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yFiles is a product family of commercial software libraries (SDKs) that support visualizing, editing, and analyzing graphs and graph-like diagrams. It is not a ready-to-use application or graph editor. The yFiles SDKs are available for many platforms (web, Java, .NET), providing a component for graph visualization, graph editor features, and an extensive set of algorithms for automatic data arrangement and graph analysis. Software developers can use yFiles to display, edit, and analyze diagrams in their own applications.

Right now, yFiles supports HTML / JavaScript / TypeScript, Java (Swing), JavaFX, .NET (WinForms), and WPF.

Developers can use concise, rich, complete APIs to create fresh, new applications, and user-experiences that match your corporate identity and exactly fit your specific use-cases. yFiles enables white-label integrations into your applications, with royalty-free and perpetual licensing. Any application that works with or displays relational data in the form of graphs, diagrams, and networks can be built with the help of yFiles.

yFiles not only lets you create your own customized applications but integrates well with your existing solutions and dashboards on desktop, mobile, and on the web. There are versions of yFiles available for all major platforms and frameworks.

yFiles offers the most extensive graph layout, visualization, and analysis APIs available commercially. In total, there are around ten thousand public API members (classes, properties, methods, interfaces, enumerations). yFiles uses a clean, consistent, mostly object-oriented architecture that offers extensive customization options and reusability for existing functionalities. API components can be (re-)combined, extended, configured, reused, and modified to a very high degree. It is not mandatory to know the complete API, of course. Most applications only require a minimal subset of the full functionality, and the advanced functionality and APIs may only be required for implementing unique requirements.

yFiles helps developers quickly create highly sophisticated diagramming applications. The extensive API has been carefully designed and thoroughly documented. There are developers' guides, source code tutorials, and fully documented complete source code demo applications that help to realize even the most advanced features. Inline API documentation lookup for all major IDEs with hundreds of code snippets and linked related topics help in writing robust code, efficiently. Accelerate productivity with integration samples for numerous major third-party systems

No, yFiles is not free. The yFiles software components are a product family of commercial programming libraries. If you want to use yFiles in your application, you will need an appropriate yFiles license. To test any of the yFiles SDKs, we provide fully functional evaluation versions.

For all your questions around yFiles licensing, the yWorks sales team will be happy to help you.

yFiles enables white-label integration into your applications, with royalty-free and perpetual licensing. There are no third-party code dependencies. The license types mainly depend on the number of developers who will be working with the library and in how many applications yFiles will be used.
Please refer to the pricing information and software license agreements of the respective product for more details.

The yFiles libraries come with fully documented demo applications, detailed API documentation, and extensive developers' guides. Apart from that, yWorks also offers professional support services for your development teams. They can connect directly with more than a dozen core yFiles library developers to get answers to their programming questions. Optionally, if you don't have the time or necessary team, yWorks can help you with consultancy and project work to get you and your apps up running quickly.

There is no public roadmap for yFiles. yFiles usually gets a new major feature release about every 10 to 15 months, with bugfixes or minor maintenance releases in between as required. Typically there are between one and five bugfix releases for each major release, and previous releases get important bugfixes, too. yWorks tries very hard to keep the libraries and APIs backward compatible so that customers can update to the newest version of yFiles regularly with little to no effort and still benefit from performance improvements and new features.

With yFiles, you go beyond merely analyzing and viewing data. You can have interactive, deeply integrated apps that don't just let you consume data sources but also enable users to create from scratch, modify, and work with both existing and changing data. Integrate with third party services to automatically trigger actions and apply updates in real-time and publish changes to third party systems while the user works with the graph. It's up to you to decide what your app can do.

yFiles comes with the most extensive set of fully configurable, extensible automatic layout algorithms, that not merely render the elements on the screen but help users understand their data and the relationships just by looking at the diagrams. yFiles includes hierarchic, organic (force-directed), orthogonal, tree-like, radial, balloon-like, and special purpose layouts. yFiles also supports incremental, partial, and interactive layouts, as well as various edge routing and automatic label placement algorithms.

Layout algorithms support various settings and constraints and are fully customizable in code. They support different node sizes, nested groups, bundled edges, orthogonally and octilinear routed edges. These algorithms consider and automatically place node, edge, and port labels. Nodes may be partitioned and clustered, and different layout styles can be mixed in the same diagram.

yFiles lets you analyze your graphs, connected data, and networks both on the fly and interactively with a complete set of efficient graph algorithm implementations. Choose from a range of different centrality measure implementations, automatic clustering algorithms, network flow algorithms, reachability and connectivity algorithms, pathfinding variants, cycle, and dependency analysis algorithms. For the best user experience, use the results to drive the visualization, interactivity, and layout.

yFiles has the most flexible, extensible, and easy to use diagramming APIs that are available commercially. Every aspect of the functionality is customizable with options ranging from high-level configuration settings, down to low-level implementation overrides: data acquisition, import, graph creation, display, interaction, animation, layout, export, printing, and third party service connectivity.

End-users don't need to create the diagrams from sketch or use a specific file format. yFiles lets you import graphs from any data source that is accessible via an API. Developers can populate the in-memory model using an intuitive, powerful API, directly connecting to their preferred data sources. Diagrams can be updated live in response to external events and changes.

The in-memory graph model lets you export all the information to any system and file format. There are built-in export options to various file and image formats, but as a developer, you can create your own glue code to connect to arbitrary data storage systems and third party services.

Theoretically, the only limiting factor for the number of graph elements is the size of the computer's memory. In practice, performance is also a limiting factor. For the vast majority of use-cases, yFiles delivers best-in-class performance out-of-the-box. For very large visualizations and data-sets, there are options available that let developers tune between features, running-time, and quality of the results. yFiles can deal with graphs of any size and is only bound by the memory available and the runtime complexity of the algorithms. Large graphs may require adjusting the default settings and performance depends on more than just the number of elements in the diagram, but also the structure of the graph, the algorithm and configuration, as well as platform and hardware capabilities.

For more than 20 years, yFiles has been the choice of customers across diverse industries worldwide, serving both individual developers and major corporations. Its versatile application spans academia, public services, governmental organizations, and the commercial sector. Explore our references for a glimpse, including renowned software corporations, though not all allow public listing. Beyond the software industry giants, yFiles caters to numerous companies, from non-traditional software entities to smaller enterprises without dedicated IT departments. At its core, yFiles is a universal diagramming component, adaptable to any business domain requiring efficient handling and display of connected data.

yFiles started as a university project at the University of Tübingen in the late 1990s. Since 2000, yWorks has taken over all development and has been working continuously with a core layout-team of two to eight developers on improving the layout algorithms. The layout algorithms alone, as of 2021, took more than seventy development years to implement. A team of more than 30 developers has been working on the implementation for the visualization and interaction and the compatibility with the diverse platforms yFiles accommodates. Totaling in more than a hundred years of development for the visualization. Porting yFiles to a new platform in the past took between three and about 15 development years. Most platform variations were implemented in between six and ten calendar months.

yFiles started as a university project at the University of Tübingen in the late 1990s. The company yWorks was founded as a spin-off of the university in 2000 when the first commercial customers wanted a license for yFiles. Since then, it has been developing and improving the library. It all started as a Java library, and over time, yWorks improved and even rewrote large parts of the library to add new features and support new platforms.

yWorks is the company behind yFiles. It was founded as a spin-off of the University of Tübingen in the year 2000 specifically for licensing and supporting yFiles commercially. The German company is a privately-held, headquartered in Tübingen. More than 30 employees are working at yWorks, over 20 of which are developers, working on yFiles and the tooling around the libraries. The library developers also provide support and implementation services to yFiles customers. So as a developer, you will get first-class, highest level support directly from the team that implements the libraries.

Since 2000, yWorks is dedicated to the creation of professional graph and diagramming software libraries. The software yWorks creates, enables customers to realize even the most sophisticated visualization requirements to help them gain insights into their connected data. Their main product is the software programming library family yFiles, which is the most sophisticated and complete solution available for diagramming applications on the market, supporting the broadest range of platforms, integrations, input methods, data sources, backends, IDEs, and programming languages. yWorks has set a track-record in providing the most extensive layout and diagramming solutions for developers on all major platforms. In addition to creating, maintaining and supporting the libraries, yWorks also provides professional consultancy services in the area of visualization and diagramming. In addition to that, yWorks also provides a set of smaller software tools, both free and commercial, end-user facing and for software developers, closed-source and open-source.

yFiles does not depend on any third party library, except of course at runtime, where it depends on the runtime of the platform. yWorks owns the IP for all implementations in the core yFiles library. Some demos show the integration and make use of third party software, but they are not required for other cases.

