Grace

Spec sheet

Purpose

Grace is a WYSIWYG tool for making two-dimensional plots of numerical data.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Free plan

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Security

The changes list says safe mode is enabled by default and disables command-language statements that may modify files, to guard against malicious project files.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Support

The FAQ points users to its guide, home page, and user forums, and cautions that forum participants help in their spare time so replies may not be quick.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

License

Grace is free under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Analysis

Its listed analysis functions include FFT, integration, differentiation, histograms, interpolation, smoothing, convolution, correlation, and sorting.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Automation

Grace has a built-in programming language, supports loadable user-defined functions, and can be controlled by external programs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Curve fitting

Grace supports linear and nonlinear least-squares fitting, constraints, region restrictions, arbitrary weight functions, and user-defined fitting functions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Customization

Users can dynamically load modules and supply their own colors, fonts, and encodings.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Data input

The feature list says Grace reads text data files and 1D netCDF files.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Data sources

Text data files,1D NetCDF files,disk files,and data pipesRead 21 Sep 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Export

It exports vector graphics to EPS, PDF, MIF, and SVG, and supports PNG, PNM, and JPEG.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Exports

It exports vector graphics to EPS, PDF, MIF, and SVG, and supports PNG, PNM, and JPEG.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Extensibility

Grace includes a built-in programming language, can be controlled by external programs, and supports dynamically loadable C or Fortran modules.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Graph editing

The official feature list describes point-and-click editing, precise graph controls, publication-quality output, and instant plot refresh.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Graphing

It supports unlimited graphs and curves per graph, up to 256 customizable colors, and text annotations with subscripts and superscripts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Import and data size

Grace reads text data and 1D netCDF files, and the site describes its data size as unlimited, with up to six dimensions plus an optional string array.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Installation

The FAQ recommends compiling from source; volunteer-contributed binary packages are not officially supported.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Installation limits

The FAQ says binary packages are not officially supported; contributed volunteer binaries are also unsupported, and compiling from source is the preferred installation method.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Interface

It combines a graphical user interface with a scripting language for calculations and automated tasks.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Limitations

The FAQ says Grace does not yet plot 3D graphs and does not have an undo function.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Operating systems

The site says Grace runs on practically any Unix-like operating system and reports ports to VMS, OS/2, and Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, with some minor functionality possibly missing.Read 11 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Platform

desktopRead 21 Sep 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Platform support

The home page says Grace runs on practically any Unix-like OS and has been ported to VMS, OS/2, and older Windows versions; the Windows and OS/2 ports require an X server and may lack functionality.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Data Visualization Software#44 of 988.1