# DISLIN

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{{Short description|Plotting library}}
{{Infobox software
| logo = 150px|DISLIN
| developer = Helmut Michels
| latest release version = 11.6.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2026|04}}
| operating system = [Cross-platform](/source/Cross-platform)
| genre = Plotting library
| license = Free for non-commercial and commercial use
| website = {{URL|https://www.dislin.de/}}
}}

'''DISLIN''' is a high-level [plotting](/source/Chart) [library](/source/Library_(computer_science)) developed by Helmut Michels at the [Max Planck Institute](/source/Max_Planck_Institute) for Solar System Research in [Göttingen](/source/G%C3%B6ttingen), [Germany](/source/Germany). Helmut Michels has worked as a mathematician and [Unix](/source/Unix) system manager at the computer center of the institute. He retired in April 2020 and 
founded the company [https://www.dislin-software.de/en Dislin Software].

The DISLIN library contains routines and functions for displaying data as curves, bar graphs, [pie chart](/source/pie_chart)s, 3D-colour plots, surfaces, contours and maps. Several output [formats](/source/Graphics_file_format) are supported such as [X11](/source/X11), [VGA](/source/Video_Graphics_Array), [PostScript](/source/PostScript), [PDF](/source/PDF), [CGM](/source/Computer_Graphics_Metafile), [WMF](/source/Windows_Metafile), [EMF](/source/Windows_Enhanced_Metafile), [SVG](/source/Scalable_Vector_Graphics), [HPGL](/source/HPGL), [PNG](/source/Portable_Network_Graphics), [BMP](/source/Windows_Bitmap), [PPM](/source/Portable_Pixmap), [GIF](/source/GIF) and [TIFF](/source/Tagged_Image_File_Format).

DISLIN is available for the [programming languages](/source/programming_languages) [Fortran](/source/Fortran) 77, Fortran 90/95 and [C](/source/C_(programming_language)). Plotting extensions for the languages [Perl](/source/Perl), [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)), [Java](/source/Java_(programming_language)), [Julia](/source/Julia_(programming_language)), [Ruby](/source/Ruby_(programming_language)), [Go](/source/Go_(programming_language)) and [Tcl](/source/Tcl_(programming_language)) are also supported for most operating systems. There is a third-party package to use DISLIN from [IDL](/source/IDL_(programming_language)).<ref>{{cite web|author = Philippe-A. Bourdin|year = 2020|title = IDL wrapper for DISLIN|url = https://www.dislin.de/downloads.html}}</ref>

== History ==
The first version 1.0 was released in December 1986. The current version of DISLIN is 11.6.0, released in April 2026

Since version 11.3 the DISLIN software is free for non-commercial and commercial use.<ref name=Michels2009>{{
cite book|last = Michels|first = Helmut|year = 2017|title = The Data Plotting Software DISLIN, Version 11
|chapter = License Information|publisher = Shaker Media|pages = 9–10|isbn = 978-3-95631-557-2
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author = Helmut Michels|year = 2018|title = END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR DISLIN
|url = https://www.dislin.de/eula.html
}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://www.dislin.de/}}

Category:1986 software
Category:3D graphics software
Category:Cross-platform software
Category:Graphics libraries
Category:Max Planck Society
Category:Plotting software

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