The list of algorithms implemented by yFiles is long. For the common graph algorithms, we use the traditional implementations with the standard optimizations. For many of the layout algorithms, ideas for the implementation are based on publicly available papers. Some algorithms (specifically the orthogonal layout and the radial tree layout (formerly Balloon Layout)) we created and helped with the creation of the algorithms and (co-)published the papers for the algorithms. Most layout algorithms have been vastly modified, tuned, and enhanced, though, and don't follow the original implementation ideas, anymore. yWorks added useful features to these implementations to make the algorithms work in less theoretical environments. We removed previously existing constraints of the original implementations and added new ideas to make the algorithms useful for real-world usage. For most of these changes and improvements, no papers have been published.

For some of the algorithms, you will find papers that describe the core idea of the layout algorithms. For most algorithms, yWorks massively enhanced and modified the algorithms to support more advanced features that are frequently required in real-world diagrams. For these modifications, we did not publish any papers. As a commercial yFiles customer, you can obtain a license to the source code of yFiles where you can read, learn about, and modify the algorithms in documented source code form, according to the license terms.

You can easily try yFiles in two ways.

1. yFiles Playground: Quickly and without registration, you can test yFiles in the yFiles sandbox, an online interactive development environment. This platform allows you to explore various features of yFiles, run example code, and experiment with creating and manipulating graphs directly in your browser.
2. Free Evaluation: For a more comprehensive experience, you can sign up for a free evaluation version of yFiles. This evaluation provides you with the full version of yFiles, allowing you to develop your prototype and access over 300 source code demos, along with comprehensive support from the yWorks team.

Yes, yWorks offers a free evaluation version of yFiles. During this trial period, you have access to all the features of the library, comprehensive support, and over 300 source code demos. This allows you to fully explore yFiles' capabilities and develop your prototype without any commitment.
Try yFiles.

The yFiles Playground is an interactive environment where you can explore yFiles capabilities directly in your browser. It allows you to try out various yFiles features, run example code, and share your own code snippets. This is an excellent way to get hands-on experience with yFiles before diving into a full evaluation.

You can access the yFiles Playground through the yWorks website. No installation is required; you just need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The yFiles sandbox provides a variety of code samples and interactive demos that showcase different features of yFiles.

yWorks provides a wealth of resources to help you get started with yFiles, including:

• Extensive documentation
• A Developer’s Guide
• API references
• Interactive demos
• Getting started with yFiles - YouTube Playlist

The yFiles evaluation versions run for 60 days. To extend the trial period, if you would need more time to finalize your evaluation, you can get an additional evaluation version.

Yes, you can get an additional evaluation version from your account in the Customer Center.

Of course! The developers of your team can sign up to the yFiles Customer Center and get each their yFiles evaluation version.

Yes, we also provide implementation services around the yFiles libraries. Kindly get in touch with our sales team for more information.

Yes, it is. You can start your free yFiles trial here.

After the trial period has ended the yFiles-based diagramming functionality in your prototype will cease to work. If you want the diagramming functionality to continue to run following the trial period, a regular yFiles license will be needed. For all your questions around yFiles licensing, sales team will be happy to help you.

yWorks offers several license types for the yFiles SDKs, see the yFiles pricing page for more information. For a license type recommendation along your requirements, kindly see this service on the yWorks website.

Absolutely! yFiles neither stores nor transmits your data to any third party, including yWorks. You always have full control over where your data is stored or processed.

yWorks takes software security very seriously. Security incidents in our software are treated with the highest priority, and we are proud to report that there have been no security issues in the library. The structure and purpose of yFiles preclude most kinds of attacks. Specifically, yFiles does not use or interact with functionalities like cryptographic APIs, credential storage, or other security-critical components. yFiles itself also doesn't access the network or any data storage.

As a customer, you can use any of the yWorks' support channels to report a security incident with our library. For the fastest handling of the incident, we recommend using the customer support center to report the issue.

yFiles itself does not handle data encryption, as it is a third-party-free SDK. Developers have full control over how they implement data encryption within their applications using yFiles.

yFiles does not include specific built-in security features for web vulnerabilities as it is a third-party-free SDK. Developers have full control over implementing security measures such as preventing XSS or CSRF.

As a third-party-free SDK, yFiles gives developers the flexibility to implement features that ensure compliance with GDPR or other data protection regulations. yFiles ensures that your data remains where it belongs and is not sent to any cloud service or third party. For example, with yFiles for HTML, all calculations are performed exclusively in the browser, ensuring that your data stays within your control at all times.

Yes, the Balloon Layout is still available in yFiles. However, with the release of yFiles for HTML version 3.x, it has been renamed to Radial Tree Layout. Other yFiles products will gradually adopt this new name.

Yes, the Cactus Group Layout is still available in yFiles. With the release of yFiles for HTML version 3.x, it has been renamed to Radial Group Layout. Other yFiles products will gradually adopt this new name as well.

Yes, yFiles includes a Radial Tree Layout. This layout was previously known as Balloon Layout and was renamed with the release of yFiles for HTML version 3.x. Other yFiles products will gradually adopt this new name as well.

Yes, yFiles offers a Radial Group Layout. This layout was previously known as Cactus Group Layout and was newly named with the release of yFiles for HTML version 3.x. Other yFiles products will gradually adopt this new name as well.

You need an unrestricted domains key, which allows hosting on any domain, IP address, or localhost without restrictions.

Yes, yWorks is committed to IT security. You can request our IT Security Policy by contacting the Sales Team at sales@yworks.com.

Technical yFiles product support is provided via the yWorks Customer Center.

The yEd Graph Editor application is a free-to-use end user application with which one can intuitively create and edit high-quality diagrams and have them automatically arranged on the click of a button. yEd is available for download from our website.
yFiles, in contrast, is a product family of commercial diagramming software components meant to be used by software developers/software manufacturers to integrate high-quality diagramming functionality (like what can be experienced in yEd) into their own software products. To test one of the yFiles software components, simply sign up to the yWorks Customer Center to get a yFiles evaluation version.

yFiles for HTML does not require an active server component. As such, any server technology that can serve static HTML pages and JavaScript will do. yFiles solely consists of a set of JavaScript files, a CSS file, and an HTML page to host the visualization app. With caching enabled and properly configured, yFiles for HTML-powered apps can be a one-time download and can run without an active internet connection, even directly from the file-system.

With technologies like NW.js, Electron, Visual Studio Code, and Webkit, yFiles for HTML runs in native applications on the desktop and on other devices. The visualization engine requires an HTML-5 compliant browser engine with a working DOM implementation and JavaScript support with at least ECMAScript 5. yFiles for HTML can run in a Node.js process and calculate layouts and run graph algorithms without a viewer component.

The visualization engine requires an HTML-5 compliant browser engine with a working DOM implementation and JavaScript support with at least ECMAScript 5. Technologies like Puppeteer and Webkit provide these features on a headless server. If no visualization is required, yFiles for HTML can run in a Node.js process and calculate layouts and run graph algorithms under the hood.

yFiles for HTML uses SVG, WebGL 1, WebGL 2, and HTML5 Canvas to draw graphs and diagrams. SVG, together with CSS styling, animations, and transitions create beautiful, high-fidelity diagram visualizations. WebGL can provide the performance to render even the largest graphs. Combine all technologies and use them at the same time in the same diagram to get the best possible user experience.

WebGL is a modern, low-level rendering technology employed in modern browsers. yFiles extends its support to both WebGL 1 and WebGL 2 for rendering large-scale, simple graph visualizations. yFiles comes with optimized built-in default visualizations that use WebGL, but developers may use the full WebGL API to render contents into a yFiles diagram. yFiles supports rendering SVG, Canvas, and WebGL in the same diagram. For medium-sized graphs, using SVG often is the preferred choice due to simplicity, versatility, and performance. With the WebGL2 rendering backend the size of the graphs is mostly limited by the performance of the graphics card adapter, only. Millions of elements can be rendered smoothly at the same time on the screen in an animated fashion, even with lower-end dedicated graphics card adapters.

Canvas is a low-level rendering technology employed by most of today's browsers. yFiles supports using Canvas for rendering large-scale, simple graph visualizations, and for rendering bitmap effects in the visualization. yFiles' default styles usually use SVG or WebGL, but developers may use the full Canvas API to render contents into a yFiles diagram. yFiles supports renderings with all three technologies at the same time in the same diagram. For medium-sized graphs, using SVG often is the preferred choice due to simplicity, versatility, and performance.

For medium-sized graphs, using SVG often is the preferred choice due to simplicity, versatility, and performance. But yFiles supports renderings with SVG, HTML5 Canvas, and WebGL at the same time in the same diagram. SVG creates high-fidelity vector graphics that work great for medium-sized diagrams and support CSS styling, animations, and transitions, as well as perfect text rendering on all supported browsers.

