matplotlib-backend-kitty vs matplotlib_iterm2

matplotlib-backend-kitty

show matplotlib plots directly in your kitty terminal (by jktr)

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matplotlib_iterm2

External matplotlib backend uses iTerm2 inline image display feature. (by oselivanov)

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matplotlib-backend-kitty		matplotlib_iterm2
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3	Mentions	1
131	Stars	34
-	Growth	-
3.4	Activity	0.0
8 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Python	Language	Python
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal	License	MIT License

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matplotlib-backend-kitty

Posts with mentions or reviews of matplotlib-backend-kitty. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-29.

What's your preferred terminal emulator?
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 29 Nov 2022

Kitty can render python matplotlib charts using https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty
How best to display matplotlib plot() in terminal-only arch install?
1 project | /r/archlinux | 3 Aug 2022

There is a module to show plots on Kitty (here). I leave it to you to decide how minimal it is if you're still adding external tools to do the thing, though.
ttyplot: A realtime plotting utility for terminal with data input from stdin
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Mar 2022

I would guess that the problem is wide terminal support. I was recently looking for matplotlib backends using sixel, and I found some for kitty [0] and iTerm2 [1]--both popular options, but not defaults like, e.g., the gnome-terminal, which doesn't seem to have sixel support yet, unfortunately [2].
[0]: https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty
[1]: https://github.com/oselivanov/matplotlib_iterm2
[2]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2084

matplotlib_iterm2

Posts with mentions or reviews of matplotlib_iterm2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-09.

ttyplot: A realtime plotting utility for terminal with data input from stdin
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Mar 2022

I would guess that the problem is wide terminal support. I was recently looking for matplotlib backends using sixel, and I found some for kitty [0] and iTerm2 [1]--both popular options, but not defaults like, e.g., the gnome-terminal, which doesn't seem to have sixel support yet, unfortunately [2].
[0]: https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty
[1]: https://github.com/oselivanov/matplotlib_iterm2
[2]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2084

What are some alternatives?

When comparing matplotlib-backend-kitty and matplotlib_iterm2 you can also consider the following projects:

kitty-theme-changer - Obsolete: use "kitty +kittens themes"

ttyplot - a realtime plotting utility for terminal/console with data input from stdin

kitty-themes - Themes for the kitty terminal emulator

matplotlib - matplotlib: plotting with Python

data-science-ipython-notebooks - Data science Python notebooks: Deep learning (TensorFlow, Theano, Caffe, Keras), scikit-learn, Kaggle, big data (Spark, Hadoop MapReduce, HDFS), matplotlib, pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Python essentials, AWS, and various command lines.

wezterm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust