HexBinPlots.jl provides hexbin histogram plots to the Plots/StatPlots ecosystem.
Example:
#Pkg.clone("git@github.com:RalphAS/HexBinPlots.jl.git")
using HexBinPlots
using Plots
N=10^4
x=randn(N)
y=randn(N)
hexbins(x,y,colorbar=true,color_palette=:viridis_r)
Note: Plots does have a hexbin series type, but only for the PyPlot backend,
and it doesn't seem as versatile as this (the extra s here disambiguates).
hexbins requires shape and color gradient capabilities, so it
does not work with all backends.
Credit: based in part on Gadfly.jl code and other Plots recipes.