Ask HN: Is there a software to visualize and modify a graph?

[tiagoma]

In the past year there have been multiple times where I really needed a tool to visualize and modify a graph. Ex: visualize a complex build pipeline, visualize c++ include graphs, visualize inheritance graphs.

It would be great if the tool also enabled me to have some sort of way to see properties of each node/edge in the graph.

Things I tried:

Python - networkx is great but the rendered graphs are not dynamic. Only static pictures.

Gephi - great for some analysis, but does not support layouting of the graph (for example a tree). Also seem to crap out of realtively small graphs.

Boost graph - Same issues as python networkx.

Visual Studio - really poor rendering performance. If you move a big graph it takes sometimes minutes for the graph to re-draw.

[sigmaprimus]

Maybe

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/190718?hl=en

?

[tiagoma]

Graph as in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(abstract_data_type)

[sigmaprimus]

Sorry I miss-understood what you were looking for, this is beyond my comprehension. I did find something called yEd which might be along the lines of what your looking for, good luck in your searching. https://www.yworks.com/products/yed

[eyer2016]

I have used networkx_viewer with networkx. It's a straightforward tool with the kind of things you're looking for

[blacksqr]

Graph-drawing is one of the hardest theoretical problems in computer science. You're asking a lot more than you may realize.

https://xkcd.com/1425/