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Grammar of graphics extension for visualizing networks, graphs and trees in R

github.com/thomasp85/ggraph ↗

ggraph has settled into ggplot2 compatibility duty

network-visualizationggplot2r-statsmaintenancegraph-layouts
◆Current state
ggraph provides the grammar of graphics for network and tree data. Its recent releases are compatibility and bug-fix work — a collapse fix in get_edges() alongside ggplot2 v4.0.0 upkeep, and before that a pipe rollback. The last release with real content was 2.2.0, a long list of layout and edge-geom corrections.
◆Where it's heading
The feature surface looks finished and the maintenance is about keeping it working under a moving ggplot2. The one architectural move in this window — pushing dendrogram layout into compiled code to escape R's recursion limits, back in 2.1.0 — was about scaling existing features, not adding new ones.
◆Prediction
Expect the next release to follow ggplot2 4.0.0 rather than introduce layouts or edge geoms.

◆Recent moves

  1. 11mo ago

    get_edges() collapse fix and ggplot2 v4 upkeep

    One bug fix plus general compatibility work for ggplot2 v4.0.0. Consistent with the package's caretaker cadence.

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  2. 2y ago

    Native pipe usage rolled back

    Reverts native pipe usage to restore compatibility with older R versions. A packaging decision with no user-facing effect.

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  3. 2y ago

    Layout precision and edge geom fixes across the package

    The last release with substantial content: circle-pack precision, parallel-edge labelling, undirected tree auto-layout and a rename from edge_size to edge_width on GeomEdgeTile. Broad enough that most users of edge geoms saw something change.

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  4. 3y ago

    Binned edge scales and compiled dendrogram layouts

    Adds binned edge scales and moves dendrogram layout into compiled code to avoid R's recursion stack limits — the one change in this window that raised the ceiling on graph size rather than fixing behaviour.

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  5. 5y ago

    C++11 pinned to fix std::random_shuffle deprecation

    A compiler-flag fix for a deprecated C++ function. Invisible to users.

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  6. 5y ago

    Faceting and edge geom bug fixes

    A batch of narrow faceting, layout-warning and edge-label fixes. Nothing that changes what the package can draw.

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