Tulip
tulip.labri.fr
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Tulip is an information visualization framework for analyzing and visualizing relational data and graphs.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Intended users
- The maker describes Tulip as used in research and education for exploring large relational datasets, and for experimentation, teaching, and scientific visualization.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Audience
- The site says Tulip is widely used in research and education for exploring large relational datasets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Platforms
- Tulip can be installed or compiled on Linux, macOS, and Windows; the current site says historical binaries are available only for older releases.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Free plan
- YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- License
- The project identifies Tulip as free software under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Maker
- Tulip is developed at LaBRI and maintained by researchers and engineers from LaBRI and its scientific ecosystem.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Algorithms and extensibility
- Tulip provides graph algorithms and a plugin architecture; plugins can be written in C++ or Python.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Dashboard type
- interactiveRead 23 Sep 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Data formats
- The framework supports TLP text and binary graph formats and documents CSV import and CSV, GML, JSON, SVG, TLP, and TLPB export plugins.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Data sources
- CSV; TLP; TLP binary; other graph formats are referenced,but not enumerated on the opened official pagesRead 23 Sep 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Development
- Tulip is developed at LaBRI by researchers and engineers and is maintained through community-driven development and open contributions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Distribution
- Tulip is primarily distributed through its source code repository; historical binaries up to version 6.0.1 are described as the last officially distributed binary versions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Distribution limit
- The project says it no longer provides precompiled binaries; the latest development version is distributed through its source repository, while historical binaries go up to version 6.0.1.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Exports
- The Python documentation lists CSV, GML, JSON, SVG, TLP and TLPB export plugins.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Extensibility
- Its plugin architecture lets researchers and developers add custom algorithms and visualizations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Graph formats
- The Python documentation lists import plugins for GEXF, GML, GraphML, JSON, Pajek, UCINET and other graph sources.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Graph scale
- The project describes Tulip as designed to analyze, draw, and visualize very large graphs, up to a million nodes and edges.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Graph visualization
- It provides graph drawing algorithms and interactive rendering for exploring large scale graphs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Interactive exploration
- Tulip supports interactive graph exploration through filtering, selection, and dynamic layouts.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Large datasets
- The site says Tulip is designed to handle large relational datasets efficiently with optimized visualization techniques.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Platform
- desktopRead 23 Sep 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Python
- Python scripting supports workflow automation and analysis, and Python plugins can be written in pure Python.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Python integration
- Tulip Python exposes almost all of the C++ API, supports graph manipulation and algorithms, and lets users write plugins in Python.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Python packages
- The site lists precompiled Python wheels for Python 3.9 through 3.13, based on Tulip 6.0.0, as the last officially distributed binary packages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
- Visualization views
- Its documentation lists views including node-link diagrams, adjacency matrices, geographic views, histograms, parallel coordinates, and scatter plots.Read 12 Oct 2026 · tulip.labri.fr
Where Specifiction places it
- Graph Visualization Tools Software#10 of 257.2
- Data Visualization Software#71 of 987.5
