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'''Matplotlib''' is a [[Plotter|plotting]] [[Library (computer science)|library]] for [[Python (programming language)|Python]] which uses [[Syntax#Syntax in computer science|syntax]] similar to [[MATLAB]]. It is written and maintained primarily by John Hunter, and is distributed under a BSD-style license.

The library provides a "'''pylab'''" interface which is procedural and based on a state machine, like [[OpenGL]]. There is also an [[Object-oriented programming|OOP]] interface which has less thorough documentation and greater complexity.

Using the OOP interface, matplotlib plots can be embedded in applications using generic GUI toolkits like [[wxPython]], [[Qt]] or [[GTK]].