The API of yFiles for HTML has been designed carefully to work perfectly in a TypeScript environment. A complete TypeScript type definition file makes use of advanced TypeScript features such as nullability, interfaces, enumerations, generics, subclassing, union types, overloads, asynchronous programming, and more. yFiles for HTML is also available as an npm module. Adding the library to any modern project is effortless, thanks to these capabilities.

One of the three main rendering technologies used by yFiles is SVG. SVG works on the DOM level and can be conveniently styled and animated using CSS3 transitions and animations. Native CSS transitions and animations don't block the main thread and work smoothly even on less powerful devices running contemporary browsers. As such, they can outperform Canvas- and WebGL-based solutions.

yFiles does not have any third party dependencies and at its core only consists of several JavaScript files and a CSS file. The package contains a package.json file that can be used with the npm pack command to create a npm package of yFiles. Licensees may put this npm package into private npm registries or file repositories for convenient installation using npm or yarn. yFiles for HTML is not currently available for the public on npmjs.org.

The sources for yFiles for HTML come in a minified, optimized form. Licensees have the option to get a non-minified debugging variant of yFiles for HTML. There is also the option to get the complete sources of yFiles for HTML with the right to modify and distribute derived versions of the library with custom applications.

yFiles for HTML is a native JavaScript library for which complete GWT bindings exist. This enables GWT developers to author high-quality graph visualization web applications using the Java programming language. The GWT bindings for yFiles for HTML support various customizations. Developers may create custom subclasses of library classes and implement interfaces as well as use the complete API to author their graph applications.

yFiles for HTML provides mechanics to print your graphs. With SVG styles, you get high-quality print-outs. You can use poster printing and add custom headers, footers, and other content to print documents. There is no active server component required for operation.

yFiles for HTML provides several options for {yfiles-features-url}#image-export[exporting] your graphs from your web applications. The native export consists of an SVG export with high fidelity vector graphics when using SVG styles. HTML5 Canvas-based styles and WebGL-based styles are included as bitmap images inside the SVG. The resulting SVG contains all visuals and can be exported as is, to bitmap files (PNG), and PDF files (with the free svg2pdf.js third party plugin).

The native format for file import and export in yFiles for HTML is GraphML, which preserves the graph structure, stylistic information, and custom business data. As a lighter-weight format, JSON is often preferred if some of the data can be easily re-computed or isn't necessary to be serialized. yFiles for HTML also has a separate companion product that adds export capability to Microsoft Visio®'s vsdx file format, while preserving full graphical fidelity as well as editability of the graph.

yFiles for HTML is a pure JavaScript library that leverages SVG, Canvas, WebGL, and ECMAScript 5+. It runs on any major HTML5 compliant browser released since Internet Explorer 9. This, of course, includes the native iOS and Android browsers. Also, yFiles for HTML has built-in support for touch and pen input and does not require a mouse or connected physical keyboard.

yFiles for HTML is framework agnostic and does not have any third party dependencies. It integrates well with all major UI frameworks and has been specifically tested and prepared to work well with React and its related frameworks. You can use the npm module variant of yFiles for HTML to build modern React components and applications, using both JavaScript and TypeScript. You can even use React components to render your SVG node templates.

yFiles for HTML is framework agnostic and does not have any third party dependencies. It integrates well with all major UI frameworks and has been specifically tested and prepared to work well with Vue.js. You can use the npm module variant of yFiles for HTML to build modern Vue.js components and applications, using both JavaScript and TypeScript. You can even use Vue.js components to render your SVG node templates.

yFiles for HTML is framework agnostic and does not have any third party dependencies. It integrates well with all major UI frameworks and has been specifically tested and prepared to work well with Angular and the Angular CLI. You can use the npm module variant of yFiles for HTML to build modern Angular components and applications, using both JavaScript and TypeScript. You can even use Angular components to render your SVG node templates.

yFiles for HTML is framework agnostic and does not have any third party dependencies. It integrates well with all major UI frameworks and has been specifically designed to not conflict with well-behaved third party UI frameworks. The npm module variant of yFiles for HTML can be used like other npm packages to build modern components and applications, using both JavaScript and TypeScript. If your UI framework provides the ability to specify some CSS rules, to run JavaScript, and access to insert or upgrade a DOM div element, it should be no problem to embed the yFiles graph component. Please contact our technical support team should you run into any issues.

No. yFiles for HTML uses its own rendering technology that supports both SVG, HTML5 Canvas, and WebGL at the same time. The rendering engine uses virtualization to be able to deal with larger visualizations, too. Developers can use D3.js to augment the visualization in yFiles for HTML, e.g., to render bar charts inside node visualizations or to map scalar values to colors in the visualization.

Yes. yFiles for HTML supports data binding on different levels. Developers can use data binding to bind the visualization for nodes, edges, ports, and labels to properties in the underlying business data. Reactive templating and binding libraries like Angular, React, Vue.js, Svelte, or D3.js can be used for the rendering. yFiles also comes with a simple, built-in, third-party-code-free templating engine for the visualization of graph items. Binding the structure of the graph to reactive business data is also possible.

Yes! If you are new to yFiles, the App Generator can help you create and scaffold your first yFiles-powered app within just minutes. You can interactively configure your data-sources, choose you UI-framework and programming language, and share your project ideas with your team and customers.

The yFiles for HTML programming API allows developers to create graphs from any data source they have access to. There are utility classes that help in quickly parsing and converting both simple and complex data structures into graph visualizations.

Any technology that is available in a user agent can be used for loading graphs from the server. This includes REST APIs, but also custom binary protocols that work over WebSockets, as well as XML, JSON, plain-text, etc.

No. The visualization part of yFiles for HTML is an interactive JavaScript component that runs inside the browser on the client. As such, rendering the diagram on the server would not result in an interactive diagram, but rather a static image. yFiles for HTML does not require an active server component, and the page that hosts the diagram component can be rendered on the server with static server-side rendering techniques that create the complete DOM on the server. yFiles for HTML still needs to be loaded on the client to provide interactive features like zooming, scrolling, editing, and animating the diagram.

To get started with yFiles for HTML, you'll need Node.js installed on your system. You can use the yFiles Dev Suite for an easy setup and follow the step-by-step guides in the Developer's Guide for detailed instructions.

After setting up Node.js, you can run the demos using the included dev server. Navigate to the yFiles-for-HTML-Complete directory and execute the start_demos script for your operating system.

Yes, yFiles can be integrated into existing JavaScript or TypeScript projects. The library is compatible with all modern web application frameworks, and there are specific integration guides and demos available for frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js.

The yFiles React Process Mining Component stands out for its seamless integration with React applications and its powerful graph visualization capabilities. Unlike standalone process mining tools, it leverages the yFiles SDK, a commercial programming library explicitly designed for graph, network, and diagram visualization. This integration enables developers to create highly customizable and interactive process mining diagrams within their React applications, offering unparalleled flexibility and functionality.

The yFiles React Process Mining Component excels in handling complex process mining tasks due to its sophisticated layout algorithms, advanced user input handling, and extensive customization options. Its built-in user input handling makes graph visualization highly interactive, while its flexible style options allow for tailored representation of process flows to suit any domain. Additionally, its layout algorithms enable the creation of clear, stunning, and complex graph visualizations, making it ideal for analyzing intricate process flows and identifying optimization opportunities.

Yes, the yFiles React Process Mining Component is capable of handling large-scale event logs with ease. Leveraging the power of the yFiles SDK, it provides efficient data processing and visualization capabilities, enabling smooth rendering and analysis of event logs containing thousands or even millions of data points. Its scalable architecture ensures optimal performance, even when dealing with extensive event data, making it suitable for enterprise-level process mining tasks.

The yFiles React Process Mining Component offers extensive customization and extensibility options, allowing developers to tailor the visualization and functionality to their specific requirements. With its built-in components and styling options, users can customize every aspect of the process mining diagrams, from node and edge styles to tooltips and user interactions. Furthermore, developers can extend the component's functionality by integrating additional yFiles features or building custom components, ensuring flexibility and adaptability to diverse use cases and workflows.

Yes, the yFiles React Process Mining Component supports real-time data analysis through its dynamic data visualization capabilities. By connecting to live data sources or updating event logs in real-time, users can monitor process performance, track key metrics, and visualize process flows as they evolve over time. This real-time insight empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions, identify emerging trends, and respond promptly to changing business conditions, enhancing agility and competitiveness.

The yFiles React Process Mining Component empowers decision-makers with actionable insights derived from process data analysis. By visualizing process flows, identifying patterns, and detecting inefficiencies, it enables informed decision-making, leading to better resource allocation, improved performance, and strategic business outcomes.

To integrate the component, download the trial version of yFiles for HTML, install the Process Mining Component via npm, ensure necessary dependencies, and add the component to your application. Refer to the documentation for detailed steps.

