Post #2392526

2026-05-10 21:22 UTC

Dear real internet. Because search is so terrible and failing me: do you know of any LibreOffice Calc ChartType Add-ins? Basically the selection of chart types is pretty rotten and I&#39;d like to be able to generate other things. But I can&#39;t find anything. And it would surprise me greatly if such a customisation had never been achieved before. Especially since the in built options are so basic. #help #libreoffice #chart #graphics #data

Replies (10)

@saxicola@toot.community 2026-05-10 21:45

@doctormo@floss.social For charts I use python and matplotlib these days. I know that's another learning curve you have to ride on but I thought I'd mention it as another web search phrase.

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@sundew@beige.party 2026-05-10 21:47

@doctormo@floss.social This one might offer a few more types? https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/5719

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@Davida_Taylor@mastodon.online 2026-05-10 21:59

@doctormo@floss.social Top bar: Insert | Second Item from the top: Charts | I see 10 choices. You can of course look for more extensions ( that's another option ) But normally those 10 cover most ideas and concepts.

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@13reak@infosec.exchange 2026-05-10 22:22

@doctormo@floss.social Apologies for reinterpreting the question a bit but I genuinely thought this might help: I switched from LibreOffice to Grist. It has a python/plugin interface, so you can do anything you can imagine. Also, you find plugins on GitHub. Maybe it's worth a shot for you too.

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@aaronkurz@mastodon.online 2026-05-10 22:58

@doctormo@floss.social maybe the charts in ONLYOFFICE are better?

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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-05-10 23:43

@doctormo@floss.social Boosted 4 reach. Bong hits 4 Jesus.

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@ThanatoidJones@mastodon.social 2026-05-10 23:58

@doctormo@floss.social https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/5719

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@knord@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 02:37

@doctormo@floss.social Are there specific chart types you want that aren't supported? Do you want the new types in Microsoft Office, or others that MS doesn't provide?

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@bbbhltz@framapiaf.org 2026-05-11 05:32

@doctormo@floss.social I once searched (not high and low, mind you) and came up with nothing. I'm surprised it cannot do boxplots or Likert scales.

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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org 2026-05-11 19:20

@doctormo@floss.social I could try to code one for you if I werent already waist deep in vibe coded python (that my engineers "wrote for their PRs....see how beautiful it is"), trying to fix all the stupid mistakes that an untrained LLM does.

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