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SocNetV: Social Network Analysis and Visualization Software

SocNetV v2.1 has been released!

Published on Sep 28, 2016

SocNetV v2.1 has been released!

Today is a wonderful day, because we are happy to announce that a brand new version of our favorite social network analysis and visualization software application has been released. SocNetV version 2.1, released on Sep 28, has the quite eloquent codename "fixer" and it is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux from the Downloads page. What the [...] Read more

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SocNetV 1.2 released and brings new GUI and features

Published on Aug 17, 2014

SocNetV version 1.2 has been released! It brings a major GUI overhaul, a new conceptualization of “prominence” measures, new importance and reachability measures, many new visualization layouts based on the new indices, and fixes a slew of bugs (see below). The new conceptualization and the different indices In social network analysis, structural [...] Read more

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SocNetV 1.1 released

Published on Jul 31, 2014

SocNetV version 1.1 has just been released! It is a bugfix version which fixes many, many bugs found since version 1.0. See ChangeLog. Source code and binaries for Windows, Fedora, openSUSE as well as a disk image for Max OS X 10.9 are available in the Downloads menu. Have fun!

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SocNetV 1.0 released

Published on Feb 26, 2014

SocNetV version 1.0 has just been released! It is our first version based on the new Qt5 toolkit and features PageRank calculation and layout as well as various bug fixes. Source code available in the Downloads menu. Have fun!

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SocNetV Features

Explore the nice features of SocNetV to make
your social network research real fun!

  • Easy User Interface

    Navigate yourself and use the application either with the mouse or the keyboard.

  • File Formats

    Load and save to GraphML, but you can also import most network file formats (GML, Pajek, UCINET, GraphViz, Adjacency, EdgeList etc).

  • Network analysis

    Compute distances, eccentricity, connectedness, clique census, triad census, and Prominence indices (i.e. eigenvector, betweenness and information centrality, promixity prestige, pagerank and more)

  • Visualization

    Apply intuitive visualization layouts on undirected/directed graphs, based on prominence scores or force-directed models.

  • Famous networks

    Automatically recreate known social network datasets such as Padgett's Families

  • Random networks

    Create random networks using one of the supported models (scale-free, Erdős–Rényi, lattice, small worlds)

  • Web Crawler

    Easily visualize and analyze networks of linked web pages and sites through the built-in web crawler.

  • Multi-relational

    Work with multiple relations concurrently. SocNetV supports loading, editing and saving multirelational social networks.

  • Documentation

    Learn to work with SocNetV and make use of Social Network Analysis methods by reading our Manual

  • Free Software

    SocNetV is Free and Open-Source Software, use it everywhere. Have a feature request? Ask us!

Have fun with Social Network Analysis

Use the buttons to download Social Network Visualizer for your OS or to learn more about Social Network Analysis and Visualization reading the Manual .