cleanfig
cleanfig
Clean, opinionated, vector-first scientific plotting for Python.
cleanfig is a small Rust/Python plotting library for clean, publication-style, vector-first scientific figures.
It focuses on a compact API, light visual defaults, and direct export to SVG, HTML, and PDF.
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Highlights
- publication-first light theme by default
- optional dark theme for presentations
- vector-first SVG output
- auto grid/embedded rendering for dense field plots
- PDF export from the Rust backend
- dual Y axes
- linear and log axes
- compact legends and integrated colorbars
- violin, box, histogram, field, scatter, and line plots
- built-in colormaps:
magma,gray,bone, plus a richer Fabio Crameri subset includingbatlow,vik,roma,broc,cork,lapaz,lajolla,tokyo,navia,oslo, and more
Fabio Crameri colormap citation:
Crameri, F. (2023). Scientific colour maps (8.0.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8409685
Example Gallery
The gallery includes all currently shipped example figures:
basic_lineesec_dual_y_lightfour_panels_figurefour_panels_lightfour_panels_darkviolin_box_lightviolin_box_dark
Go directly to the gallery to browse the outputs.