To integrate the component, download the trial version of yFiles for HTML, install the Organization Chart component via npm, ensure necessary dependencies, and add the component to your application. Refer to the documentation for detailed steps.

The yFiles component is versatile and can be customized for various industries. Examples include corporations, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, and more.

Techniques such as level of detail rendering, collapsing substructures, and customization based on zoom levels are employed to improve readability and manage large organizational diagrams effectively.

Techniques such as level of detail rendering, collapsing substructures, and customization based on zoom levels are employed to improve readability and manage large organizational diagrams effectively.

Absolutely. The yFiles component allows a high level of customization. You can utilize custom React components to tailor the rendering of items based on specific requirements.

Notable features include sophisticated layout algorithms, interactive elements like popups and tooltips, customization of connection visualizations, and event notifications for state changes.

The content suggests techniques such as level of detail rendering, filtering out irrelevant data, and collapsing substructures to enhance rendering performance for large organizational diagrams.

Yes, the yFiles React Organization Chart Component offers elements like an overview for a simplified view of the entire graph and controls featuring a toolbar with buttons to adjust the viewport, providing an enriched user experience.

Certainly. The content suggests exploring industry-specific use cases, showcasing the adaptability of the yFiles component for diverse applications in finance, healthcare, tech, and more.

In addition to the yFiles React Organization Chart Component playground examples, the GitHub repository contains the sources of various example applications.

The yFiles component provides a highly adaptable solution by allowing the utilization of custom React components for rendering, offering extensive customization choices for both functionality and visual presentation.

yFiles React Components are a collection of UI components specifically designed to integrate the yFiles graph visualization library with React applications, enabling developers to create interactive and visually appealing graph-based user interfaces.

To get started, you need to install the yFiles for HTML library and choose a yFiles React component to install from npm. Detailed installation and setup instructions are provided on the documentation page of the specific React component.

You should have a working knowledge of React and basic JavaScript/TypeScript. The yFiles React Components require the yFiles for HTML library.

You can integrate a yFiles React Component by installing yFiles for HTML and the chosen React component, importing the component, and using it within your React application's component tree. The components are designed to be easily embedded and customized within your existing React components. Detailed installation and setup instructions are provided on the documentation page of the specific React component.

yWorks provides comprehensive support for their products, including yFiles React Components. This includes detailed documentation, live playgrounds, and access to a support team for troubleshooting and specific queries.

Yes, yFiles React Components can be used in commercial applications. However, you will need to purchase a commercial license from yWorks. Licensing details and options are available on the yWorks website.

Absolutely. yFiles React Components are highly customizable, allowing you to modify the appearance, behavior, and interaction of the graph elements. You can use CSS, custom renderers, and the API of the component for extensive customization.

For an easy implementation of process mining in HTML, you can use yFiles for HTML. yFiles for HTML is a powerful library by yWorks designed specifically for graph and network visualization, offering advanced features for process visualization and analysis. Additionally, you can use the yFiles React Process Mining Component for a seamless integration into your React application.

For an easy implementation of an organization chart (also known as org chart, organizational chart, or hierarchy chart) in HTML, you can use yFiles for HTML. yFiles for HTML is a powerful library by yWorks designed specifically for graph and network visualization, offering advanced features for visualizing and managing hierarchical structures. Additionally, you can use the yFiles React Organization Chart Component for a seamless integration into your React application.

For an easy implementation of supply chain visualization (also known as supply network, supply chain management, or logistics network) in HTML, you can use yFiles for HTML. yFiles for HTML is a powerful library by yWorks designed specifically for graph and network visualization. It offers advanced features for visualizing and analyzing supply chains, including use cases such as inventory tracking, supplier relationship management, and logistics optimization. Additionally, you can use the yFiles React Supply Chain Component for a seamless integration into your React application.

For a straightforward implementation of company ownership visualization (also known as corporate ownership, equity structure, or shareholder mapping) in HTML, you can use yFiles for HTML. yFiles for HTML is a powerful library by yWorks designed specifically for graph and network visualization. It offers advanced features for visualizing and analyzing company ownership structures, including use cases such as identifying major shareholders, mapping equity relationships, and analyzing corporate hierarchies. Additionally, you can use the yFiles React Company Ownership Component for a seamless integration into your React application.

To integrate the component, download the trial version of yFiles for HTML, install the Company Ownership component via npm, ensure necessary dependencies, and add the component to your application. Refer to the documentation for detailed steps.

The yFiles component is versatile and can be customized for various industries. Examples include banking, insurance, actuaries, corporations, and more.

Techniques such as level of detail rendering, collapsing substructures, and customization based on zoom levels are employed to improve readability and manage large ownership diagrams effectively.

Absolutely. The yFiles component allows a high level of customization. You can utilize custom React components to tailor the rendering of items based on specific requirements.

Notable features include sophisticated layout algorithms, interactive elements like popups and tooltips, customization of connection visualizations, and event notifications for state changes.

The content suggests techniques such as level of detail rendering, filtering out irrelevant data, and collapsing substructures to enhance rendering performance for large organizational diagrams.

Yes, the component offers elements like an Overview for a simplified view of the entire graph and Controls featuring a toolbar with buttons to adjust the viewport, providing an enriched user experience.

Certainly. The content suggests exploring industry-specific use cases, showcasing the adaptability of the yFiles component for diverse applications in finance, insurance, tech, and more.

In addition to the yFiles React Company Ownership Component playground examples, the GitHub repository contains the sources of various example applications.

The yFiles component provides a highly adaptable solution by allowing the utilization of custom React components for rendering, offering extensive customization choices for both functionality and visual presentation.

To integrate the component, download the trial version of yFiles for HTML, install the Supply Chain component via npm, ensure necessary dependencies, and add the component to your application. Refer to the documentation for detailed steps.

The yFiles React Supply Chain Component optimizes supply chain management by providing advanced visualization tools, data analysis capabilities, and customization options. It enables users to visualize complex supply chain structures, analyze data, and make informed decisions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

The benefits of using the yFiles React Supply Chain Component include streamlined data representation, enhanced decision-making, cost reduction, improved collaboration, risk mitigation, optimization of supply chain performance, and support for sustainability initiatives.

The yFiles React Supply Chain Component optimizes supply chain management by providing advanced visualization tools, data analysis capabilities, and customization options. It enables users to visualize complex supply chain structures, analyze data, and make informed decisions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

The benefits of using the yFiles React Supply Chain Component include streamlined data representation, enhanced decision-making, cost reduction, improved collaboration, risk mitigation, optimization of supply chain performance, and support for sustainability initiatives.

The yFiles React Supply Chain Component helps manage large supply chains by offering features such as grouping, folding, graph search, and scalability. It enables users to visualize and analyze large datasets, simplify complex structures, and optimize supply chain processes effectively.

Specific features of yFiles for supply chain management include custom node and connection visualization, grouping and folding, graph search algorithms, custom tooltips, graph overview, and context menu. These features support various SCM tasks such as route optimization, network analysis, inventory management, and supplier selection.

The yFiles React Supply Chain Component contributes to sustainability in supply chain management by enabling visualization and optimization of sustainable practices. It supports tracking carbon emissions, monitoring resource usage, visualizing sustainable sourcing networks, and promoting ethical sourcing practices.

Yes, the exported VSDX files are fully compatible with Microsoft Visio and can be edited afterwards. It is possible to remove, add or change diagram items or contained business data. It is also possible to process the exported VSDX files with compliant tools, so you can use your existing Visio toolchain.

Yes, it is possible to add multiple yFiles graphs to a single VSDX file. You can have multiple diagrams on one page or have them distributed over several pages.

Yes, the VSDX Export can read and modify existing VSDX files and add one or multiple yFiles diagram(s).

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that allows AI agents to use external tools and data sources in a structured way. With MCP, AI coding assistants can access APIs, knowledge bases, or developer tools to provide more accurate results.

No. The yFiles mcp-server is based on the open Model Context Protocol standard, so it should work with any AI agent that supports MCP.

The yFiles mcp-server has been tested with popular AI agents such as Junie, Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf Editor, Warp, goose, Roo Code, and JetBrains AI.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server has been successfully tested with Junie. Thanks to MCP support, Junie can directly use the yFiles API references, documentation and demo code.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server works with Claude Code by Anthropic. It enables Claude to generate accurate yFiles for HTML code using the MCP standard.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server is compatible with Cline, allowing the agent to access yFiles documentation and implement code directly.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server has been tested with Cursor. It gives Cursor enriched yFiles knowledge for faster and more accurate coding assistance.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server can be connected to GitHub Copilot via MCP. This improves Copilot’s ability to generate up-to-date yFiles code.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server can be used with OpenAI Codex. It provides Codex with structured access to the yFiles SDK and demos.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server works with Google Gemini CLI. It allows Gemini to use official yFiles resources for generating working project code.

