qtiplot.md

# QtiPlot

A cross-platform scientific application for data analysis and visualisation.

## Introduction

[QtiPlot][1] is a cross-platform scientific application for data analysis and visualisation.
QtiPlot can be used to present 2D and 3D data and has various data analysis functions like curve fitting.
The program is also extensible to a considerable degree via muParser and Python scripting language,
which allows adding the arbitrary user-defined functions with access to graphs, matrices and data tables.

## Installed Versions

For the current list of installed versions, use:

```console
$ ml av QtiPlot
```

## Running QtiPlot

!!! important
    You must first enable the [VNC][a] or [X Window System][b] GUI environment.

To run QtiPlot, use:

```console
$ ml QtiPlot; qtiplot
```

[1]: https://www.qtiplot.com/index.html

[a]: ../../../general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/vnc/
[b]: ../../../general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/x-window-system/