PLplot is a scientific plotting package which is relatively small, portable, and freely distributable. It has a wide range of plot types including line (linear, log), contour, 3D, fill, and almost 1000 characters (including Greek and mathematical) in its extended font set. The package is designed to make it easy to quickly get graphical output; only a handful of function calls is typically required. For more advanced use, virtually all aspects of plotting are configurable. PLplot includes drivers for postscript, xfig, HPGL, impress, native meta-file, X-Window, Xterm, Tcl/Tk, Tektronix terminals, vt100/tek and vt320/tek emulators, and others. The PLplot package includes interfaces for the Fortran, C, C++, and Tcl languages. There is also a Tcl based interpreter (pltcl), allowing interactive plotting.