diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/DistributionChart.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/DistributionChart.tsx
index 6d4e7c55..7556da26 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/DistributionChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/DistributionChart.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import {
   DistributionChartSpecOptions,
 } from "../lib/distributionSpecBuilder";
 import { NumberShower } from "./NumberShower";
+import { Plot, parsePlot } from "../lib/plotting";
+import { flattenResult, all } from "../lib/utility";
 
 export type DistributionPlottingSettings = {
   /** Whether to show a summary of means, stdev, percentiles etc */
@@ -25,12 +27,6 @@ export type DistributionPlottingSettings = {
   showControls: boolean;
 } & DistributionChartSpecOptions;
 
-export type LabeledDistribution = { name: string; distribution: Distribution };
-
-export type Plot = {
-  distributions: LabeledDistribution[];
-};
-
 export type DistributionChartProps = {
   plot: Plot;
   width?: number;
@@ -42,99 +38,6 @@ export function defaultPlot(distribution: Distribution): Plot {
   return { distributions: [{ name: "default", distribution }] };
 }
 
-function error<a, b>(err: b): result<a, b> {
-  return { tag: "Error", value: err };
-}
-
-function ok<a, b>(x: a): result<a, b> {
-  return { tag: "Ok", value: x };
-}
-
-function parseString(expr: squiggleExpression): result<string, string> {
-  if (expr.tag === "string") {
-    return ok(expr.value);
-  } else {
-    return error("Expression was not string");
-  }
-}
-
-function parseRecord(
-  expr: squiggleExpression
-): result<{ [key: string]: squiggleExpression }, string> {
-  if (expr.tag === "record") {
-    return ok(expr.value);
-  } else {
-    return error("Expression was not a record");
-  }
-}
-
-function parseDistribution(
-  expr: squiggleExpression
-): result<Distribution, string> {
-  if (expr.tag === "distribution") {
-    return ok(expr.value);
-  } else {
-    return error("Expression was not a distribution");
-  }
-}
-
-function parseArray(
-  expr: squiggleExpression
-): result<squiggleExpression[], string> {
-  if (expr.tag === "array") {
-    return ok(expr.value);
-  } else {
-    return error("Expression was not a distribution");
-  }
-}
-
-function parseField<a>(
-  record: { [key: string]: squiggleExpression },
-  field: string,
-  parser: (expr: squiggleExpression) => result<a, string>
-): result<a, string> {
-  if (record[field]) {
-    return parser(record[field]);
-  } else {
-    return error("record does not have field " + field);
-  }
-}
-
-function resultBind<a, b, c>(
-  x: result<a, b>,
-  fn: (y: a) => result<c, b>
-): result<c, b> {
-  if (x.tag === "Ok") {
-    return fn(x.value);
-  } else {
-    return x;
-  }
-}
-
-function parseLabeledDistribution(
-  x: squiggleExpression
-): result<LabeledDistribution, string> {
-  return resultBind(parseRecord(x), (record) =>
-    resultBind(parseField(record, "name", parseString), (name) =>
-      resultBind(
-        parseField(record, "distribution", parseDistribution),
-        (distribution) => ok({ name, distribution })
-      )
-    )
-  );
-}
-
-function parsePlot(record: {
-  [key: string]: squiggleExpression;
-}): result<Plot, string> {
-  return resultBind(parseField(record, "distributions", parseArray), (array) =>
-    resultBind(
-      flattenResult(array.map(parseLabeledDistribution)),
-      (distributions) => ok({ distributions })
-    )
-  );
-}
-
 export function makePlot(record: {
   [key: string]: squiggleExpression;
 }): Plot | void {
@@ -143,26 +46,6 @@ export function makePlot(record: {
     return plotResult.value;
   }
 }
-function all(arr: boolean[]): boolean {
-  return arr.reduce((x, y) => x && y, true);
-}
-
-function flattenResult<a, b>(x: result<a, b>[]): result<a[], b> {
-  if (x.length === 0) {
-    return { tag: "Ok", value: [] };
-  } else {
-    if (x[0].tag === "Error") {
-      return x[0];
-    } else {
-      let rest = flattenResult(x.splice(1));
-      if (rest.tag === "Error") {
-        return rest;
-      } else {
-        return { tag: "Ok", value: [x[0].value].concat(rest.value) };
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
 
