Gephi Desktop
Operator: Gephi community (Gephi committee)
Free desktop software for network analysis, relationship diagrams and visualising your own graph data.
Analysis
Product
Gephi Desktop
Availability and source date
Active
As of: 17 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
Visualises company connections, relationships between people and other relationship data of your own as a network. Helps identify groups and central nodes.
Queries
Not applicable
Features
- Imports networks from CSV, GEXF and other graph formats.
- Arranges nodes using layout algorithms such as ForceAtlas2.
- Calculates centrality, PageRank and network communities.
- Filters nodes and connections by properties or structure.
- Edits tables and exports graphics as SVG, PDF or PNG.
Categories
- Analysis
Coverage
Dataset
Visualises data you have imported or created.
Access
Installation and deployment
Locally installable
A local Java desktop application. Browser-based Gephi Lite and the Gephi Toolkit are separate offerings.
Requirements
Local installation for Windows, macOS or Linux. Import a node/edge table or graph file.
Export
SVG, PDF and PNG; .gephi project files and graph files.
Provider
Gephi community (Gephi committee)
Country of establishment
Unknown
Interfaces
API
Available. Local Java APIs for plugins. The separate Gephi Toolkit bundles modules for automated workflows.
MCP
Not documented. Not described on the reviewed product and documentation pages.
AI agents
Not documented. Not described on the reviewed product and documentation pages.
Maintenance
Licence
GPL-3.0
Latest activity
Commit 10/2026
Stars
approx. 6,700 (as of 17 October 2026)
Legal note
Limitations
- According to the roadmap, undo/redo is unavailable.
- Parallel edges cannot yet be displayed or edited in the desktop interface.
- An issue with initial community weights remains open for Louvain community detection (issue 3322).
Guides and practical reports
Official · Gephi Desktop: getting started
EN
Covers data import, layouts, network metrics and graphic export.