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Every open issue in matplotlib-cpp fixed by Claude
The maintainer of matplotlib-cpp, a C++ wrapper for Python's plotting library, handed the project to Claude and says it fixed every open issue.
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- Repository account lava Source ↗
- HN submitter HotHotLava Source ↗
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matplotlib-cpp is a header-only C++ plotting library that wraps Python's matplotlib, with about 4,800 stars on GitHub. Its author wrote it at university; most users are academics, and over the years a backlog of hundreds of issues and pull requests built up that the author no longer had the energy to work through.
The author handed the project to Claude and reports that it fixed every open issue. The repository was updated on 9 November 2026 and its README now documents constraints such as string x-axis labels and headless saving.
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- Hacker News: I handed my open-source project to Claude, and it fixed every single issueRepository account: lava
The matplotlib-cpp repository.
- Hacker News discussion (2 points)HN submitter: HotHotLavaPosted
The author's Hacker News post explaining the backlog.