dhotson/springy

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

Springy is a small JavaScript library implementing a force-directed graph layout algorithm using physics simulation. It provides graph manipulation and layout computation while leaving rendering (canvas, SVG, WebGL, or HTML) up to the developer.

Use cases

• visualize network graphs in the browser
• compute force-directed layouts for node-link diagrams
• render interactive graph visualizations with canvas or SVG
• layout small network topology diagrams
• build custom graph drawing tools with a layout engine

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, dependency-free graph layout algorithm
• you want full control over rendering and interaction
• you're drawing small-to-medium graphs in a web page

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured graph visualization framework with built-in interaction
• you need to lay out very large graphs efficiently
• you want prebuilt renderers and styling out of the box

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

data-visualization graphics data-visualization web-development browser force-directed-graph graph-layout physics-simulation canvas svg webgl algorithms nodejs javascript

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