graph-tool is an efficient python module for manipulation and statistical analysis of graphs. It contains several general graph measurements, data structures and algorithms, such as vertex and edge properties, online graph filtering, nearest neighbour statistics, clustering, interactive graph layout, random graph generation, detection of community structure, and more.

Contrary to most other python modules with similar functionality, the core data structures and algorithms are implemented in C++, making extensive use of template metaprogramming, based heavily on the Boost Graph Library. This confers it a level of performance that is comparable (both in memory usage and computation time) to that of a pure C/C++ library.

For more information and documentation, please take a look at the website http://graph-tool.skewed.de.

graph-tool is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or above. See LICENSE for details.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The current stable version of graph-tool is always available from the project's website: http://graph-tool.skewed.de

graph-tool follows the standard GNU installation procedure. Please consult the INSTALL file in this distribution for more detailed instructions.

Note that recent versions of GCC (5 or above) or clang, with good C++14 support, are required for compilation. Due to the heavy use of template metaprogramming techniques, relatively large amounts of RAM are required during compilation. You have been warned! For this reason, pre-compiled packages are available in the website.

The project homepage is http://graph-tool.skewed.de. It contains documentation, info on mailing lists, as well as a bug-tracking function. You should be reading it, instead of this. :-)

A list of known bugs can be found in the website:

http://graph-tool.skewed.de/issues

If you found a bug in the program which is not included in this list, please submit a ticket through the provided interface.

-- Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@skewed.de