<h3>News</h3>


<p>Please <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=80706">donate</a>
to support matplotlib development.</p>


<p>Matplotlib 1.1.0 is available for
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.1.0/">download</a>.
See <a href="{{ pathto('users/whats_new') }}">what's new</a>
and tips on <a href="{{ pathto('users/installing') }}">installing</a>.
</p>

<p>Sandro Tosi has a new book
 <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/matplotlib-python-development/book?utm_source=matplotlib.sourceforge.net&utm_medium=link&utm_content=pod&utm_campaign=mdb_002124">Matplotlib for python
  developers</a>
  also
  at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matplotlib-Python-Developers-Sandro-Tosi/dp/1847197906">amazon</a>.</p>

<p>Build websites like matplotlib's,
with <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> and extensions for
mpl plots, math, inheritance diagrams -- try
the <a href="http://matplotlib.sf.net/sampledoc">sampledoc</a>
tutorial.
</p>

<h3>Videos</h3>

<p>Watch the <a href="http://conference.scipy.org/">SciPy</a> 2009 <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/scipy09_introTutorialDay2_1">intro</a> and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/scipy09_advancedTutorialDay1_3">advanced</a> matplotlib tutorials
</p>

<p>Watch
a <a href="http://videolectures.net/mloss08_hunter_mat">talk</a> about
matplotlib presented
at <a href="http://videolectures.net/mloss08_whistler">NIPS 08
Workshop</a> <i>MLOSS</i></a> and one <a href="http://carlfk.blip.tv/file/2557425">presented</a>
at <a href="http://chipy.org">ChiPy</a>.
</p>


<h3>Toolkits</h3>

<p>There are several matplotlib add-on <a href="{{
pathto('users/toolkits') }}">toolkits</a>, including the projection
and mapping toolkit
<a href="http://matplotlib.sf.net/basemap/doc/html">basemap</a>, 3d plotting with <a href="{{
pathto('mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/index') }}">mplot3d</a>, axes and axis helpers in <a href="{{
pathto('mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/index') }}">axes_grid</a> and more.
 </p>

<h3>Need help?</h3>

<p>Check the <a href="{{ pathto('users/index') }}">user guide</a>,
the <a href="{{ pathto('faq/index') }}">faq</a>, the <a href="{{
pathto('api/index') }}">api</a> docs,
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=matplotlib-users">archives</a>,
and join the matplotlib
mailing <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=80706">lists</a>.
The <a href="{{ pathto('search') }}">search</a> tool searches all of
the documentation, including full text search of over 350 complete
examples which exercise almost every corner of matplotlib.</p>

<p>You can file bugs, patches and feature requests on the
github
<a href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=open">tracker</a>,
but it is a good idea to ping us on the mailing list too.</p>

<p>For details on what's new, see the detailed <a href="{{
pathto('_static/CHANGELOG', 1) }}">changelog</a> or browse the <a href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib">source code</a>.  Anything that could
require changes to your existing codes is logged in the <a href="{{
pathto('api/api_changes.html', 1) }}">api changes</a> file.</p>

<h3>Other stuff</h3>

<p>The matplotlib <a href="{{ pathto('users/license') }}">license</a>
is based on the Python Software Foundation
<a href="http://www.python.org/psf/license">(PSF)</a> license.</p>

<p>There is an active developer community and a long list of people
who have made significant <a href="{{ pathto('users/credits')
}}">contributions</a>.</p>

