GiovineItalia Gadfly jl by GiovineItalia
Crafty statistical graphics for Julia.
About GiovineItalia Gadfly jl
From the project's README at github.com/GiovineItalia/Gadfly.jl. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Gadfly is a plotting and data visualization system written in Julia.
It's influenced heavily by Leland Wilkinson's book [The Grammar of Graphics][gog-book] and Hadley Wickham's refinement of that grammar in ggplot2.
If you use Gadfly in a publication please consider citing it: [![DOI][citation-img]][citation-url] Package features Renders publication quality graphics to SVG, PNG, Postscript, and PDF Intuitive and consistent plotting interface Works with IJulia and Pluto.jl out of the box Tight integration with DataFrames.jl Interactivity like panning, zooming, toggling powered by Snap.svg Supports a large number of common plot types Installation & Quickstart
Gadfly is registered in Julia's registry and so can be installed using .
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1.9k | github.com/GiovineItalia/Gadfly.jl |
| GitHub forks | 249 | github.com/GiovineItalia/Gadfly.jl |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 13.8 years | since Aug 2012 |
| Last commit | 7 months ago | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 13 | last: 4.6 years ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Ready to self-host GiovineItalia Gadfly jl?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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