Graphviz Recommendations

Comments primarily recommend Graphviz as a reliable, established tool for graph visualization, often comparing it to newer alternatives mentioned in the article and sharing related resources.

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Sample Comments

pwg Jul 14, 2021 View on HN

Have you looked at Graphviz?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz

vladojsem Mar 4, 2021 View on HN

sure, thanks for highlighting the tool. i thought you were a heavy-user of graphviz so you would have the insights ;-)

thomas536 Jan 25, 2020 View on HN

Graphviz is a solid tool for this sort of thing

cbd1984 Apr 5, 2015 View on HN

How do these compare to graphviz?

macgyverismo May 5, 2022 View on HN

earnest question; why would I use this instead of graphviz?

r4vik Nov 11, 2012 View on HN

you should look into graphviz, this article posted a few weeks ago comes to mind: http://robrhinehart.com/?p=119

_ZeD_ May 11, 2020 View on HN

Look at graphviz for the best tool you can find about

rubicks May 15, 2021 View on HN

Is anyone using dot and/or graphviz in earnest for something like this?

MithrilTuxedo Oct 31, 2019 View on HN

Since you mention DOT (the GraphViz format, right?) have you tried viz-js?http://viz-js.com/

fiatjaf Jul 25, 2017 View on HN

Have you ever looked into Graphviz?Here's a demo of the same old C Graphviz program running on JS: http://viz-js.com/