Plotly

Python graphing library for creating interactive, publication-quality visualizations with 40+ chart types.

When to Use

• You need interactive charts with hover, zoom, pan, or web embedding.
• You are building dashboards, exploratory analysis notebooks, or presentations that benefit from rich interaction.
• You want to choose between Plotly Express and Graph Objects for the same visualization task.

Quick Start

Install Plotly:

uv pip install plotly

Basic usage with Plotly Express (high-level API):

import plotly.express as px