# Where is actual development in Plotting?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-actual-development-in-plotting/6224
**Category:** Visualization
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-actual-development-in-plotting/6224 "2017-10-03T17:43:35Z")
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#### Post date: [October 18, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-actual-development-in-plotting/6224/120 "2017-10-18T02:14:45Z")

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> @tobias.knopp: I think one of the most promising efforts was/is Winston.jl. It is pure Julia and thus is fully hackable. Integration with Gtk.jl works nicely.  
> Unfortunately the development behind this stalled a little bit.

I am not certain if this satisfies your needs, but the `InspectDR` plotting backend is also “pure Julia”: The rendering is done through Cairo.jl, and the interactive GUI makes use of Gtk.jl.

Link: [ANN: New interactive Plots.jl backend for large datasets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-interactive-plots-jl-backend-for-large-datasets/1442)

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