List of all available matplotlib backends

Question

The current backend name is accessible via

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.get_backend()
\'GTKAgg\'

Is there a way to get a list of all ba

Answer 1

You could look at the following folder for a list of possible backends...

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/backends
/usr/lib64/Python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/backends