PlotJuggler 4 is an extensible, performant and open-source multi-modal visualization platform.
Explore recorded or live data, compare test runs, and analyze and transform your data,
in a single application.
Analyze signals interactively
- Drag and drop your data. Drag signals into time-series and XY plots, zoom into events, and inspect individual samples.
- Validate changes across runs. Load several recordings, align their timelines, and overlay signals to compare behavior.
- Analyze the signal. Filter noise, measure rates of change, integrate values, or inspect frequency content with Fast Fourier Transforms.
- Add your own functions. Create derived series with custom transforms in Lua and Python, alongside the built-in filters.
- Reuse your analysis. Arrange plots in tabs and dockable panels, then save your layout and transforms for the next investigation.
Multimodal data, synchronized in time
Efficient data storage, GPU-accelerated rendering and on-demand media decoding
help keep large recordings responsive as you explore.
Work with the data you already have
Open supported formats directly and connect to your existing sensor and messaging
systems. Install ready-to-use loaders, streamers and tools through
File → Marketplace:
| Sources | Formats |
|---|
| Files | CSV, MCAP, Parquet, PX4 ULog, LeRobot, MP4, PCD and PLY |
| Live streams | ROS 2, MQTT, ZeroMQ, UDP, WebSocket bridges, WebRTC and Lab Streaming Layer |
| Message encodings | ROS 1/2, Protobuf, JSON, CBOR, BSON, Apache Arrow and MessagePack |
| Cloud storage | Mosaico |
Need a custom integration? Build a loader, streamer, parser or toolbox with the
plugin SDK, or start from the
official plugins.
How to get started
Every build is attached to the
latest release.
Pick the one that fits your system.
Windows
Download PlotJuggler-<version>-Windows-x64.exe from the
latest release
and run it. It installs for the current user, so no administrator rights are
needed.
Debian and Ubuntu (apt repository)
Recommended on Ubuntu 22.04+ and Debian 12+: add the apt repository once, and
future releases arrive with sudo apt upgrade.
curl -fsSL https://apt.plotjuggler.io/pj4_install.sh | sudo sh
The script (packaging/deb/pj4_install.sh) does exactly this:
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://apt.plotjuggler.io/plotjuggler-archive-keyring.asc \
-o /etc/apt/keyrings/plotjuggler.asc
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/plotjuggler.asc] https://apt.plotjuggler.io stable main" \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plotjuggler.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install plotjuggler4
To install a single release without adding the repository, download
plotjuggler4_<version>_amd64.deb from the
latest release
and run sudo apt install ./plotjuggler4_<version>_amd64.deb. A package
installed this way is not updated by apt upgrade.
Any Linux distribution (AppImage)
Download PlotJuggler-<version>-x86_64.AppImage from the
latest release,
then make it executable and run it:
chmod +x PlotJuggler-*-x86_64.AppImage
./PlotJuggler-*-x86_64.AppImage
It needs glibc 2.35 or newer (Ubuntu 22.04 and later, or equivalent).
Building from source
For compilation and development setup, see Building from source.
License
Released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Third-party dependencies retain their own licenses.
