d3Network - Tools for creating D3 JavaScript network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey graphs from R

Oct 26, 2026

d3Network is an R package designed to generate interactive D3 JavaScript visualizations directly from data frames, including D3 network graphs, tree and cluster dendrograms, and Sankey diagrams. The documentation explains that active development has moved to the networkD3 package and provides function-level usage for building graphs from hierarchical list structures and link/node inputs. It details configurable rendering options such as dimensions, colors, opacity, zoom behavior, output to standalone HTML, and iframe-based embedding.

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Reading Time40 min

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d3ClusterDendro

Usage and arguments

d3ForceNetwork

Usage and arguments

d3Network

Core network tools

d3Sankey

Sankey diagram support

d3SimpleNetwork

Simple network graphs

d3Tree

Tree graphs

energy

Included dataset

flare

Example dataset

JSONtoDF

Data conversion helpers

MisLinks

Link examples

MisNodes

Node examples

Package ‘d3Network’ May 8, 2026 Title Tools for creating D3 JavaScript network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey graphs from R Description This packages is intended to make it easy to create D3 JavaScript network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey graphs from R using data frames.!!! NOTE: Active development has moved to the networkD3 package. !!! Version [0.5.2.1](0.5.2.1) Date 2015-01-31 Author Christopher Gandrud Maintainer Christopher Gandrud <[christopher.gandrud@gmail.com](christopher.gandrud@gmail.com)> URL [http://christophergandrud.github.io/d3Network/](http://christophergandrud.github.io/d3Network/) BugReports [https://github.com/christophergandrud/d3Network/issues](https://github.com/christophergandrud/d3Network/issues)[ ](https://github.com/christophergandrud/d3Network/issues)License GPL (>= 3) Depends R (>= 3.0.0) Imports plyr, rjson, whisker Suggests RCurl NeedsCompilation no Repository CRAN Date/Publication 2015-01-31 17:29:42 Contents d3ClusterDendro ...................................... 2 d3ForceNetwork ...................................... 3 d3Network ......................................... 6 d3Sankey .......................................... 7 d3SimpleNetwork ...................................... 9 d3Tree ............................................ 11 energy ............................................ 13 flare ............................................. 13 JSONtoDF .......................................... 14 MisLinks .......................................... 14 MisNodes .......................................... 15 2 d3ClusterDendro Index 16 | d3ClusterDendro | Create a D3 JavaScript Cluster Dendrogram graphs. | | --- | --- | Description Create a D3 JavaScript Cluster Dendrogram graphs. Usage d3ClusterDendro(List, height = 2200, width = 900, heightCollapse = 0, widthCollapse = 0.5, fontsize = 10, linkColour = "\#ccc", nodeColour = "\#3182bd", textColour = "\#3182bd", opacity = 0.8, diameter = 980, zoom = FALSE, parentElement = "body", standAlone = TRUE, file = NULL, iframe = FALSE, d3Script = "[http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js](http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js)") Arguments List a hierarchical list object with a root node and children. height numeric height for the network graph’s frame area in pixels. width numeric width for the network graph’s frame area in pixels. heightCollapse numeric proportion of the overall graph height to make the cluster dendrogram shorter by. widthCollapse numeric proportion of the overall graph width to make the cluster dendrogram narrower by. fontsize numeric font size in pixels for the node text labels. linkColour character string specifying the colour you want the link lines to be. Multiple formats supported (e.g. hexadecimal) . nodeColour character string specifying the colour you want the node circles to be. Multiple formats supported (e.g. hexadecimal) . textColour character string specifying the colour you want the text to be before they are clicked. Multiple formats supported (e.g. hexadecimal) . opacity numeric value of the proportion opaque you would like the graph elements to be. diameter numeric diameter for the network in pixels. zoom logical, whether or not to enable the ability to use the mouse scroll-wheel to zoom in and out of the graph. parentElement character string specifying the parent element for the resulting svg network graph. This effectively allows the user to specify where on the html page the graph will be placed. By default the parent element is body. standAlone logical, whether or not to return a complete HTML document (with head and foot) or just the script. d3ForceNetwork 3 file a character string of the file name to save the resulting graph. If a file name is given a standalone webpage is created, i.e. with a header and footer. If file = NULL then result is returned to the console. iframe logical. If iframe = TRUE then the graph is saved t

FAQs

What is the purpose of the d3Network package?

d3Network provides tools to create D3 JavaScript visualizations (network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey) from R data frames. It focuses on generating interactive graphs using D3.js from within R.

Which package is recommended for active development?

Active development has moved from d3Network to the networkD3 package, as stated in the documentation note.

How can I save or embed the generated graphs?

You can save graphs by providing a file name (standalone HTML created). For embedding, the iframe option saves an external HTML file and prints a console iframe link; when iframe is FALSE, the result can be returned to the console.

Oct 26, 2026

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