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<h3>Toolkits<a class="headerlink" href="#toolkits" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>

<p>Matplotlib ships with several add-on <a class="reference internal" href="api/toolkits/index.html"><span class="doc">toolkits</span></a>,

including 3D plotting with <a class="reference internal" href="api/toolkits/mplot3d.html#module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mplot3d</span></code></a>, axes helpers in <a class="reference internal" href="api/toolkits/axes_grid1.html#module-mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1" title="mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">axes_grid1</span></code></a> and axis

helpers in <a class="reference internal" href="api/toolkits/axisartist.html#module-mpl_toolkits.axisartist" title="mpl_toolkits.axisartist"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">axisartist</span></code></a>.</p>

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<h3>Third party packages<a class="headerlink" href="#third-party-packages" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>

<p>A large number of <a class="reference internal" href="thirdpartypackages/index.html"><span class="doc">third party packages</span></a>

extend and build on Matplotlib functionality, including several higher-level

plotting interfaces (<a class="reference external" href="https://seaborn.pydata.org">seaborn</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://holoviews.org">HoloViews</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://yhat.github.io/ggpy/">ggplot</a>, ...), and a projection

and mapping toolkit (<a class="reference external" href="https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest">Cartopy</a>).</p>

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<h3>Citing Matplotlib<a class="headerlink" href="#citing-matplotlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>

<p>Matplotlib is the brainchild of John Hunter (1968-2012), who, along with its

many contributors, have put an immeasurable amount of time and effort into

producing a piece of software utilized by thousands of scientists worldwide.</p>

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