Graphviz - Open Source Graph Drawing Tools

Graphviz is a heterogeneous collection of graph drawing tools containing batch layout programs (dot, neato, fdp, twopi); a platform for incremental layout (Dynagraph); customizable graph editors (dotty, Grappa); a server for including graphs in Web pages (WebDot); support for graphs as COM objects (Montage); utility programs useful in graph visualization; and libraries for attributed graphs. The software is available under an Open Source license. The article[1] provides a detailed description of the package. The Graphviz software began with a precursor of dot in 1988, followed by neato in the early 90’s. The features expanded greatly over the years, driven by user request. Graphviz became Open Source in 2000, and was recently distributed on about 500,000 CDROMs as an add-on package for the SUSE Linux release, and is redistributed by Debian, Mandrake, SourceForge, and soon OpenBSD.