Metrics to compare against

anvaka / graph-drawing-libraries

Trying to compare known graph drawing libraries

https://anvaka.github.io/graph-drawing-libraries/#/all

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Metrics to compare against #2

Open anvaka opened 10 years ago

anvaka commented 10 years ago

List of metrics:

License
GitHub popularity: Number of followers/forks/bugs/commits/recent activity
Rendering engines: WebGL/SVG/Canvas/etc.
Platforms: NodeJS, Browsers
Performance: Graph size vs FPS
Supported layout algorithms
Library size

What else?

josdejong commented 10 years ago

Here some more ideas:

Feature richness, flexibility
Styling options (can you easily style it to match your websites layout)
Ease of use, learning curve, required skills
Dynamic/static rendering (static drawing or a dynamic graph where you can move/zoom around)
Supported data formats (JSON, DOT, ...)
Editable or view-only (dynamic/static data)
Platforms: NodeJS, Browser, Mobile devices (Extension to your no. 4)

anvaka commented 10 years ago

Very nice! One more: Memory usage comparison.

maxkfranz commented 9 years ago

(1) Perhaps under platforms, you may also want to include supported package managers and require() environments -- e.g. CommonJS, AMD.

(2) Measurements of memory and FPS seem like a nice idea, but in practice those measurements won't be useful unless you provide jsperfs. A manual measurement is not practical to keep uptodate.

(3) Points like "ease of use" are subjective and qualitative so perhaps best belong in a text review section outside of a table of metrics. "Easy", "medium", and "hard" probably aren't very useful in a comparison matrix.

anvaka commented 9 years ago

Added information about average "issue closed" time. Check it out: http://anvaka.github.io/graph-drawing-libraries/#/all

This information is based on https://github.com/hstove/issue_stats