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Software for generating directed graphs

Is there software that will generate a directed graph such as this one, given a list of "from" and "to" numbers? It will include a cycle. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:24, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

As the description says, it was created with Graphviz, which should be usable for your purpose.  --Lambiam 07:23, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

You can use graphviz, mermaid, cytoscape, d3js (look up observablehq). D3Js can do almost everything svg can do, but of course you need to roll your own display algorithms. Graphviz strenghts is that you dont need to care about manual placement, but with complex graphs it will not be pretty. You can also use TikZ or CetZ 2A02:F28:F:36A0:0:0:0:100B (talk) 08:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks. Graphviz looks like it will do the job and the language is easy to use Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC)