Gephi Explained

Gephi
Gephi
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Developer:Mathieu Bastian, Eduardo Ramos Ibañez, Mathieu Jacomy, Cezary Bartosiak, Sébastien Heymann, Julian Bilcke, Patrick McSweeney, André Panisson, Jérémy Subtil, Helder Suzuki, Martin Skurla, Antonio Patriarca
Released:[1]
Programming Language:Java, OpenGL
Operating System:Linux, Windows, macOS
Platform:NetBeans
Size:121.1 MB
Language:English, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish,
Genre:Visualization
License:GNU General Public License, Common Development and Distribution License

Gephi ([2] [3]) is an open-source network analysis and visualization software package written in Java on the NetBeans platform.

History

Initially developed by students of the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC) in France, Gephi has been selected for the Google Summer of Code in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Its last version, 0.10.1 has been launched in 2023. Previous versions are 0.6.0 (2008), 0.7.0 (2010), 0.8.0 (2011), 0.8.1 (2012), 0.8.2 (2013),[4] 0.9.0 (2015),[5] 0.9.1 (2016)[6] and 0.9.2 (2017).[7]

The Gephi Consortium, created in 2010, is a French non-profit corporation which supports development of future releases of Gephi. Members include SciencesPo, Linkfluence, WebAtlas, and Quid.[8] Gephi is also supported by a large community of users, structured on a discussion group[9] and a forum[10] and producing numerous blogposts, papers and tutorials.

In November 2022, a lightweight web version of Gephi, Gephi lite, was announced.[11]

Applications

Gephi has been used in a number of research projects in academia, journalism and elsewhere, for instance in visualizing the global connectivity of New York Times content and examining Twitter network traffic during social unrest along with more traditional network analysis topics. Gephi is widely used within the digital humanities (in history,[12] literature, political sciences, etc.), a community where many of its developers are involved.

Gephi inspired the LinkedIn InMaps[13] and was used for the network visualizations for Truthy.

See also

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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://launchpad.net/gephi/0.6/0.6alpha1 Gephi version 0.6a1 release date
  2. 319834120891031552. Gephi. @jeanburgess @timhighfield @snurb_dot_info #Gephi should be pronounced /ɡɛfi/ (how to read this: http://ow.ly/jKfqz) #TipOfTheDay. Gephi. 2013-04-04. 2022-11-06.
  3. Intro to the Gephi Week 2022 in Paris - 1/19 . 2022-10-08 . Gephi . YouTube.
  4. https://github.com/gephi/gephi/releases Liste des versions, sur GitHub
  5. https://gephi.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/gephi-0-9-released-play-with-network-data-again/ Gephi 0.9 released
  6. https://gephi.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/gephi-updates-with-0-9-1-version/ Gephi updates with 0.9.1 version
  7. https://gephi.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/gephi-0-9-2-a-new-csv-importer/ Gephi 0.9.2 : a new CSV importer
  8. Web site: The Gephi Consortium - Members. The Gephi Consortium. 2011-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20111107142013/http://consortium.gephi.org/members.html. 2011-11-07. dead.
  9. https://www.facebook.com/groups/gephi/ Gephi Facebook group
  10. Web site: Gephi forums . 2016-08-15 . 2019-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191125091406/http://gephi.forumatic.com/ . dead .
  11. Web site: Jacomy . Mathieu . 2022-11-15 . Gephi Lite . 2023-07-17 . Gephi blog.
  12. 2. Grandjean. Martin. Analisi e visualizzazioni delle reti in storia. L'esempio della cooperazione intellettuale della Società delle Nazioni . Memoria e Ricerca . 2017. 371–393. 10.14647/87204. See also: French version (PDF) and English summary.
  13. https://blog.linkedin.com/2011/01/24/linkedin-inmaps Launched in 2011
  14. Web site: Pajek / PajekXXL / Pajek3XL. mrvar.fdv.uni-lj.si. 2019-12-09.