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h1Beautiful graphs. Valuable insights. For everyone.25 years of yWorks.
h1The most advancedlibrary forgraph visualization
h1Multi-userdiagram editingin real-time
h2Why visualize connected data?
h2What sets yWorks apart?
h3Experience
h3Confidence
h3Excellence
h2Add value to your data by visualizing it – the results will look amazing!
h2yWorks products
h3yFiles - the diagramming SDK
h3yFiles ‑ the diagramming SDK
h3The diagram editor family
h3The diagram editor family
h3Tools
h4For graph drawing
h4For software development
h2yWorks services
h2Stories & news
h2Start your journey here– with the diagramming experts

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yWorks - the diagramming experts

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yWorks - the diagramming experts

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yFiles - Diagramming SDKsoftware development kit

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yFiles React components

Ready to use React components for specific use cases like supply chains or organization charts

VSDX Export

The yFiles add-on for exporting diagrams to Visio

App Generator

Build yFiles apps in seconds with this source code generation tool.

Diagramming applications

Create, edit, and analyze graphs with our set of diagramming editors.

Tools

A wide range of tools to help you in graph drawing and software development.

Resources

Explore & learn

Use cases

Convince yourself of the many possible applications of graph visualisations and receive tailored information and examples for a selection of common use cases.

Documentation

Find extensive information in our online documentation for yFiles. This includes a comprehensive Developers Guide, detailed API documentation, and a useful knowledge base.

Webinars

The webinars are free and suitable for everyone. You can receive an overview of the essential aspects of graph visualization or gain best practices and useful tips for implementation.

Case studies

Learn how to use data visualization effectively from customers who have successfully used these technologies in their work and products.

Interactive demos

Try out a wide range of demo applications for different features and application areas directly in your browser!

Diagramming blog

Find articles for developers, graph enthusiasts, and data scientists. Get insights on best practices, case studies, use cases, new features, behind-the-scenes information, and more.

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yWorks

About us

Learn about yWorks, the company behind the graph drawing products.

References

Many world-renowned companies from all industries rely on the expertise of yWorks.

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Take a look at our long-standing partnerships across various key domains.

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As the diagramming experts, we offer a comprehensive range of services: from webinars, coaching sessions, workshops and consultancy to code reviews, coding and migration.

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yFiles - the superior diagramming SDK

yFiles is the industry-leading software library for visualizing, editing and analyzing graphs. The Graph Visualisation SDK is available for 5 major platforms and technologies: HTML, JavaFX, Java (Swing), WinForms, and WPF.

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Test and experience yFiles free of charge!

- Fully-functional yFiles version
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# Beautiful graphs.
Valuable insights.
For everyone.
25 years of yWorks.

# The most advanced
library for
graph visualization
Discover yfiles.com

# Multi-user
diagram editing
in real-time
Discover more

yFiles Graphs for Streamlit

Visualize graph networks

with Python and Streamlit

yFiles Graphs for Streamlit is a free diagram visualization component for Streamlit. It allows you to display and interact with graph data directly within your Streamlit apps.

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yFiles MCP server

Give your AI coding assistant **deep**, **up-to-date** understanding of **yFiles**! The **yFiles MCP server** uses the **Model Context Protocol** to provide AI agents with instant access to the latest **API**, **documentation**, and **demo code**—making development more **accurate** and **efficient** for everyone.

Blog article

Democratizing graph

visualization with agents

**Explore** how yWorks leverages **AI agents**, **MCP tools**, and **machine-readable docs** to make yFiles graph visualization faster, more accessible, and easier to learn—whether you prefer classic workflows or AI-assisted coding.

yFiles Graphs for Streamlit

Visualize graph networks

with Python and Streamlit

yFiles Graphs for Streamlit is a free diagram visualization component for Streamlit. It allows you to display and interact with graph data directly within your Streamlit apps.

Out now!

yFiles MCP server

Give your AI coding assistant **deep**, **up-to-date** understanding of **yFiles**! The **yFiles MCP server** uses the **Model Context Protocol** to provide AI agents with instant access to the latest **API**, **documentation**, and **demo code**—making development more **accurate** and **efficient** for everyone.

Blog article

Democratizing graph

visualization with agents

**Explore** how yWorks leverages **AI agents**, **MCP tools**, and **machine-readable docs** to make yFiles graph visualization faster, more accessible, and easier to learn—whether you prefer classic workflows or AI-assisted coding.

## Why

visualize connected data?

Graph visualization is a key element for analyzing complex information and making data-driven decisions. They let you easily identify and understand relationships, patterns, and outliers. In today’s big-data world, this is more crucial than ever.

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Clear & easy

People are very visual. Seeing data as graphs helps you absorb the information faster, explore it intuitively, and work with it more easily. Visualization can help monitor large networks and improve all types of workflows.

