gephi/gephi

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6622 stars · 1612 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Gephi is an open-source desktop application for interactive visualization and analysis of large graphs and networks, built on Java and the Apache NetBeans Platform with an OpenGL rendering engine. It supports networks up to millions of elements with real-time layout, filtering, metrics, and extensible plugin architecture.

Use cases

• visualize a social network from a CSV of edges
• run community detection and centrality metrics on a large graph
• explore a network of up to a million nodes interactively
• export publication-ready network maps as PNG, PDF, or SVG
• analyze citation or biological networks
• convert spreadsheet data into a network for exploration

When to choose

• you need an interactive desktop tool for large-scale network visualization
• you want built-in graph algorithms like Force Atlas 2 layout, modularity clustering, and centrality
• you need publication-quality network figures
• you want a plugin-extensible graph analysis platform

When to avoid

• you only need a quick browser-based look at small networks (use Gephi Lite instead)
• you need programmatic graph computation in a library rather than a GUI
• you cannot install desktop applications
• your data is not graph/network structured

Facets

application · maturity active

data-visualization graphics gui data-visualization data-science analytics social-media windows jvm graph-visualization network-analysis sna opengl netbeans-platform gexf macos linux desktop

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