# ComplexHeatmap

> Highly customizable heatmaps for genomic and other matrix data (Bioconductor).

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: https://jokergoo.github.io/ComplexHeatmap-reference/book/
- Repository: https://github.com/jokergoo/ComplexHeatmap
- License: Other
- Language: R
- Status: Maintained (commits in the last 12 months)
- GitHub stars: 1,557
- Commits in the last 12 months: 3
- Contributors: 20
- Last commit: Apr 2, 2026
- Latest release: 1.99.4 (Dec 12, 2018)

## Overview

ComplexHeatmap is an R visualization package. Its GitHub repository has 1,557 stars, 256 forks, and 20 contributors. It is maintained with 3 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Apr 2, 2026. The latest release, 1.99.4, was published on Dec 12, 2018.

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