# microsoft/automatic-graph-layout

A set of tools for graph layout and viewing

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/automatic-graph-layout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/automatic-graph-layout
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-21T15:42:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4210, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1499, forks 320 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.117848+00:00)

## What it is
MSAGL (Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout) is a .NET library for automatically computing graph layouts and rendering them. It ships a core layout engine plus WPF and Windows Forms viewer controls with pan/zoom, navigation, and search features.

## Use cases
- automatically lay out nodes and edges of a graph in a .NET app
- embed an interactive graph viewer with pan and zoom in WPF or WinForms
- visualize dependency or network graphs in C#
- compute graph layout only and render it with another tool
- add tooltips, highlighting, and search to graph visualizations

## When to choose
- you need automatic graph layout in a .NET application
- you want a ready-made interactive graph viewer control for WPF or Windows Forms
- you only need the layout computation and will handle rendering yourself

## When to avoid
- you need web-based or JavaScript graph rendering
- your project is not on the .NET platform
- you need force-directed layouts with highly customizable algorithms beyond MSAGL's offerings

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, graphics
- domain: data-visualization, developer-tools, graphics
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: graph-layout, graph-viewer, csharp, wpf, winforms, msagl

## Member repositories
- microsoft/automatic-graph-layout (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.117848+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:33:03.253781+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/automatic-graph-layout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.117848+00:00, sha 8cccf1d94d01)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.