Gauge Chart
Bug Resolution Rate
Software quality metric with lime green dev theme
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Wedge, Circle, Polygon
import numpy as np
resolved = 156
total = 180
rate = (resolved / total) * 100
bg_color = '#ffffff'
track_color = '#f3f4f6'
arc_color = '#6CF527'
text_color = '#1f2937'
dim_color = '#9ca3af'
start_angle, end_angle = -30, 210
sweep = end_angle - start_angle
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 8), facecolor=bg_color)
ax.set_facecolor(bg_color)
ax.set_xlim(-1.4, 1.4)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, 1.4)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.axis('off')
ax.add_patch(Wedge((0.01, -0.01), 1.0, start_angle, end_angle, width=0.15, facecolor='#000000', edgecolor='none', alpha=0.03))
ax.add_patch(Wedge((0, 0), 1.0, start_angle, end_angle, width=0.15, facecolor=track_color, edgecolor='none'))
value_pct = rate / 100
value_angle = start_angle + (1 - value_pct) * sweep
for r_off, w_off, alpha in [(0.03, 0.04, 0.15), (0.015, 0.02, 0.35), (0, 0, 0.95)]:
ax.add_patch(Wedge((0, 0), 1.0 + r_off, value_angle, end_angle, width=0.15 + w_off, facecolor=arc_color, edgecolor='none', alpha=alpha))
for i in range(11):
pct = i / 10
angle = np.radians(end_angle - pct * sweep)
r1, r2 = (0.87, 0.80) if i % 5 == 0 else (0.87, 0.83)
ax.plot([r1*np.cos(angle), r2*np.cos(angle)], [r1*np.sin(angle), r2*np.sin(angle)], color='#d1d5db', linewidth=2 if i%5==0 else 1)
if i % 5 == 0:
ax.text(0.72*np.cos(angle), 0.72*np.sin(angle), f'{int(pct*100)}', fontsize=11, color=dim_color, ha='center', va='center')
needle_angle = np.radians(end_angle - value_pct * sweep)
nx, ny = 0.62 * np.cos(needle_angle), 0.62 * np.sin(needle_angle)
perp = needle_angle + np.pi/2
bx1, by1 = 0.035 * np.cos(perp), 0.035 * np.sin(perp)
ax.add_patch(Polygon([(nx+0.01, ny-0.01), (bx1+0.01, by1-0.01), (-bx1+0.01, -by1-0.01)], facecolor='#000000', edgecolor='none', alpha=0.1))
ax.add_patch(Polygon([(nx, ny), (bx1, by1), (-bx1, -by1)], facecolor=text_color, edgecolor='none'))
ax.add_patch(Circle((0.01, -0.01), 0.09, facecolor='#000000', edgecolor='none', alpha=0.08))
for r, c, a in [(0.10, arc_color, 0.2), (0.08, '#ffffff', 1), (0.06, arc_color, 0.9)]:
ax.add_patch(Circle((0, 0), r, facecolor=c, edgecolor='none', alpha=a))
ax.text(0, -0.22, f'{rate:.0f}%', fontsize=52, fontweight='bold', color=text_color, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(0, -0.40, f'{resolved} / {total} bugs', fontsize=13, color=arc_color, ha='center', va='center', fontweight='600')
ax.text(0, -0.56, 'THIS SPRINT', fontsize=11, color=dim_color, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(0, 1.22, 'Bug Resolution', fontsize=18, fontweight='bold', color=text_color, ha='center', va='center')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Part-to-Whole
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