We're all going to be graphing in terminals with sixels...

GraphingWithSixel.md

The basic idea here is that anything that can produce an image can embed it's output in the terminal now...

Plotly.ps1

using namespace Plotly.NET
using namespace Plotly.NET.LayoutObjects
using namespace Plotly.NET.ImageExport

# One time install of plotly.net and it's dependencies
if (!(Test-Path $PSScriptRoot/lib/Plotly.NET.dll)) {
    Push-Location $PSScriptRoot
    dotnet new classlib -n import -o .
    dotnet add ./import.csproj package Plotly.NET.ImageExport
    dotnet publish -c Release -o lib
    Remove-Item ./Class1.cs -ErrorAction Ignore
    Pop-Location
}

# Once per session we have to import all those assemblies
if ("Plotly.NET.Chart" -as [type] -eq $null) {
    Get-ChildItem $PSScriptRoot/lib -Filter *.dll
    | ForEach-Object {
        Write-Host "Loading $_"
        Add-Type -AssemblyName $_.FullName
    }
    # Set the default template to dark mode for the terminal (or ::transpparent)
    [Plotly.NET.Defaults]::DefaultTemplate = [Plotly.NET.ChartTemplates]::dark
}

# Some made up numbers
$x = [double[]]@( 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9., 10. )
$y = [double[]]@( 5., 2.5, 5., 7.5, 5., 2.5, 7.5, 4.5, 5.5, 5. )

# I'm using the declarative style https://plotly.net/#Declarative-style-in-C-using-the-underlying
# Plotly.NET was written for F# and their generic object isn't PowerShell friendly
$xAxis = [LinearAxis]@{}
$xAxis.SetValue("title", "X Axis");
$xAxis.SetValue("showgrid", $false);
$xAxis.SetValue("showline", $true);

$yAxis = [LinearAxis]@{}
$yAxis.SetValue("title", "Y Axis");
$yAxis.SetValue("showgrid", $false);
$yAxis.SetValue("showline", $true);

$layout = [Layout]@{}
$layout.SetValue("xaxis", $xAxis);
$layout.SetValue("yaxis", $yAxis);
$layout.SetValue("showlegend", $true);
$layout.SetValue("plot_bgcolor", "#413041"); # dark purple
$layout.SetValue("paper_bgcolor", "#00000000"); # transparent

$trace = [Trace]"scatter"
$trace.SetValue("x", $x);
$trace.SetValue("y", $y);
$trace.SetValue("mode", "areafill+lines");
$trace.SetValue("fill", "tozeroy");
$trace.SetValue("name", "Pwsh Usage");
$chart = [GenericChart]::ofTraceObject($true, $trace)
$chart = [Chart]::WithLayout($layout).Invoke($chart)

# Plotly.NET can output a PNG or JPG, but to get Terminal output I want sixel ...
[ChartExtensions]::ToBase64PNGString($null, 600, 300).Invoke($chart)
# magick will take inline base64 and output sixel ...
# And will set the transparent color to my background color in the palette
| magick inline:- -transparent-color "#212021" sixel:-