# Relation between Makie.jl and Plots.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relation-between-makie-jl-and-plots-jl/40731>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relation-between-makie-jl-and-plots-jl/40731 "2020-06-04T13:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamblejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jamblejoe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jamblejoe)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relation-between-makie-jl-and-plots-jl/40731/1 "2020-06-04T13:53:16Z")

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There was a similar question asked a year ago, here [Current state of the relationship between Plots and Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-state-of-the-relationship-between-plots-and-makie/20607).

I am just curious of what is the relation between the two plotting libraries at the moment. I know that `Plots.jl` focuses on static plotting while `Makie.jl` on interactive plotting. Just reading [https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/why-makie.html](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/why-makie.html), it seems that `Makie.jl` wants to overcome “design flaws” of `Plots.jl`. Is the long-term goal to replace `Plots.jl` by `Makie.jl`?

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relation-between-makie-jl-and-plots-jl/40731/2 "2020-06-04T15:17:02Z")

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I think the design goal of Makie is to become the go-to package for plotting in Julia (or at least one of them), and it’s already very usable and powerful, if still in rapid development. In terms of replacing Plots I don’t think that Plots is going away anytime soon; but Makie is already very far in terms of being usable by people as a drop-in replacement for Plots, in that it now consumes RecipesBase recipes via the MakieRecipes package. The interface is still a bit rough around the edges but will solidify over time.

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**Author:** ![jamblejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jamblejoe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jamblejoe)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relation-between-makie-jl-and-plots-jl/40731/3 "2020-06-04T23:51:42Z")

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@mkborregaard Thanks for your quick answer! I will give Makie a try soon.