ttyplot ☆

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Description:
Realtime plotting utility for terminal with data input from stdin

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: terminal visualization plotting real-time monitoring

Install: brew install ttyplot

About:
Ttyplot is a lightweight, real-time plotting utility designed for Unix-like terminals. It reads data from standard input and renders it as a live graph directly in the console. This tool is ideal for visualizing streaming metrics without the overhead of a graphical user interface.

Key Features:

Real-time plotting of streaming data from stdin
Lightweight and dependency-free
Supports multiple plot lines and basic statistics
Customizable axes and colors

Use Cases:

Monitoring live server metrics (CPU, memory, network)
Visualizing output from scripts or sensor data
Debugging data streams in terminal environments

Alternatives:

gnuplot – More powerful and versatile for complex plotting, but heavier and not designed specifically for real-time terminal streaming.
termgraph – Python-based alternative that also plots in the terminal, but Ttyplot is a standalone C binary with lower overhead.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2024 6:30pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	432118cf