Yes, Windsurf Editor supports MCP, and therefore can use the yFiles mcp-server to deliver context-aware yFiles development support.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server is compatible with Warp, enabling MCP-powered AI assistance for yFiles code while using the terminal.

Yes, the yFiles mcp-server has been tested with goose. It can generate and adapt yFiles application code through MCP integration.

Yes, Roo Code works with the yFiles mcp-server. Via MCP, Roo Code can scaffold, extend, and debug yFiles applications more effectively.

Yes, JetBrains AI can make use of the yFiles mcp-server through its MCP support, enabling deeper integration with the yFiles API and demos.

Beginners benefit from lower entry barriers: the AI assistant can scaffold a functioning yFiles project instantly, letting new users learn by example instead of starting from scratch.

The yFiles mcp-server enables your AI agent to generate boilerplate code, initialize graph components, and add essential interactions so that new projects are up and running quickly.

For ongoing applications, the AI agent can add new features, adjust layouts, and other concepts directly using yFiles APIs guided by the yFiles mcp-server.

Yes. With the yFiles mcp-server, your AI agent can provide accurate yFiles API details and implement working code snippets directly in your project.

The yFiles mcp-server is included in the yFiles Dev Suite. It can be installed and connected to your preferred AI agent that supports MCP.

The yFiles mcp-server is free to use with a valid yFiles package as part of the yfiles-dev-suite. You will need to connect it to an external AI agent, which may require a separate paid subscription depending on the provider.

The performance and quality of the yFiles mcp-server strongly depend on the AI agent and the underlying large language model (LLM) you are using. While the mcp-server always provides structured, up‑to‑date access to the yFiles SDK, the quality of the generated code and responses varies with the capabilities of the connected AI agent and model version.

You can make your AI coding assistant understand yFiles for HTML much better by connecting it to the yFiles mcp-server. The server gives the agent direct, structured access to up-to-date yFiles documentation, APIs, and demo code through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This dramatically improves the quality of generated code and lowers the effort required to implement new features.

No, there are no AI agents specialized only in network or graph visualizations. However, with the yFiles mcp-server you can connect any MCP-compatible coding assistant and give it deep, structured knowledge of the yFiles for HTML SDK. This makes general-purpose AI agents work particularly well for network visualization and graph application development.

Yes. A key goal in the design of yFiles for Java (Swing) was to provide a modernized API that covers the features of the Java 8 release: stream API, lambda expressions, and functional interfaces. We always ensure that yFiles works with the latest official releases of Java and that new language features integrate well with the design of the API.

No. To be compatible with Java 8, we decided not to publish yFiles for Java (Swing) as a module. However, you can use yFiles for Java (Swing) in your Java 9 (or higher) application, since JARs without module descriptors are used as automatic modules, which allows using pre-Java-9 libraries.

Yes. However, Java does not support SVG images out-of-the-box, so third party software is required. In a source code demo, we show how to visualize graph elements with SVG images with the help of a third party library.

Yes. With yFiles for Java (Swing), you can export your graphs into any image format that is provided by the current Java installation, e.g., JPEG, PNG, GIF, and BMP, without additional software. If you want to export to another format, you can easily use third-party libraries with yFiles for Java (Swing) in your application. For example, we provide source code demos that show you how to export graphs to PDF or to SVG using third-party libraries.

Yes. yFiles for Java (Swing) provides mechanics to print your diagrams. You can use poster printing and add custom headers, footers, and other content to print documents. There is no additional software component required for operation.

Yes. yFiles for Java (Swing) supports data binding on different levels. Developers can use data binding to bind the visualization for nodes, edges, ports, and labels to properties in the underlying business data. Binding the structure of the graph to reactive business data is also possible.

Yes, you can use yFiles for Java (Swing) on headless environments like servers.

Although Swing components may be part of node, label, or port visualizations in yFiles for Java (Swing), this comes with several drawbacks. For one, performance suffers, as those styles are very costly to render, compared to "normal" yFiles for Java (Swing) item styles. Then there are some different Look & Feel implementations in Swing, and some of them make drawing components this way a bit harder. Components may become pixelated when zooming or not respecting zoom level at all; icons can go missing, etc. This is mainly because Swing components were usually not designed to be used in this way.

The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) provides support for embedding Swing components in SWT applications. However, the integration is rather poor. You need a lot of extra code to manage all the integration problems. There are third party libraries that encapsulate some of the workarounds. Unfortunately, these libraries are outdated and do not resolve all the weaknesses. We are not aware of any viable solution for embedding Swing content in an SWT application. For that reason, we strongly recommend using yFiles for JavaFX instead, which is much better suited for this purpose.

Yes. As Kotlin was designed with Java interoperability in mind, you can also use the library jar of yFiles for Java (Swing) in your Kotlin application. In order to support Kotlin's null-safety, a large part of the yFiles for JavaFX API is annotated with nullability annotations.

Yes. We support both Oracle's JDK and the OpenJDK. The library, the source code demos, and the tutorial steps have been extensively tested with both JDKs on Windows and Linux as well as on the Mac OS.

Building and running applications based on yFiles for Java (Swing) requires Java 8 or higher. We recommend using the latest OpenJDK for developing and the latest OpenJDK runtime for running applications. All those SDKs and runtimes are available free of charge for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Solaris. If you need to support Java 7 and earlier, we recommend the 2.x line of yFiles for Java.

Yes. Since API documentation in JavaDoc format is the de facto industry standard for documenting Java software, which is supported by every reasonable IDE, we deliver, of course, the complete documentation of the yFiles library in JavaDoc format. Note that our API documentation provides tons of code snippets and images to illustrate class settings. In addition to JavaDoc, we offer a documentation viewer to browse and search the extensive API documentation, developer's guides, and knowledge base articles.

Yes. yFiles natively supports loading and saving diagrams using the standard diagram exchange format GraphML. All yFiles features like styles, grouping, and folding are supported. You are not limited to GraphML, though. You can easily and quickly build diagrams from any structured data source like CSV, JSON, XML, databases, and others. We provide a source code demo that shows how to load data from a Neo4j database and display it with yFiles for Java (Swing).

Yes. A key goal in the design of yFiles for JavaFX was to provide a modernized API that covers the features of Java 8: the stream API, lambda expressions, and functional interfaces. We always ensure that yFiles works with the latest official releases of Java and that new language features integrate well with the design of the API.

No. To be compatible with Java 8, we decided not to publish yFiles for JavaFX as a module. However, you can use yFiles for JavaFX in your Java 9 (or higher) application, since JARs without module descriptors are used as automatic modules, which allows using pre-Java 9 libraries.

Yes. Using CSS in JavaFX is similar to using CSS in HTML. The graphical elements in yFiles for JavaFX are JavaFX nodes that are associated with style classes. This makes it easy to control the look of your user interface using CSS styling. We also provide a source code demo that shows how to style the yFiles UI elements with CSS to match your color theme.

Yes. With yFiles for JavaFX, you can export your graphs into any image format that is provided by the current Java installation, e.g., JPEG, PNG, GIF, and BMP, without additional software. If you want to export to another format, you can easily use third-party libraries with yFiles for JavaFX in your application. For example, we provide source code demos that show you how to export graphs to SVG using third-party libraries.

Yes. yFiles for JavaFX provides mechanics to print your diagrams. You can use poster printing and add custom headers, footers, and other content to print documents. There is no additional software component required for operation.

Yes. You can use the GUI controls of yFiles for JavaFX in the Scene Builder to quickly design the user interface of your application. Our developer's guide explains step by step how to import the yFiles controls into the Scene Builder, to drag and drop them from the controls palette onto the Scene Builder's canvas like you would add any other control.

Yes. JavaFX provides support for enriching an existing Eclipse/SWT application with JavaFX content. One of the most significant benefits of embedding JavaFX in the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) is that the UI threads of both toolkits are the same. This means there are no restrictions when calling methods defined in one toolkit from the other. Furthermore, the Eclipse e(fx)clipse project provides tooling and runtime components that help developers create RCP applications with JavaFX. We offer a simple source code demo that shows how to integrate yFiles for JavaFX in a SWT application. In addition, there is a very extensive source code demo that integrates yFiles for JavaFX in an Eclipse E4 RCP.

Yes. yFiles for JavaFX supports data binding on different levels. Developers can use data binding to bind the visualization for nodes, edges, ports, and labels to properties in the underlying business data. yFiles for JavaFX also comes with a templating engine for the visualization of graph items that uses the JavaFX binding mechanisms. Binding the structure of the graph to reactive business data is also possible.

In case you want to use yFiles in a headless environment, we recommend using yFiles for Java (Swing). Unlike JavaFX, Swing is much better suited for this purpose.

