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I am considering moving from matplotlib to plotly.

plotly seems great and all, but most of the documentation assumes that the user uses online API, not offline one. So, any example with the line

import plotly.plotly as py

needs to be converted to offline language somehow, using plotly.offline.

What I've noticed is the functionality of plotly.offline seems to be incomplete. First, plotly.offline cannot replace plotly.plotly. Also, there are some examples that only provides online versions of the code, like this one and this one too. They both seem to have no way to do that in offline mode, or at least I haven't found out how.

So, haven't I googled enough or is plotly's offline functionality really incomplete?

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Late to the party, but I think you (and others) would like to know that some time after you posted your question, plotly was made available without the hassle of worrying about plotly offline.

Since you're posting under the python tag, take a look at Is Plotly for Python Free?

Note that:

[...] Open Street Maps or Mapbox, [...] will need a connection to that service.

Also note that plotly still has commercial offerings such as Dash Enterprise and Chart Studio Enterprise.

Personally I'm using plotly with Jupyter Lab and think it's a fantastic combination.

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