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<h2>Version 3.10<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-10" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.10.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.10.0 (December 13, 2024)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.9.html">API Changes for 3.10.9</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.7.html">API Changes for 3.10.7</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.1.html">API Changes for 3.10.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.0.html">API Changes for 3.10.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="github_stats.html">GitHub statistics for 3.10.9 (Apr 23, 2026)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.8.html">GitHub statistics for 3.10.8 (Nov 12, 2025)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.9<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-9" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.9.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.9.0 (May 15, 2024)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.9.2.html">API Changes for 3.9.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.9.1.html">API Changes for 3.9.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.9.0.html">API Changes for 3.9.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.9.4.html">GitHub statistics for 3.9.4 (Dec 13, 2024)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.9.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.9.3 (Nov 30, 2024)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.8<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-8" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.8.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.8.0 (Sept 13, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.8.1.html">API Changes for 3.8.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.8.0.html">API Changes for 3.8.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.8.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.8.3 (Feb 14, 2024)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.8.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.8.2 (Nov 17, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.8.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.8.1 (Oct 31, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.8.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.8.0 (Sep 14, 2023)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.7<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-7" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.7.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.7.0 (Feb 13, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.7.0.html">API Changes for 3.7.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.7.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.7.3 (Sep 11, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.7.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.7.2 (Jul 05, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.7.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.7.1 (Mar 03, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.7.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.7.0 (Feb 13, 2023)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.6<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-6" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.6.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.6.0 (Sep 15, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.6.1.html">API Changes for 3.6.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.6.0.html">API Changes for 3.6.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.6.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.6.3 (Jan 11, 2023)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.6.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.6.2 (Nov 02, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.6.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.6.1 (Oct 08, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.6.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.6.0 (Sep 15, 2022)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.5<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-5" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.5.2.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.5.2 (May 02, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.5.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.5.0 (Nov 15, 2021)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.5.3.html">API Changes for 3.5.3</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.5.2.html">API Changes for 3.5.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.5.0.html">API Changes for 3.5.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.5.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.5.3 (Aug 10, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.5.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.5.2 (May 02, 2022)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.5.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.5.1 (Dec 11, 2021)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.5.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.5.0 (Nov 15, 2021)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.4<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-4" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.4.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.4.0 (Mar 26, 2021)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.4.2.html">API Changes for 3.4.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.4.0.html">API Changes for 3.4.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.4.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.4.1 (Mar 31, 2021)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.4.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.4.0 (Mar 26, 2021)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.3<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-3" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.3.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.3.0 (Jul 16, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.3.1.html">API Changes for 3.3.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.3.0.html">API Changes for 3.3.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.3.4.html">GitHub statistics for 3.3.4 (Jan 28, 2021)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.3.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.3.3 (Nov 11, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.3.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.3.2 (Sep 15, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.3.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.3.1 (Aug 13, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.3.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.3.0 (Jul 16, 2020)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.2<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-2" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.2.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.2 (Mar 04, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.2.0.html">API Changes for 3.2.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.2.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.2.2 (Jun 17, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.2.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.2.1 (Mar 18, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.2.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.2.0 (Mar 04, 2020)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.1<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-1" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.1.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.1 (May 18, 2019)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.1.1.html">API Changes for 3.1.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.1.0.html">API Changes for 3.1.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.1.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.1.3 (Feb 03, 2020)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.1.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.1.2 (Nov 21, 2019)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.1.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.1.1 (Jul 02, 2019)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.1.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.1.0 (May 18, 2019)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 3.0<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-3-0" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 3.0 (Sep 18, 2018)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.0.1.html">API Changes for 3.0.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.0.0.html">API Changes for 3.0.0</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.0.3.html">GitHub statistics for 3.0.3 (Feb 28, 2019)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.0.2.html">GitHub statistics for 3.0.2 (Nov 10, 2018)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.0.1.html">GitHub statistics for 3.0.1 (Oct 25, 2018)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.0.0.html">GitHub statistics for 3.0.0 (Sep 18, 2018)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 2.2<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-2-2" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_2.2.html">What's new in Matplotlib 2.2 (Mar 06, 2018)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.2.0.html">API Changes in 2.2.0</a></li>
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<h2>Version 2.1<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-2-1" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_2.1.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 2.1.0 (Oct 7, 2017)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.1.2.html">API Changes in 2.1.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.1.1.html">API Changes in 2.1.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.1.0.html">API Changes in 2.1.0</a></li>
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<h2>Version 2.0<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-2-0" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_2.0.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 2.0 (Jan 17, 2017)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.0.1.html">API Changes in 2.0.1</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_2.0.0.html">API Changes in 2.0.0</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.5<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-5" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.5.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.5 (Oct 29, 2015)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.5.3.html">API Changes in 1.5.3</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.5.2.html">API Changes in 1.5.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.5.0.html">API Changes in 1.5.0</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.4<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-4" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.4.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.4 (Aug 25, 2014)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.4.x.html">API Changes in 1.4.x</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.3<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-3" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.3.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.3 (Aug 01, 2013)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.3.x.html">API Changes in 1.3.x</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.2<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-2" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.2.2.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.2.2</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.2.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.2 (Nov 9, 2012)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.2.x.html">API Changes in 1.2.x</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.1<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-1" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.1.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.1 (Nov 02, 2011)</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_1.1.x.html">API Changes in 1.1.x</a></li>
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<h2>Version 1.0<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-1-0" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_1.0.html">What's new in Matplotlib 1.0 (Jul 06, 2010)</a></li>
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<h2>Version 0.x<aclass="headerlink" href="#version-0-x" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/changelog.html">List of changes to Matplotlib prior to 2015</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="prev_whats_new/whats_new_0.99.html">What's new in Matplotlib 0.99 (Aug 29, 2009)</a></li>