PlotX

PlotX is a native desktop application for scientific data analysis and figure preparation.

User manual · Releases · Contributing

Highlights

• Bring scientific data together. Current import support includes Axon ABF2 patch-clamp recordings, JEOL Delta and Bruker TopSpin experiments, JCAMP-DX spectra, archives, and delimited tables.
• Process and analyze interactively. Build ordered processing pipelines, then pick peaks, integrate regions, and fit data. NMR workflows also include DOSY and relaxation analysis, plus sweep statistics and IV analysis for electrophysiology recordings.
• Prepare figures for submission. Compose spectra, tables, and annotations on a multipage board; use journal-size and resolution presets, check font sizes and line widths before export, then write vector or raster files. On Windows, figures also copy to the clipboard as both bitmap and vector data.
• Make work reproducible. Save complete .plotx sessions and reuse .plotxproc processing recipes across datasets.

The user manual has the supported-format matrix, the processing-step reference, and workflow guides.

Install

Prebuilt packages are published on the Releases page; the installation guide covers setup and updates. If there is no package for your platform yet, build from source below.

Build from source

Building requires the current stable Rust toolchain.

git clone https://github.com/nmrtist/plotx.git
cd plotx
cargo run --release -p plotx

That is the fast development build. It uses the built-in reference table executor, which keeps whole tables in memory and cannot spill, so large-table work needs the shipping engine instead:

cargo release-build          # the desktop app with the DataFusion backend

Releases are produced with cargo release-build. The About window always names the active table engine, so you can tell which kind of build you are running.

The development workflow and pre-submission checks are described in CONTRIBUTING.md.

Project status

PlotX is pre-1.0 and under active development. The .plotx project schema may change between releases until 1.0.

License

PlotX is dual-licensed:

• Open source: GNU GPL v3.0 or later. If you distribute a combined work covered by the GPL, you must comply with its source-code and licensing requirements.
• Commercial: a separate commercial license is available for embedding PlotX in closed-source or proprietary products. See COMMERCIAL-LICENSE.md.

Copyright and asset licensing are described in COPYRIGHT.md, including treatment of the PlotX name and logos. External contributions are accepted under the agreement and process in CONTRIBUTING.md.

Using the PlotX application as an end user is always free and never requires a commercial license.