# \[ANN\] UnicodePlots.jl v1.0.0
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** package, announcement, plotting
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351 "2019-01-07T15:05:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Evizero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Evizero)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/1 "2019-01-07T15:05:37Z")
Hello everyone!
I am happy to announce a major update to the UnicodePlots.jl code base.
> **[GitHub - JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl: Unicode-based scientific plotting for...](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl)**
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> Unicode-based scientific plotting for working in the terminal - GitHub - JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl: Unicode-based scientific plotting for working in the terminal
Aside from finally having a proper, fully automated test-suite, the package also received a couple of new features as well as a graphical overhaul.
Changes include:
- Improved visuals
- Addition of `boxplot` ([Add box-and-whisker plots by mgtlake · Pull Request #84 · JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/Evizero/UnicodePlots.jl/pull/84))
- More flexible `histogram`, including support of plotting a fitted `Histogram` directly.
- Axis scaling (e.g. log-scale) for `barplot` and `histogram` ([implemented arbitrary scale transformations for barplots by ExpandingMan · Pull Request #82 · JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/Evizero/UnicodePlots.jl/pull/82))
Here a couple of screenshots on macOS:
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### Author:  [@zgornel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zgornel)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/2 "2019-01-07T15:17:12Z")
This must be one of my favourite julia packages, congrats and keep up the good work 😉
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/3 "2019-01-07T15:17:35Z")
Fastest plot package that ALWAYS works!
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### Author:  [@chakravala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chakravala)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/4 "2019-01-07T15:44:56Z")
Going to put it into `startup.jl` config file. Would be really awesome if it has a colored `image` or `imshow` type of plot available also, to plot pixels of fractals like [Fatou.jl](https://github.com/chakravala/Fatou.jl).
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### Author:  [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/5 "2019-01-07T15:45:04Z")
This seems so nice! I did not know about it until now. Thanks for this!
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### Author:  [@Evizero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Evizero)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/6 "2019-01-07T15:49:55Z")
> [@chakravala](#):
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> Would be really awesome if it has a colored `image` or `imshow` type of plot available also, to plot pixels of fractals like [Fatou.jl](https://github.com/chakravala/Fatou.jl).
This functionality is available in a separate package (because of dependencies)
> **[GitHub - JuliaImages/ImageInTerminal.jl: Julia package for displaying images...](https://github.com/JuliaImages/ImageInTerminal.jl)**
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> Julia package for displaying images in the terminal using ANSI colors and Unicode characters - GitHub - JuliaImages/ImageInTerminal.jl: Julia package for displaying images in the terminal using ANS...
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### Author:  [@chakravala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chakravala)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/7 "2019-01-07T22:29:28Z")
Thanks, that’s useful! One other feature I noticed is missing: 2D parametric plots
Also polar plots are missing. These are just some ideas for what else can be done.
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### Author:  [@affans](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/affans)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/8 "2019-01-07T22:56:10Z")
One of the Julia core team members actually suggested putting this in stdlib.
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/30587#issuecomment-451504034](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/30587#issuecomment-451504034)
I agree with him.
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### Author:  [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/9 "2019-01-08T00:22:02Z")
It would be very, very nice to have a textual plotting system in stdlib! Many times I need to do some analysis in algorithms running at servers that I access through ssh. This package will be very handy!
IMHO, this package and StaticArrays.jl should be added to stdlib.
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### Author:  [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/10 "2019-01-08T00:41:44Z")
Really like this package! Fast and straightforward!
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### Author:  [@DoktorMike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DoktorMike)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/11 "2019-01-08T18:27:19Z")
Awesome work! I cannot express enough the joy of making a histogram in console mode. 😀🎉
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### Author:  [@ExpandingMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ExpandingMan)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-unicodeplots-jl-v1-0-0/19351/12 "2019-01-08T18:43:09Z")
Thanks again so much for your work on this. The availability of log scaling makes this package _much_ more useable to me.
It’s amazing how 95% of the time the unicode plots are more than adequate. Why bother with anything else? Well, I’m not going to.