Graphviz

Graphviz (short for Graph Visualization Software) is a package of open source tools that render graphs specified in DOT Language scripts.

Tools

• dot
• neato
• lefty
• dotty

Example usage

echo "digraph G {Hello->World}" | dot -Tpng >hello.png

• In "foo.dot":

digraph right {
   Sky -> Water
   Water -> Earth
   Earth -> Sky
}

dot -Tpng -o foo.png foo.dot

See also

• DOT language

External links

• Graphviz Homepage
• Doxygen uses GraphViz to generate diagrams including class hierarchies and collaboration for C++, Java and Python
• Linguine Maps Java API to Graphviz
• MediaWiki GraphViz Extension