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Graphviz DOT rendering and animated transitions using D3
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mdaines/viz.js has been archived #107

Closed GrahamHannington closed 5 years ago

GrahamHannington commented 5 years ago

When I view mdaines/viz.js, I see the following banner message at the top of the page:

This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only.

Whoa. When did that happen?

What does this mean for d3-graphviz? Is there a successor to Viz.js? That is, is there another Viz.js-like project that will pick up any future changes to Graphviz?

GrahamHannington commented 5 years ago

Graphviz is the best solution that I know of for rendering graphs with subgraphs (clusters). If anyone knows of a better solution—including commercial software—please speak up!

d3-graphviz, via Viz.js, brings that proven Graphviz code to D3 and adds animation (tweening), enabling real-time (or time-lapse) visualization of data as animated block diagrams with nested structures. Sweet!

The archiving of Viz.js doesn't signal the immediate death of d3-graphviz, but it's a worrying sign for the future.

magjac commented 5 years ago

I don't know why viz.js is archived or even if it is deliberate or not. I've made a fork of it in the event I will need to build it in the future.

I think I've found an email to the author and just emailed him a question. If anybody else knows anything about this, please report here.

magjac commented 5 years ago

Reply from the author: "I've archived the project as I don't have time to maintain it. You are welcome to fork it if you like.".

magjac commented 5 years ago

An alternative might be https://github.com/hpcc-systems/hpcc-js-wasm. See also https://observablehq.com/@gordonsmith/graphviz-wasm-example