Editing DOT (graph description language) (section)

== Layout programs ==
[[File:Huffman (To be or not to be).svg|right|thumb|Binary tree generated in Graphviz from a DOT description by an online [http://huffman.ooz.ie/ Huffman Tree generator]]]
The DOT language defines a graph, but does not provide facilities for rendering the graph.  There are several programs that can be used to render, view, and manipulate graphs in the DOT language:

=== General ===

* [[Graphviz]] – a collection of CLI utilities and libraries to manipulate and render graphs into different formats like [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]], [[PDF]], [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] etc.
**<code>dot</code> – CLI tool for conversion between {{Code|.dot}} and other formats

===JavaScript===

* Canviz{{snd}}a [[JavaScript]] library for rendering DOT files<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ryandesign.com/canviz/ |title=canviz: graphviz on a canvas |access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref>
* d3-graphviz{{snd}}a [[JavaScript]] library based on Viz.js and [[D3.js]] that renders DOT graphs and supports animated transitions between graphs and interactive graph manipulation<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/magjac/d3-graphviz |website=github.com |title=GitHub - magjac/d3-graphviz: Graphviz DOT rendering and animated transitions using D3 |access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref>
* Vis.js{{snd}}a [[JavaScript]] library that accept DOT as input for network graphs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://visjs.org/docs/network/#importDot |website=vis.js |title=Import data in DOT language |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>
*Viz.js – a JavaScript port of Graphviz that provides a simple wrapper for using it in the browser.
* hpcc-js/wasm Graphviz{{snd}}a fast WASM library for Graphviz similar to Viz.js<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/hpcc-systems/hpcc-js-wasm#graphviz-graphvizlibwasm |title=hpcc-js/wasm |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=2020-10-21}}</ref>

===Java===

* [[Gephi]]{{snd}}an interactive visualization and exploration platform for all kinds of networks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs
* Grappa{{snd}}a partial port of Graphviz to [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
* graphviz-java{{snd}}an open source partial port of Graphviz to [[Java (programming language)|Java]] available from github.com
* ZGRViewer{{snd}}a DOT viewer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zvtm.sourceforge.net/zgrviewer.html |website=zvtm.sourceforge.net |title=ZGRViewer |access-date=2017-05-12}}</ref>

===Other===

* Beluging{{snd}}a [[Python (programming language)|Python]]- & [[Google Cloud Platform]]-based viewer of DOT and Beluga extensions
* Delineate{{snd}}a [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] application for [[Linux]] than can edit fully-featured DOT graph with interactive preview, and export as PNG, SVG, or JPEG
* dot2tex{{snd}}a program to convert files from DOT to [[PGF/TikZ]] or [[PSTricks]], both of which are rendered in [[LaTeX]]<ref>{{cite web |title=dot2tex – A Graphviz to LaTeX converter |url=https://dot2tex.readthedocs.io/ |website=dot2tex.readthedocs.io |date=2019-11-01}}</ref>
* [[OmniGraffle]]{{snd}}a [[digital illustration]] application for [[macOS]] that can import a subset of DOT, producing an editable document (but the result cannot be exported back to DOT)
* [[Tulip (software)|Tulip]]{{snd}}a [[software framework]] in [[C++]] that can import DOT files for analysis<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulip.labri.fr/ |website=tulip.labri.fr |title=Data Visualization Software – Tulip |access-date=2017-05-12}}</ref>
* VizierFX{{snd}}an [[Apache Flex]] graph rendering library in [[ActionScript]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/gvhung/vizierfx |website=github.com |title=GitHub - gvhung/vizierfx: Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/vizierfx |access-date=2017-05-12}}</ref>