graphviz

Install command:
brew install graphviz

Graph visualization software from AT&T and Bell Labs

https://graphviz.org/

License: EPL-1.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/graphviz.json

Formula code: graphviz.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 16.1.0
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

cairo 1.18.6 Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
gd 2.3.3 Graphics library to dynamically manipulate images
glib 2.90.1 Core application library for C
gts 0.7.6 GNU triangulated surface library
libpng 1.6.59 Library for manipulating PNG images
librsvg 2.63.4 Library to render SVG files using Cairo
libtool 2.6.2 Generic library support script
pango 1.58.2 Framework for layout and rendering of i18n text
webp 1.6.0 Image format providing lossless and lossy compression for web images
fontconfig 2.18.3 XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
freetype 2.15.0 Software library to render fonts
gdk-pixbuf 2.44.8 Toolkit for image loading and pixel buffer manipulation
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
harfbuzz 15.0.0 OpenType text shaping engine

Depends on when building from source:

bison 3.8.2 Parser generator
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Uses from macOS: flex (build), python (build), expat

Conflicts with: gascity (because both install a `gc` binary)

Binaries: acyclic, bcomps, ccomps, circo, cluster, dijkstra, dot, dot2gxl, dot_builtins, dot_sandbox, edgepaint, fdp, gc, gml2gv, graphml2gv, gv2gml, gv2gxl, gvcolor, gvgen, gvmap, gvmap.sh, gvpack, gvpr, gxl2dot, gxl2gv, mm2gv, neato, nop, osage, patchwork, prune, sccmap, sfdp, tred, twopi, unflatten

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