[eyegor]

To your last point, have you tried plotnine? It's meant to be ggplot2 for python.

https://github.com/has2k1/plotnine

[a_bonobo]

I've looked at it yes!! but there's heaps of ggplot-based libraries that I also like to use; things like cowplot, ggsignif, ggtree etc. It would be a cat-and-mouse game for plotnine to keep up with the ggplot-based ecosystem!