NOESIS: A Framework for Complex Network Data Analysis

Table 1

Feature comparison of some popular network analysis software packages.

Tool name	Software license	Software platform	User interface	Programming library	Parallelization support	Extensibility
UCINET	Commercial	Pascal	✓
Pajek	Closed	Delphi	✓
Cytoscape	LGPL	Java/JavaScript	✓			✓
NodeXL	MPL	Excel (.NET)	✓
Gephi	GPL	Java	✓	✓
igraph	GPL	C/Python/R		✓		✓
NetworkX	BSD	Python	✓		✓
Graphviz	EPL	C	✓
SNAP	BSD	C++/Python	✓	✓	✓
NOESIS	BSD	Java/Python	✓	✓	✓	✓

GPL: GNU Public License; LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License; MPL: Microsoft Public License; BSD: Berkeley Software Distribution; EPL: Eclipse Public License.