Yes. yFiles for JavaFX has out-of-the-box support for integrating native JavaFX controls declared in FXML to draw graphs and diagrams. This enables you to separate your user interface code from the rest of your application code. And of course, you can style the JavaFX controls declared inside a FXML file with CSS. FXML also supports expression bindings, which allow you to automatically update the user interface as the underlying data of your application changes.

Yes. yFiles for JavaFX ships with an interaction mode that enables easy and intuitive diagram creations. These interactions are highly customizable and can be tailored to any specific domain. All those features work with touch as well as with a mouse. Customizable keyboard shortcuts also exist for many common operations.

Yes. As Kotlin was designed with Java interoperability in mind, you can also use the library jar of yFiles for JavaFX in your Kotlin application. In order to support Kotlin's null-safety, a large part of the yFiles for JavaFX API is annotated with nullability annotations.

Yes. We support both Oracle's JDK and the OpenJDK. The library, the demos, and tutorial steps have been extensively tested with both JDKs on Windows and Linux as well as on the Mac OS.

Building and running applications based on yFiles for JavaFX requires Java 8 or higher. We recommend using the latest OpenJDK and the latest JavaFX SDK for developing and the latest OpenJDK runtime and the latest JavaFX runtime for running applications. All those SDKs and runtimes are available free of charge for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Solaris. If you need to support Java 7 and earlier, we recommend the 2.x line of yFiles for Java.

Yes. Since API documentation in JavaDoc format is the de facto industry standard for documenting Java software, which is supported by every reasonable IDE, we deliver, of course, the complete documentation of the yFiles library in JavaDoc format. Note that our API documentation provides tons of code snippets and images to illustrate class settings. In addition to JavaDoc, we offer a documentation viewer to browse and search the extensive API documentation, developer's guides, and knowledge base articles.

Yes. yFiles natively supports loading and saving diagrams using the standard diagram exchange format GraphML. All yFiles features like styles, grouping, and folding are supported. You are not limited to GraphML, though. You can easily and quickly build diagrams from any structured data source like CSV, JSON, XML, databases, and others. We provide a source code demo that shows how to load data from a Neo4j database and display it with yFiles for JavaFX.

Yes. yFiles.NET includes image export into standard raster image formats like PNG or JPEG. Vector images can be exported as EMF.

Yes. yFiles.NET includes printing support out of the box. You can use poster printing and add custom headers, footers, and other content to print documents.

Yes, yFiles.NET supports different options for data binding, and the bound data can influence the graph structure, the visual appearance of graph items, as well as automatic layouts.

Of course. The easiest way would be describing the relationship of your data in a declarative way with the GraphBuilder class. However, the whole process can be customized.

yFiles.NET runs on .NET 6.0 and newer and on .NET Framework 4.6.2 and newer.

yFiles.NET runs on .NET 6.0 and newer and on .NET Framework 4.6.2 and newer.

The viewer part of yFiles.NET might run with Mono's Windows Forms implementation. This is untested, however. The graph layout and analysis algorithms run on Mono, though.

The viewer part of yFiles.NET might run on Linux with Mono's Windows Forms implementation. This is untested, however. The graph layout and analysis algorithms run on Linux via either Mono or .NET.

The yFiles.NET package contains a set of batch files to create a private NuGet package of yFiles.NET. Licensees may put this NuGet package into a private NuGet repository for convenient installation using packages.config or <PackageReference/>. yFiles.NET is not currently available on the public NuGet gallery.

Yes, and those templates may also use bindings to business data associated with the graph elements to create part of the visualization.

Yes. yFiles WPF includes image export into standard raster image formats like PNG or JPEG. Vector images can be exported as XPS.

Yes. yFiles WPF includes printing support out of the box. You can use poster printing and add custom headers, footers, and other content to print documents.

Yes, yFiles WPF supports different options for data binding, and the bound data can influence the graph structure, the visual appearance of graph items, as well as automatic layouts. Native WPF bindings can be used to create graphs from data and for item visualization.

Yes. Anything you can use elsewhere in a WPF Window can be used for visualizing graph elements since yFiles WPF renders the graph as part of the WPF visual tree.

Of course. The easiest way would be describing the relationship of your data in a declarative way with the GraphSource class. However, the whole process can be customized.

yFiles WPF runs on .NET 6.0 and newer and on .NET Framework 4.6.2 and newer.

yFiles WPF runs on .NET 6.0 and newer and on .NET Framework 4.6.2 and newer.

No. WPF is closely tied to Windows, and Mono does not support WPF. The graph layout and analysis algorithms run on Mono, though.

No. WPF is closely tied to Windows and thus not available on Linux. The graph layout and analysis algorithms run on Linux via either Mono or .NET.

The yFiles WPF package contains a set of batch files to create a private NuGet package of yFiles WPF. Licensees may put this NuGet package into a private NuGet repository for convenient installation using packages.config or <PackageReference/>. yFiles WPF is not currently available on the public NuGet gallery.

Process mining is a data-driven technique used to analyze event logs from various systems to understand, visualize, and improve business processes. By extracting insights from event data, process mining reveals the actual flow of processes, identifies bottlenecks, deviations, and opportunities for improvement.

Process mining works by analyzing event logs, containing data about each step or activity in a process, including timestamps, durations, and outcomes. Using specialized algorithms, process mining software transforms this raw data into visual representations of process flows, enabling stakeholders to identify patterns, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.

Process mining offers several benefits, including:

• Enhanced process transparency and visibility
• Identification of bottlenecks and inefficiencies
• Improved compliance and governance
• Data-driven decision-making
• Continuous process improvement
• Automation opportunities
• Increased operational efficiency and effectiveness

yFiles enhances LlamaIndex by providing interactive and customizable graph visualizations that help:

• Reveal hidden patterns in document and entity relationships.
• Improve debugging by visually analyzing query responses.
• Optimize knowledge retrieval pipelines through better data structuring.
• Increase transparency in how LLMs process and link information.

yFiles enhances Create Llama by providing interactive and customizable graph visualizations for:

• Understanding document relationships in knowledge retrieval.
• Debugging LLM pipelines through structured graph views.
• Optimizing RAG workflows with intuitive data exploration tools.
• Detecting biases and anomalies within LLM-generated knowledge graphs.

Yes! yFiles is designed for scalability and performance, making it an excellent choice for large-scale AI applications like Create Llama. Its powerful graph layouts, real-time updates, and customization options allow developers to manage complex LLM workflows efficiently, regardless of data size or structure.

LlamaIndex is a data framework that connects LLMs with external knowledge sources, enabling better retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and structured data processing. However, understanding how documents and concepts interconnect can be challenging. By using yFiles for graph visualization, developers can explore these relationships interactively, making it easier to optimize query performance, detect biases, and refine data connections.

Create Llama is a framework designed to streamline the development and management of LLM-powered applications. It often involves handling complex data structures, such as knowledge graphs, which can be effectively visualized using yFiles. By integrating yFiles with Create Llama, developers can gain deeper insights into AI model behavior, data relationships, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) processes.

Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a standardized method for representing business processes visually. It facilitates clear communication between technical and business stakeholders, aiding in workflow optimization and efficiency improvement.

yFiles offers robust tools for creating interactive BPMN diagrams with automatic layout algorithms. It supports rich visualizations and intuitive interactions, ensuring clear and engaging representations of complex business processes.

Yes, yFiles is designed to integrate seamlessly with various Business Process Management (BPM) systems, allowing for efficient incorporation of BPMN diagram visualizations into your current workflows.

Absolutely! yFiles fully supports BPMN 2.0 elements and provides the flexibility to customize diagrams according to industry-specific requirements. Developers can tailor visual representations, apply custom styling, and integrate BPMN notation rules to ensure compliance with business process management standards. This makes yFiles an excellent choice for organizations that need reliable BPMN visualization with high adaptability.

Integrating yFiles into a BPMN-based application is straightforward, thanks to its comprehensive API and rich documentation. Developers can use yFiles to load BPMN data, apply advanced layouts, and enable interactive editing features. With built-in support for web technologies, Java, and .NET, yFiles seamlessly integrates into various environments, allowing businesses to enhance their BPMN workflow visualization with ease.

Yes, the exported VSDX files are compatible with Visio 2013 and later versions.

To use the plugin, simply integrate it into your yFiles application and call the export functions as described in the Developer's Guide and the API Documentation.
You can find a detailed tutorial in the video linked here.

While most features are supported, certain complex styles and custom visualizations might not be fully represented in the VSDX format due to differences between yFiles and Visio's rendering capabilities.

Yes, annotations and metadata can be exported, but some custom properties might require additional handling depending on how they are implemented in your diagrams.

VSDX Export is a paid add-on for the commercial yFiles for HTML software component that allows you to export yFiles diagrams to VSDX format, compatible with Microsoft Visio®. This add-on facilitates sharing, viewing, and editing of diagrams using any VSDX viewer.

