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| developer = [[KDE]]

| released = {{Start date and age|2001}} (version 0.1, under the name QPlot)<br />{{Start date and age|2003}} (version 1.0, renamed to LabPlot)

| latest release version = 2.1112.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|20242025|0708|1618|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://labplot.kde.org/20242025/0708/1618/labplot-2-1112-1-released/ | title=LabPlot 2.1112.1 released – LabPlot| date=1618 JulyAugust 20242025}}</ref>

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]]

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[OS X]]<br/>[[Linux]]<br/>[[FreeBSD]]<br/>[[Haiku_(operating_system)|Haiku]]

| genre = [[List of information graphics software|Scientific plotting]]<br/>[[Data analysis]]<br/>[[Curve fitting]]<br/>[[Regression analysis]]<br/>[[Statistics|Statistical analysis]]<br/>[[Data processing]]<br/>[[Digitization|Plot digitization]]<br/>[[Notebook interface]]<br/>[[Real-time data]]

| license = [[GNU_GPLv2|GPL-2.0-or-later]]

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'''LabPlot''' is a [[free and open-source software|free and open-source]], [[cross-platform]] computer program for interactive [[Plot (graphics)|scientific plotting]], [[curve fitting]], [[nonlinear regression]], [[data processing]] and [[data analysis]]. LabPlot is available, under the [[GNU_GPLv2|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license, for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]] and [[Haiku_(operating_system)|Haiku]] operating systems.

It has a [[graphical user interface]], a [[command-line interface]], and an interactive and animated [[notebook interface]]. It is similar to [[Origin (data analysis software)|Origin]] and able to import Origin's data files.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Косуліна |first1=Н.Г. |title=Програмне Забезпечення Обов'язкових Та Вибіркових Освітніх Компонентів Освітньої Програми «біомедична Інженерія» |work=Sciences of Europe |issue=131 |page=77 |publication-date=December 2023 |trans-title=Software of mandatory and optional educational components Educational program “Biomedical Engineering” |url=https://www.europe-science.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sciences-of-Europe-No-131-2023.pdf |place=[[Prague]], Czech Republic |last2=Сухін |first2=В.В. |last3=Чорна |first3=М.О. |last4=Ляшенко |first4=Г.А. |last5=Коршунов |first5=К.С. |lang=uk}}</ref> Features include the [[Hilbert transform]] function, statistics, [[Image color transfer|color maps]], conditional formatting, and multi-axes.<ref>{{Citation |last=Carmona |first=Marco |title=7 Free and Open Source Plotting Tools [For Maths and Stats] |date=2021-11-08 |work=It’s FOSS |url=https://itsfoss.com/open-source-plotting-apps/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |language=en}}</ref>

It has a [[graphical user interface]], a [[command-line interface]] and an interactive and animated [[notebook interface]] to mathematical and statistical packages and programming languages.

== Community ==

The LabPlot team promotes a collaborative community through various communication channels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LabPlot Support|date=28 July 2024|url=https://labplot.kde.org/support/|publisher=LabPlot Team}}</ref> The developers strongly support the idea of [[mentorship]] of students and actively participate in such programs as the Season of KDE (SoK)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Season of KDE (SoK)|date=28 July 2024|url=https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-01-15-sok-24-welcome/|publisher=KDE}}</ref> or [[Google Summer of Code]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Summer of Code Program 2024|date=28 July 2024|url=https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2024/organizations/kde-community|publisher=Google}}</ref>.

== User privacy and data confidentiality ==

The LabPlot team aims at protecting users privacy and data confidentiality. LabPlot is designed to be compliant with [[KDE]] Telemetry Policy, which forbids the usage of unique identification.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KDE Telemetry Policy|date=28 July 2024|url=https://community.kde.org/Policies/Telemetry_Policy|publisher=KDE}}</ref>

== History ==

In 2008, developers of LabPlot and [[SciDAVis]] (another Origin clone, forked from [[QtiPlot]]) "found their project goals to be very similar" and decided to merge their code into a common backend while maintaining two frontends: LabPlot, integrated with the [[KDE]] desktop environment (DE); and SciDAVis, written in DE-independent [[Qt (software)|Qt]] with fewer dependencies for easier cross-platform use.<ref>{{citation|url=http://dot.kde.org/2009/10/16/labplot-and-scidavis-collaborate-future-free-scientific-plotting|title = LabPlot and SciDAVis Collaborate on the Future of Free Scientific Plotting|date = 16 October 2009}}</ref>

LabPlot was initiated by Stefan Gerlach, a scientist and IT administrator at the [[University of Konstanz]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Homepage of Dr. Stefan Gerlach|date=30 June 2016|url=http://theorie.physik.uni-konstanz.de/gerlach/|publisher=Theoretische Physik Uni Konstanz}}</ref>

Starting April 2024, LabPlot received funding from [[NLnet]]'s NGI0 Core grant to add scripting capabilities (via Python and a [[public interface]]), more data analysis functions, and [[statistical analysis]] features.<ref>{{Citation |title=LabPlot |work=Projects |url=https://nlnet.nl/project/LabPlot/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |publisher=[[NLnet]] Foundation}}</ref>

== External links ==

* [https://labplot.kde.org LabPlot Homepage]

==See also==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Mathematics}}

* [[List of statistical software]]

* [[List of information graphics software]]

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [{{Official website|https://labplot.kde.org LabPlot Homepage]/}}

* [https://nlnet.nl/project/LabPlot/ NLnet Foundation grant]

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