Qt based, similar to SciDAVis, well maintained
* SciGraphica, dormant since 2005
 
Other open-source graphing and data analysis software:
* [[gnuplot]], script-driven plotting
* [[R (software)|R]], statistics
* [[Fityk]], data vizualisation and fitting
* [[Matplotlib]], a plotting library for the [[Python (programming language)]]
* QSoas, a command-driven data analysis and fitting program
* [[SageMath]], an interface for [[Matplotlib]] and other plotting software
 
==References==