# Best graphing libraries?

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/best-graphing-libraries/39724>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [7 August 2007 09:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/best-graphing-libraries/39724 "2007-08-07T09:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Chris7](https://rubytalk.org/u/Chris7)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2007 09:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/best-graphing-libraries/39724/1 "2007-08-07T09:18:55Z")

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Kenneth McDonald wrote:

> There are, of course, a plethora of choices for doing graphing in Ruby  
> and for JRuby, in Java. I'd be grateful for opinions on the "best" ones,  
> and why people think they are the best.

I don't know if it is the best, as I've not tried too many other  
libraries, but the ruby interface to the R-language, rsruby (  
[http://rubyforge.org/projects/rsruby/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rsruby/) ) is very powerful.

You can get an idea of some of the capabilities of the R plotting engine  
here:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;[R:](http://www.r-project.org/screenshots/screenshots.html)

I think the large number of users and maturity of the R project makes it  
one of the "best" packages for producing statistical/mathematical type  
charts, but of course they tend to look a bit more "scientific" than  
those produced by Gruff ( [http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff) ) for  
example.

Hope this helps,

Chris

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