Visualise and navigate property graphs through a sleek, ultra-lightweight interface.
Works in any modern browser, with native Electron desktops for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

🔗 Live Demo · 📦 Latest Release

Quickstart

Download the latest release for your platform:

Platform	Recommended download	Notes
Web	graph-lens-lite_inline_X.Y.Z.html	Just open in a browser — no install needed
Windows	Graph.Lens.Lite.X.Y.Z.exe	Portable — run directly, nothing to install
macOS	Graph.Lens.Lite-X.Y.Z-<arch>.dmg	Disk image
Linux	Graph.Lens.Lite-X.Y.Z.AppImage	Portable — chmod +x and run

Other formats are also available: Windows installer (.Setup.X.Y.Z.exe), .deb, .snap, .zip.

Then:

1. (Optional) Download a template and add your data
2. Launch Graph Lens Lite and load a demo or your file

Features

Open Excel or JSON files, explore demo networks, or take a tour; zero install with portable versions	Write expressive queries with boolean logic, nested conditions, and range operators to filter your graph	Lasso select elements, undo and redo, focus and expand neighborhoods, and group nodes visually
Filter by any property using range sliders and dropdown checklists, inspect node and edge metadata via tooltips, and navigate large graphs with a minimap	Compute centrality metrics like degree, betweenness, closeness, eigenvector, and PageRank, and edit your graph data live in a built-in spreadsheet	Customize shapes, sizes, colors, labels, halos, badges, arrows, and bubble set appearance per element
Create independent workspaces, each preserving their own node positions, styles, filters, and bubble set groups	Assign distinct colors to property categories like pathways, processes, or localizations	Map numeric properties to continuous color gradients with configurable stops, and export graphs as JSON, PNG, or Excel

Development

npm install              # install dependencies
npm run bundle:serve     # dev server with watch + sourcemaps
npm run serve            # static http-server on :8000
npm start                # electron app
npm run dist-linux       # Linux build
npm run dist-windows     # Windows build

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full list of npm scripts, version management, code style, and commit guidelines.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before filing issues or submitting pull requests.

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

Known Issues

1. Deselection by clicking on empty spaces in the canvas takes a long time on large graphs (see GitHub issue)
2. The Query Editor cursor tends to change position on multiline queries

Disclaimer

• Uses the STRING database for demo purposes (citation)
• No guarantees on the accuracy of the results
• This project includes third-party software — see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES for details