SocNetV is a cross-platform, free and open-source application for social network analysis and visualization. Draw networks with a few clicks, load data from dozens of file formats, run analysis, and produce beautiful reports — all from an intuitive interface that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Easy User Interface
Draw nodes and edges with a few clicks on a virtual canvas, or import data from a file in a supported format. Right-click any element for context actions. Customise each node’s label, size, color, shape, and even use your own image as a node icon.
Network Analysis
Compute cohesion metrics (density, diameter, distances, clustering coefficient, reciprocity), centrality and prestige indices (betweenness, closeness, eigenvector, PageRank, and more), community detection (triad and clique census), and structural equivalence analysis.
Visualization
Apply layouts based on prominence scores (circular, radial, level), force-directed models (Kamada-Kawai, Fruchterman-Reingold, Spring Embedder), or the ego-centered radial layout to explore a node’s neighborhood in depth. Colour nodes by any centrality or prestige index, by clustering coefficient, or by connected component — using a continuous gradient that makes differences immediately visible.
Graph Exploration
Non-destructive filters let you isolate any part of the network — ego network, selection, attribute value, centrality score, or edge weight — without losing data. The Query Builder composes multi-condition AND filters in a single step. A persistent filter bar shows active conditions as chips you can remove individually or clear all at once. You can also save any visible or selected subgraph as an independent network file in any supported format.
Data Management
Attach custom attributes to nodes and edges, browse and inline-edit everything in the Data Table dock (Ctrl+D),
bulk-edit properties across multiple nodes or edges in one operation,
and export to CSV or JSON for further editing in any spreadsheet tool.
File Formats
Load and save networks in GraphML, GraphViz, GML, Pajek, UCINET, Adjacency, EdgeList, and two-mode sociomatrix formats. GraphML is the native format with full roundtrip support for custom attributes and zero-weight edges.
Multi-relational
Load, edit, and save networks with multiple relations. Switch between relations in the Control Panel without losing the others.
Random Networks
Generate random networks using Barabási–Albert scale-free, Erdős–Rényi, Watts-Strogatz small-world, d-regular, and ring lattice models.
Famous Networks
Instantly recreate classic social network datasets such as Padgett’s Florentine families, Zachary’s Karate Club, and more.
Web Crawler
Automatically build a network of linked web pages by pointing the built-in crawler at any URL.
Documentation
A comprehensive manual covers every feature — available both online and inside the application via the Help menu.
Free Software
SocNetV is free and open-source (GPL3). Use it anywhere, contribute patches on GitHub, or report bugs.
Installers, packages and executables for Windows, macOS and Linux are available on the Downloads page.
Download nowThe program is Free Software, licensed under the GNU General Public License 3 (GPL3). The documentation is also free, licensed under the Free Documentation License (FDL).
If you are a C++/Qt developer, you can contribute by committing patches (new features or bug fixes) to our development source code.
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