For more information on licensing this add-on, kindly get in touch with the yWorks sales team.

Yes, the export process is highly customizable to meet complex requirements, although typical use cases work out of the box.

VSDX Export for yFiles for HTML can load VSSX stencil files and use their masters and style sheets as templates for the exported shapes in the VSDX file. This allows for consistent styling and shape usage across your diagrams, ensuring they match your desired Visio templates and standards.

Yes, highly discounted licenses for academic and research purposes are available for yFiles. For more information, please contact the yWorks sales team at sales@yworks.com.

yWorks is committed to supporting startup and nonprofit projects. Please email sales@yworks.com with details about your project, and the team will do their best to assist you.

The use case demo applications available on www.yfiles.com/demos illustrate how specific scenarios can be implemented using the yFiles for HTML SDK. These demos include various use cases such as:

• Organization chart
• BPMN editor
• Graph analysis
• Flowchart editor
• Supply chain
• Process mining
• Company ownership chart
• Fraud detection
• ... and many more.

To see the source code in action or for a sneak peek, you can explore the yFiles demos directly in the yWorks GitHub repository. Additionally, to test the full capabilities of the yFiles for HTML SDK, sign up in the yWorks Customer Center and download a 60-day fully functional evaluation version, which includes access to all demo apps with their complete source code.

For more information on acquiring a yFiles for HTML license or to discuss your specific requirements, please reach out to the yWorks sales team at sales@yworks.com. The team will be happy to assist with any licensing questions you may have.

It is an optional annual service for the yFiles products that can be entered alongside with a license purchase. It offers technical product support as well as free product upgrades to all versions of the licensed yFiles product that will be published during the subscription period.

The service will not renew automatically. We inform yFiles licensees about expiring subscriptions upfront and offer the opportunity to renew them for another year.

We consider a project to be a single, standalone, self-contained app or offering that must be clearly identifiable by its name. To determine if your use case can be covered by a yFiles project license, please contact our sales team.

No, only the developers that will be using yFiles to develop your application with the library need to be covered by the license. There is no restriction on the number of end users of your yFiles powered application.

No, for a yFiles-powered application there incur no royalty fees. For the distribution of a yFiles for HTML-powered app, i.e. to run it from an internet domain, that domain’s name needs to be enabled in the license. For the distribution of/to run an app integrating one of the other yFiles products (yFiles for Java (Swing), yFiles for JavaFX, yFiles.NET (WinForms), yFiles WPF) no domain names need to be enabled.

The easiest way to order your yFiles license is to use this service (example for yFiles for HTML) on our website to create an order form that you can review, sign and send to us.
Our sales team will also gladly provide you with a formal quote tailored to your requirements. For a license recommendation please see the pricing tool or get in touch with our sales team.

It is possible to change the registered developer of a yFiles single developer license when the developer is leaving the company or the team that is using the software. In this case, you will have to notify the sales team about the change and provide the contact details of the newly assigned developer. Please refer to the software license agreement for more details.

For yFiles licensees, the latest license keys are available for download in the yWorks Customer Center to the customer account administrator and entitled team members.
For yFiles evaluators the license keys are included in the evaluation package available for download in the yWorks Customer Center.

While a yFiles single domain license key is fixed to a specific domain, you can easily obtain a new single domain key for a different domain. Please contact our sales team, and they'll be happy to assist you with this process.

A "single developer" refers to one individual who exclusively can uses yFiles for development purposes. This license is not a floating license, meaning it is tied to that specific developer.

If you think that the standard license types do not fully meet your requirements, we encourage you to contact our sales team. We will do our best to find a custom licensing option that is tailored to your specific requirements.

You can find our current yFiles pricing information here. For personalized assistance or to discuss your specific needs, please contact our sales team.

Make sure that there are no cached versions of the old data. If the error persists, you might have to clear the npm cache, too. The most common yFiles license errors are listed here.

A yFiles Single Domain License Key cannot be used to cover generic domain names associated with third-party platforms or cloud services like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc. For such use cases, the Unrestricted Domains License Key is required. If you have a specific GSK (global, subdomain, or similar) domain name associated with these cloud services, please contact our sales team at sales@yworks.com, we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Query your data using openCypher or Gremlin with PuppyGraph and process the returned JSON structure in your web app. With advanced libraries like yFiles for HTML, you can map this data to nodes and edges, apply automatic layouts, and let users interactively explore and filter the resulting graph directly in the browser.

Use targeted Gremlin or openCypher queries in PuppyGraph to filter for the entities and relationships you want, e.g., users with admin privileges. Pass the filtered query results to your visualization toolkit. yFiles for HTML allows you to render just the relevant nodes and edges based on your application’s data model.

To incorporate real-time data, set up polling or streaming connections (such as WebSockets) to receive updates from PuppyGraph. Visualization solutions like yFiles for HTML enable you to incrementally modify the graph—adding, removing, or editing nodes and edges—while preserving layouts and animating changes for a seamless user experience.

Check that the data received from PuppyGraph includes all required fields (such as node and edge IDs) and follows a consistent structure. Ensure your data mapping is accurate and your update logic incremental. Using a robust visualization library like yFiles for HTML helps you identify mapping issues, handle large datasets efficiently, and debug rendering or update problems with developer tools.

PuppyGraph enables real-time graph analytics directly on your data lake or lakehouse with zero-ETL—meaning you can run openCypher or Gremlin queries without copying data (Learn more). By connecting the query results to yFiles for HTML, you instantly turn large, complex datasets into clear, interactive visualizations for analysis, filtering, and customization (More on yFiles). This seamless combination helps you move from raw data to insight faster, without extra infrastructure.

Common use cases include Agentic GraphRAG, cybersecurity analytics (SIEM graphs, Cloud Security, CSPM, CNAPP), fraud detection, cloud infrastructure mapping, and observability/root-cause analysis. PuppyGraph provides up-to-date access to relational or lakehouse data (PuppyGraph website), while yFiles for HTML enables powerful, customizable graph visualizations to help you spot patterns, find vulnerabilities, and communicate complex insights (See diagram examples and use cases).

You can deploy PuppyGraph in minutes using Docker or the cloud (see PuppyGraph docs). Run openCypher or Gremlin queries to extract your graph. Then use yFiles for HTML in JavaScript or try the no-code App Generator (yWorks App Generator). Both tools provide detailed docs and examples & yFiles documentation to help you go from raw data to custom visualization quickly.

Yes, you can! PuppyGraph provides a free Developer Edition for prototyping and local development (see pricing), and yFiles for HTML offers a free evaluation version (download trial). This means you can test, build, and validate your prototype before you decide to purchase a commercial license for either toolkit.

You can process the JSON graph data returned from PuppyGraph in your JavaScript application and map it to nodes and edges in a powerful diagramming library like yFiles for HTML. yFiles lets you render, style, and interact with your graph structure, supporting automatic layouts, custom visuals, and dynamic updates for your PuppyGraph data.

Use a suitable Gremlin or openCypher query to filter users with admin access in PuppyGraph, then take the filtered result and import it into your web application's graph model. Libraries like yFiles for HTML let you render just the nodes and edges from these results and further filter or highlight them interactively.

Fetch or stream real-time graph data from PuppyGraph with WebSockets or polling. With yFiles for HTML, you can incrementally update your graph visualization, smoothly animate changes, and preserve layout for a seamless live data experience in your app.

First, check the network response and data mapping from PuppyGraph. When working with advanced libraries like yFiles for HTML, ensure each node and edge has a unique identifier and properties. Review your incremental update logic, confirm all services are running, and check the browser developer console for errors. For complex or large graphs, optimize both the PuppyGraph query and the client updates for performance.

A hierarchical layout organizes nodes into layers based on flow or rank. It visualizes dependencies and process structures clearly, reducing clutter and emphasizing directionality for easier understanding of complex diagrams.

yFiles offers a powerful and flexible hierarchical layout algorithm with features like automatic layer assignment, node sequencing, and edge routing. These tools facilitate the creation of organized, publication-quality diagrams for any scale.

The main steps are layer assignment (organizing nodes into levels), node sequencing (ordering within layers), and edge routing (minimizing crossings). Together, they ensure diagrams are structured and easy to interpret.

Yes, yFiles offers extensive options such as layer constraints, node ordering, and port constraints. This flexibility allows tailoring the layout to meet specific visualization needs.

Set clear constraints, conduct extensive testing with diverse data, and optimize for performance. Leverage yFiles’ capabilities to extend and adapt existing algorithms for specific needs.

yFiles enables interactive manipulation like dragging nodes and real-time layout updates. This makes refining and customizing diagrams more flexible and efficient.

