Editing Gnuplot (section)

{{Short description|Command-line and GUI plotting program}}
{{distinguish|plotutils}}
{{Lowercase title}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox software
| name                 = gnuplot
| logo                 =
| screenshot           = Gnuplot ellipsoid.svg
| caption              = 3D rendering of an [[ellipsoid]] by gnuplot
| released             = {{Start date and age|1986|df=yes}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre                = [[List of graphing software|Plotting]]
| license              = [[Gnuplot license|gnuplot]]<ref name="spdx" /><ref name="lice" />
| repo                 = {{URL|sf.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/}}
}}

'''gnuplot''' is a [[command-line]] and [[GUI]] program that can generate two- and three-dimensional [[Plot (graphics)|plots]] of [[Function (mathematics)|function]]s, [[data]], and [[Curve fitting|data fits]]. The program runs on all major [[computer]]s and [[operating system]]s ([[Linux]], [[Unix]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[FreeDOS]], and many others).<ref>Gnuplot 5.0 Reference Manual, 2015, {{ISBN|9881443644}}</ref>
Originally released in 1986, its listed authors are Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley, Russell Lang, Dave Kotz, John Campbell, Gershon Elber, Alexander Woo "and many others."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/index.html#x1-70001.2|title=gnuplot FAQ|website=Gnuplot.info|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> Despite its name, this software is not part of the [[GNU Project]].