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

What about this?

%matplotlib --list
Available matplotlib backends: ['tk', 'gtk', 'gtk3', 'wx', 'qt4', 'qt5', 'qt', 'osx', 'nbagg', 'notebook', 'agg', 'svg', 'pdf', 'ps', 'inline', 'ipympl', 'widget']