Hierarchical layouts are commonly used for supply chains, company ownership structures, family trees, organization charts, BPMN process models, UML diagrams, software or IT architectures, business workflows, taxonomies and classifications, data flow visualizations, and authorization hierarchies. yFiles lets you create clear, structured, and customizable diagrams for a wide range of industries and applications.

Using advanced algorithms, yFiles minimizes edge crossings, balances layer distances, and optimizes node alignment. This ensures the diagrams are clear and professional-looking.

Yes, yFiles supports multi-level and recursive hierarchies, allowing nesting of structures while keeping a coherent visual hierarchy.

yFiles provides powerful, customizable, and scalable solutions, with features like interactive adjustments and easy integration. It’s trusted for creating professional, clear diagrams in any domain.

In yFiles, layer assignment can be customized via user-defined constraints or override settings. You can directly influence layering algorithms to meet specific hierarchy requirements.

yFiles provides APIs to implement node sequencing through custom sorting rules or manual ordering, enabling precise control over node positions in each layer.

yFiles supports automatic spacing and shifting, as well as constraint-based positioning, to prevent overlaps while maintaining a clean and organized diagram appearance.

yFiles supports interactive and dynamic layout updates via LayoutExecutors. Developers can trigger partial reruns or live adjustments based on user interactions.

Using yFiles’ layout delegators and overlay techniques, it's possible to embed different layouts (like organic, circular) within a hierarchical system for hybrid visualizations.

Employ layout simplification, such as collapsing irrelevant subtrees, and update layouts incrementally. Use caching and multi-threading features for improved responsiveness.

yFiles supports expand/collapse nodes with connected automatic layout adjustment. This lets users explore complex hierarchies while preserving clarity.

The organic layout is a force-directed layout algorithm that positions graph elements based on simulated physical forces, nodes repel each other while edges act like springs. The result is a natural, intuitive visualization that highlights clusters and relationships.

Use organic layout when your graph doesn’t have a strict structure or when you want to highlight clusters, hubs, or natural relationships. It's ideal for undirected graphs and dynamic networks. Use hierarchical or circular layouts when you need to show flow, levels, or layered structures.

The organic layout offers extensive customization: you can adjust node repulsion strength, preferred edge lengths, gravitational pull, and label consideration. It also supports grouping, substructures, and incremental layout strategies, making it adaptable to various graph types.

Yes, it is. You can set deterministic to false to produce inconsistent results across runs with the same input.

Highly connected nodes (hubs) naturally migrate to central positions due to balanced edge forces, while less connected nodes move to the periphery, creating a visually intuitive layout.

The organic layout handles medium to large graphs efficiently, but performance depends on the number of nodes and edges. You can improve responsiveness by limiting the duration via stopDuration, reducing quality settings, or laying out only the visible subset of the graph.

It can visualize directed graphs and, if configured, take edge directions and flow into account to a certain extent. However, for clearly illustrating parent-child relationships or process flows, the hierarchical layout is usually the better choice.

It's especially effective for:

• Social networks
• Knowledge graphs
• Bioinformatics networks (e.g. protein interaction maps)
• Citation graphs
• Mesh and sensor networks
• System dependency graphs

yFiles Tree Layout stands out with its intelligent positioning algorithms that automatically handle complex real-world scenarios like multiple root nodes, dynamic spacing, and interactive features. Unlike basic tree tools that create rigid structures, yFiles gracefully manages thousands of nodes while maintaining visual clarity through sophisticated layout formations (linear, radial, balloon) and real-time adaptation to user interactions.

The yFiles tree layout brilliantly manages complex genealogical relationships beyond simple parent-child connections. It visualizes marriages between family lines, adoptions, multiple spouse relationships, and maintains readable layouts even for family trees spanning centuries. Interactive features let users zoom from broad family overviews to specific relationships while keeping the larger family context visible.

yFiles excels at decision tree visualization by transforming complex analytical processes into clear visual narratives. Risk assessment becomes intuitive when decision points, outcomes, and probability branches are laid out as navigable structures. Teams can explore multiple scenarios simultaneously, trace decision paths visually, and communicate strategic choices effectively to stakeholders.

yFiles Tree Layout is fully responsive and optimized for mobile and tablet interactions. Touch gestures for pan, zoom, expand/collapse, and navigation work intuitively on all devices. The adaptive layout automatically adjusts spacing and controls for touch interfaces while maintaining the same powerful visualization capabilities across desktop and mobile platforms.

yFiles offers extensive customization options for visual appearance, from node shapes and colors to edge styles and animations. You can apply custom themes, conditional styling based on data properties, and create branded visualizations that match your application's design language. The framework supports CSS styling, custom rendering, and dynamic visual updates based on user interactions.

Orthogonal layout is a graph positioning algorithm that arranges nodes and edges using only horizontal and vertical lines at 90-degree angles, creating clean, grid-based visualizations.

Orthogonal layout uses 90 degree edges and a grid-based alignment. Hierarchical layout emphasizes direction and flow (e.g., top-to-bottom), and may allow diagonal or curved edges.

Yes. Use incremental layout mode to maintain structure as users add/edit nodes or connections dynamically.

Yes. It’s supported across platforms: yFiles for HTML, Java, .NET, and WPF.

yFiles allows port constraints, which let you control exactly where an edge connects to a node (top, bottom, left, right, or specific ports). This is essential for schematics and structured diagrams.

You can adjust the bend cost in the layout configuration. Increasing bend cost encourages straighter edge paths, while reducing it allows more flexibility in routing.

Orthogonal layout handles cycles well, especially in technical diagrams. However, you might need to use layout data to hint at grouping or edge direction if clarity drops with dense loops.

The LayoutExecutor class in yFiles supports smooth transitions. When switching between layouts or adding nodes, you can animate orthogonal layout changes to preserve context.

Sometimes. If flow direction is more important than right-angle routing, hierarchical layout is better. But if grid alignment and clean edges are more critical, orthogonal layout wins.

Choose orthogonal layout when you need precise, technical diagrams such as UML class diagrams, circuit schematics, database schemas, or any visualization where grid alignment and right-angle connections improve clarity.

Check out the source code of an example of the yFiles orthogonal layout and try it out in the yFiles playground.

Yes, yFiles' orthogonal layout is optimized for medium to large sparse graphs and can handle thousands of nodes while maintaining real-time interactivity.

yFiles radial layout algorithms achieve O(n log n) complexity for most networks, significantly outperforming basic implementations that often run in O(n²) time. The yFiles optimization engine uses advanced sector management and incremental updates, enabling real-time layout of networks with thousands of nodes. This performance advantage makes yFiles suitable for enterprise applications requiring responsive interactive visualizations.

yFiles radial layout excels with both directed and undirected graphs through intelligent preprocessing. For directed graphs, yFiles automatically detects natural hierarchies and flow directions, positioning source nodes centrally. With undirected graphs, yFiles uses centrality algorithms to identify optimal hub nodes. The layout engine adapts edge routing and layer assignment based on graph type, ensuring optimal results regardless of your data structure.

yFiles provides industry-leading incremental layout capabilities for dynamic networks. Rather than recalculating the entire layout, yFiles intelligently updates only affected portions when nodes or edges change. This incremental approach maintains layout stability while supporting real-time data streams. Features like animated transitions and layout morphing ensure users never lose context during network updates.

yFiles radial layouts include built-in accessibility features often missing from custom implementations. These include keyboard navigation support, screen reader compatibility through semantic markup, high contrast mode support, and configurable label positioning for visual impairments. yFiles also provides programmatic access to node positions and relationships, enabling developers to create custom accessibility interfaces for specialized requirements.

yFiles automatically detects and manages disconnected components through sophisticated clustering algorithms. Isolated subgraphs receive separate radial treatments or can be arranged in a grid pattern around the main network. The layout engine also handles singleton nodes, self-loops, and multi-edges gracefully. Unlike basic radial implementations, yFiles provides extensive configuration options for managing these edge cases according to your application's specific requirements.

yFiles provides advanced algorithms that automatically position nodes, manage edges, and optimize spacing. Features like sector management, customizable radii, and label integration ensure visually appealing and interpretable network diagrams.

Yes. Developers can manually select center nodes, assign custom layers, group nodes by domain-specific metrics, and adjust edge routing, spacing, and labeling to fit any network type.

yFiles efficiently manages thousands of nodes and edges, using automatic spacing, sector separation, and edge bundling to prevent clutter and maintain readability in large networks.

Choose radial layouts when you need to emphasize central hubs and their relationships outward, rather than focusing solely on top-to-bottom hierarchies. They excel at hub-and-spoke visualizations.

Yes. The yFiles GraphWidget for Jupyter allows interactive radial visualizations, with commands like w.radial_layout() and support for importing graphs from NetworkX, igraph, graph-tool, or PyGraphviz.