# Reports & Graphs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318 "2010-05-28T17:03:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sclarke)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318/1 "2010-05-28T17:03:10Z")

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Hey all,

I was doing a bit of looking around for the best reporting and graph  
libraries in Ruby and I was wondering which ones you would recommend?

Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sclarke)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318/2 "2010-05-28T17:32:43Z")

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Ever considered Ruby GNUplot?

gnuplot is a gem, as I recall.

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**Author:** ![sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sclarke)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318/3 "2010-05-28T17:33:41Z")

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Jason L. wrote:

> Ever considered Ruby GNUplot?
> 
> gnuplot is a gem, as I recall.

> **[Ruby Gnuplot](https://rgnuplot.sourceforge.net/)**
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> Ruby Gnuplot

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**Author:** ![sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sclarke)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318/4 "2010-05-28T20:33:43Z")

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Stuart C. wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I was doing a bit of looking around for the best reporting and graph  
> libraries in Ruby and I was wondering which ones you would recommend?

RRDTool is nice if you are always plotting the last N seconds. The  
rrdtool library does the buffering for you.

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**Author:** ![sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@sclarke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sclarke)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reports-graphs/189318/5 "2010-05-28T17:34:53Z")

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[http://rgplot.rubyforge.org/](http://rgplot.rubyforge.org/)