Graphviz
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| Developer(s) | AT&T Research Labs and Contributors[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.26.3
/ January 26, 2010 |
| Preview release | 2.27.20100903.0445
/ September 3, 2010 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
| Type | Graph Visualization |
| License | Common Public License |
| Website | http://graphviz.org/ |
Graphviz (short for Graph Visualization Software) is a package of open source tools initiated by AT&T Research Labs for drawing graphs specified in DOT language scripts. It also provides libraries for software applications to use the tools. Graphviz is free software licensed under the Common Public License.
Architecture
Graphviz consists of a graph description language named the DOT language[2] and a set of tools that can generate and/or process DOT files:
- dot
- a command-line tool to lay out directed graphs into a variety of output formats (PostScript, PDF, SVG, annotated text and so on).
- neato
- for "spring model" layout (in Mac OS version called "energy minimised")
- twopi
- for radial graph layouts.
- circo
- for circular graph layouts.
- fdp
- another layout engine for undirected graphs.
- dotty
- a graphical user interface to visualize and edit graphs.
- lefty
- a programmable (in a language inspired by EZ[3]) widget that displays DOT graphs and allows the user to perform actions on them with the mouse. Lefty can therefore be used as the view in a model-view-controller GUI application that uses graphs.
Applications
- AsciiDoc can embed Graphviz syntax as a diagram
- ConnectedText has a Graphviz plugin.
- Doxygen uses Graphviz to generate diagrams including class hierarchies and collaboration for computer program source code.
- GRAMPS uses Graphviz to create family trees
- GraphViz - MediaWiki Graphviz Extension
- Linguine Maps Java API to Graphviz
- lisp2dot converts Lisp-like program trees to DOT language. Designed for use with genetic programming.
- MoinMoin wiki Graphviz Extension
- OmniGraffle 5 uses the Graphviz engine for automatically laying out graphs
- UMLGraph creates UML class and sequence diagrams from declarative specifications
- WinGraphviz is a win32 platform application.
- WikidPad uses Graphviz as a plugin
- QuickGraph can use Graphviz to render the graphs.
- Scribus is an Open Source DTP program that can use Graphviz to render graphs by using its internal editor in a special frame type called render frame.
- Puppet can produce DOT resource graphs which can be viewed with Graphviz[4]
See also
- Related software
- Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout - A .NET library for laying out graphs
References
- ^ Credits Graphviz
- ^ The DOT Language
- ^ The Lefty guide (“Editing Pictures with lefty”), section 3.1, p. 9.
- ^ Dependency graphs in Puppet