# DiagrammeR

> Graph and network diagrams in R, rendered with Graphviz and mermaid.

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: https://rich-iannone.github.io/DiagrammeR/
- Repository: https://github.com/rich-iannone/DiagrammeR
- License: MIT
- Language: R
- Status: Maintained (commits in the last 12 months)
- GitHub stars: 1,745
- Commits in the last 12 months: 22
- Contributors: 34
- Last commit: Apr 27, 2026
- Latest release: v1.0.12 (Apr 27, 2026)
- Install (CRAN): `install.packages("DiagrammeR")`, 11.6K downloads per week
- Topics: Graph & network visualization, Diagrams & diagrams as code

## Overview

DiagrammeR is an open-source R visualization package released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 1,745 stars, 244 forks, and 34 contributors. It is maintained with 22 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Apr 27, 2026. The latest release, v1.0.12, was published on Apr 27, 2026. On CRAN it is downloaded about 11.6K times per week.

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