samizdatco/arbor

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases no_license

Adoption not part of the score

2658 stars · 621 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Arbor is a JavaScript graph visualization library that provides an efficient force-directed layout algorithm using web workers and jQuery. It handles graph organization and physics while leaving rendering to the developer via canvas, SVG, or positioned HTML elements.

Use cases

• visualize network graphs in the browser
• force-directed graph layout for web apps
• render interactive node-link diagrams with canvas or SVG
• layout large graphs efficiently with Barnes-Hut n-body simulation
• build custom graph visualizations without a rendering framework

When to choose

• you want full control over rendering (canvas, SVG, or DOM) instead of a bundled renderer
• you need an efficient force-directed layout for medium-to-large graphs
• your project already uses jQuery and legacy browser support matters

When to avoid

• you need a maintained library with active support (last release 2020, no license file)
• you want an all-in-one graph visualization framework with built-in rendering and interactions
• your stack is modern ES modules/build tools rather than jQuery script tags

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

data-visualization graphics data-visualization web-development frontend browser force-directed-graph web-workers jquery barnes-hut graph-layout canvas svg javascript

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