 export const DistributionChart: React.FC<DistributionChartProps> = (props) => {
   const {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/lib/plotting.ts b/packages/components/src/lib/plotting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b7ca31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/lib/plotting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { Distribution, result, squiggleExpression } from "@quri/squiggle-lang";
+import { flattenResult, resultBind } from "./utility";
+
+export type LabeledDistribution = { name: string; distribution: Distribution };
+
+export type Plot = {
+  distributions: LabeledDistribution[];
+};
+
+function error<a, b>(err: b): result<a, b> {
+  return { tag: "Error", value: err };
+}
+
+function ok<a, b>(x: a): result<a, b> {
+  return { tag: "Ok", value: x };
+}
+
+function parseString(expr: squiggleExpression): result<string, string> {
+  if (expr.tag === "string") {
+    return ok(expr.value);
+  } else {
+    return error("Expression was not string");
+  }
+}
+
+function parseRecord(
+  expr: squiggleExpression
+): result<{ [key: string]: squiggleExpression }, string> {
+  if (expr.tag === "record") {
+    return ok(expr.value);
+  } else {
+    return error("Expression was not a record");
+  }
+}
+
+function parseDistribution(
+  expr: squiggleExpression
+): result<Distribution, string> {
+  if (expr.tag === "distribution") {
+    return ok(expr.value);
+  } else {
+    return error("Expression was not a distribution");
+  }
+}
+
+function parseArray(
+  expr: squiggleExpression
+): result<squiggleExpression[], string> {
+  if (expr.tag === "array") {
+    return ok(expr.value);
+  } else {
+    return error("Expression was not a distribution");
+  }
+}
+
+function parseField<a>(
+  record: { [key: string]: squiggleExpression },
+  field: string,
+  parser: (expr: squiggleExpression) => result<a, string>
+): result<a, string> {
+  if (record[field]) {
+    return parser(record[field]);
+  } else {
+    return error("record does not have field " + field);
+  }
+}
+
+function parseLabeledDistribution(
+  x: squiggleExpression
+): result<LabeledDistribution, string> {
+  return resultBind(parseRecord(x), (record) =>
+    resultBind(parseField(record, "name", parseString), (name) =>
+      resultBind(
+        parseField(record, "distribution", parseDistribution),
+        (distribution) => ok({ name, distribution })
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+export function parsePlot(record: {
+  [key: string]: squiggleExpression;
+}): result<Plot, string> {
+  return resultBind(parseField(record, "distributions", parseArray), (array) =>
+    resultBind(
+      flattenResult(array.map(parseLabeledDistribution)),
+      (distributions) => ok({ distributions })
+    )
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/src/lib/utility.ts b/packages/components/src/lib/utility.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a5ecc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/lib/utility.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { result } from "@quri/squiggle-lang";
+
+export function flattenResult<a, b>(x: result<a, b>[]): result<a[], b> {
+  if (x.length === 0) {
+    return { tag: "Ok", value: [] };
+  } else {
+    if (x[0].tag === "Error") {
+      return x[0];
+    } else {
+      let rest = flattenResult(x.splice(1));
+      if (rest.tag === "Error") {
+        return rest;
+      } else {
+        return { tag: "Ok", value: [x[0].value].concat(rest.value) };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function resultBind<a, b, c>(
+  x: result<a, b>,
+  fn: (y: a) => result<c, b>
+): result<c, b> {
+  if (x.tag === "Ok") {
+    return fn(x.value);
+  } else {
+    return x;
+  }
+}
+
+export function all(arr: boolean[]): boolean {
+  return arr.reduce((x, y) => x && y, true);
+}