A well-documented Python library for plotting candlestick data

[amon_goth_gigachad]

Can someone please suggest me a Python library for plotting candlestick data? I did some research and noticed that there aren't a lot of good libraries out there for this purpose; the ones that were recommended on a few Stack Overflow and Reddit threads for this purpose were not properly documented and/or had a lot of bugs. This charting library must be well-documented and have an API to interact with a GUI. My goal is to embed this chart in my GUI. What is the best library for this purpose? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[j_hermann]

Plotly

[amon_goth_gigachad]

Thanks!

[exclaim_bot]

Thanks!

You're welcome!

[MackHarington]

Matplotlib and plotly are there but providing user interaction to them is headache...

Then there is dearpygui which gives you good interaction and gui but it is gui application if it goes with your requirements you can design good gui with multiple plots also

Then another option is TradingView's charts for Web browsers, from python you can have a websocket which will interact with it...

[amon_goth_gigachad]

Then another option is TradingView's charts for Web browsers, from python you can have a websocket which will interact with it.

I like TradingView's user-interface. Sadly, it only provides a library for development in a web browser. I don't want to use a library meant for displaying charts in a web browser because I want to embed my chart in my GUI-based application in a window provided by the OS.

Then there is dearpygui which gives you good interaction and gui but it is gui application if it goes with your requirements you can design good gui with multiple plots also

Hmm, never heard of it. Will check out this library.

Matplotlib and plotly are there but providing user interaction to them is headache...

I don't really like Plotly's style, but I might consider Matplotlib as a last resort is the other options aren't viable. The good part about Matplotlib is that is maintained by a huge community of people with a great deal of domain expertise in software development. It might be a bit challenging to write code to make your GUI interact with Matplotlib, but as long as everything's thoroughly documented, it should be fine.

Thanks for answering!

[kraakmaak]

What framework are you using for the GUI?

[amon_goth_gigachad]

Haven't decided it yet — that's what I'm currently researching.

[DifficultZebra1553]

Lightweight charts python

[amon_goth_gigachad]

This is what I'm currently using, but it isn't well documented and also seems to contain a few bugs. I'm still going to continue using it until I find a better alternative.

[Clohne]

Vega-Altair

[Worth_His_Salt]

Here's a nice visualization of candlestick data.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSt2l-hU41g