Adjustable

Multiple points of view broaden the horizon. Change your perspective with just one click: get an overview or explore a specific area in detail. Graph visualization empowers you with endless possibilities at your fingertips.

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Interactive

Experience the direct impact of data in real time. Work with your dataset directly and see how the changes affect certain aspects of the graph. This can provide valuable insights into historical developments and current events, enhancing future projections.

Informative

Tap into a human talent: pattern recognition. Graph visualization helps you to recognize patterns and trends at a glance. Moreover, graph analysis algorithms enable visualizing crucial information embedded within the data.

## What sets

yWorks apart?

### Experience

yWorks has been providing graph visualization solutions for **over 20 years**. Building on our university background, we combine the latest scientific findings, current technological standards, and profound software development expertise – to bring **the future of graph visualization** to life. We aim to deliver optimum advice and **support for every use case** you can think of.



### Confidence

With more than **1 million users** and customers in **over 60 countries**, yWorks is trusted by many different types of companies around the world. Our customers value our **experience** and appreciate our **enthusiasm**. Plus our graph drawing algorithms are second to none.



### Excellence

We offer solutions for almost **every technology and platform**. Each customer benefits from direct support provided by our **core developers** and **graph visualization specialists**. We are proud to offer the **industry-leading software library** for visualizing, editing, and analyzing graphs.

**Make the most of your connected data!**

## Add value to your data

by visualizing it –

the results will look amazing!

From southern Germany to Silicon Valley

Numerous world-renowned companies, research institutes, and universities rely on the expertise of yWorks.

## yWorks

products

### yFiles - the diagramming SDK

### yFiles ‑ the diagramming SDK

yFiles is the **industry-leading software library** for graph and network visualization, editing, and analysis.

The well-documented software development toolkit offers you **every conceivable possibility** to create custom graph software, interact with your data, and gain deeper insights. If there is a solution, you can find it with yFiles!

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### The diagram editor family

Whether you are a software developer or not, creating diagrams with our intuitive family of diagram editors will make you happy!

Choose between the free and powerful **desktop application yEd**, its lightweight, modern **online version yEd Live** – also free of charge – and the specially adapted version **Graphity for Confluence**. Graphity offers enterprise features for teams like collaborative working and user rights management.

Our graph editors can be used to **quickly generate high-quality network drawings**. They let you do it all: from creating diagrams manually to importing your data for analysis. The automatic layout algorithms arrange even **large data sets** at the press of a button.

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### The diagram editor family

### Tools

As a provider of holistic solutions, we offer a selection of tools to support graph drawing and software development.

#### For graph drawing

Use a selection of yFiles features with third-party software like Jupyter, Neo4J, or Cytoscape.

Visualize and analyze graph networks with **Python** with yFiles Graphs for Jupyter, the free extension for **JupyterLab** and **Jupyter Notebook**.

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Connect to your **Neo4j graph database** and explore the data – interactively and visually.

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Arrange your **Cytoscape networks** – in a clear and concise way.

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Rapidly create **diagram** and **graph visualization apps** from your own data with **no-code** techniques.

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#### For software development

Ensure secure code, provide good documentation, and enjoy high quality PDF graphics.

Prevent unwanted access to your source code with this **free** Java **bytecode obfuscator**.

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Automatically generate **UML diagrams** from your **software** project’s **classes**.

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Embed (high quality) **SVG** content **in PDF** files - directly **in the browser**.

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## yWorks services

As the diagramming experts, we offer a comprehensive range of services.
From software support to training courses – everything you need to work successfully with data structures, complex algorithms, and advanced graph and diagram visualization.

Learn from yWorks: We invite you to participate in our free webinars, customized online seminars, and coaching sessions.

Get support from yWorks: We offer rapid support during your project, as well as professional workshops and in-depth consulting services.

Delegate tasks to yWorks: Let us take care of project reviews, code reviews, coding, and more.

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## Stories

& news

You can count on yWorks to share lots of information and exciting news items about graph visualization and our products. Find the latest case studies, use cases, blog articles, and more.

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AI-powered answers & instant yFiles app scaffolding

See how yWorks uses AI agents and MCP tools to make graph visualization fast, accurate, and accessible

case study

Make the right IT decisions

How up-and-coming software developer qbilon optimizes IT landscape analysis with visual representation.

case study

Jetbrains

As codebases grow larger, it becomes more and more important to keep an overview. Automatic UML and class diagrams can quickly and easily create this overview.

use case

Supply Chain Management

Map and visualize complex supply chains, in order to then analyze and optimize them based on real-time insights.

case study

JDisc

Discover how JDisc uses advanced techniques like collapsing to enhance network visualization and management

blog article

LLMs powered by knowledge graphs

Discover how to empower LLM development through effective knowledge graph visualization

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## Start your journey here

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