karlwessel / mplopengl

OpenGL based backend for matplotlib

mplopengl

OpenGL based backend for matplotlib

Requirements

• matplotlib >= 3.1
• pyopengl >= 3.1
• pyqt5
• numpy
• at least OpenGL 2.1 capable graphics device (most machines have that)

Latest versions tested with:

• matplotlib 3.1.1
• pyqt 5.13.1
• numpy 1.17.2
• pyopengl 3.1

Oldest working versions tested with:

• matplotlib 3.1
• pyopengl 3.1
• pyqt5 5.7.1
• numpy 1.14.5

Tested with:

• Linux (archlinux)

Tested on:

• Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile (Thinkpad 410s integrated graphics), OpenGL v2.1

Installation

You can install directly from the github repository using pip with:

pip install git+https://github.com/karlwessel/mplopengl.git

and use the OpenGL based backend with

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('module://mplopengl.backend_qtgl')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1,2,1])
plt.show()