# Why is Julia's graphics system so slow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** plotting, ttfp\
**Created:** [September 25, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750 "2021-09-25T13:09:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750/4 "2021-09-25T14:48:36Z")

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Once I compiled a system image with StatsPlots, DataFrames, StatsBase, and such, it made time to first plot very small… See [A Julia DataAnalysis Sysimage from PackageCompiler It’s so easy you should do it too!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-julia-dataanalysis-sysimage-from-packagecompiler-its-so-easy-you-should-do-it-too/68127)

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