Gephi

Initially developed by students of the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC){{Citation|url=http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/prix-science-sebastien-heymann-le-cartographe-des-donnees.N164939|title=Sébastien Heymann - Le cartographe des données|last=Desmedt|first=Patrice|year=2011|work=L'Usine Nouvelle|access-date=2011-12-14}} in France, Gephi has been selected for the Google Summer of Code in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Its last version, 0.10.1 has been launched in 2023. Previous versions are 0.6.0 (2008), 0.7.0 (2010), 0.8.0 (2011), 0.8.1 (2012), 0.8.2 (2013),[https://github.com/gephi/gephi/releases Liste des versions, sur GitHub] 0.9.0 (2015),[https://gephi.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/gephi-0-9-released-play-with-network-data-again/ Gephi 0.9 released] 0.9.1 (2016)[https://gephi.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/gephi-updates-with-0-9-1-version/ Gephi updates with 0.9.1 version] and 0.9.2 (2017).[https://gephi.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/gephi-0-9-2-a-new-csv-importer/ Gephi 0.9.2 : a new CSV importer]

The Gephi Consortium, created in 2010, is a French non-profit corporation which supports development of future releases of Gephi. Members include SciencesPo, Linkfluence, WebAtlas, and Quid.{{cite web|url=https://consortium.gephi.org/members.html|title=The Gephi Consortium - Members|publisher=The Gephi Consortium|access-date=2011-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107142013/http://consortium.gephi.org/members.html|archive-date=2011-11-07|url-status=dead}} Gephi is also supported by a large community of users, structured on a discussion group[https://www.facebook.com/groups/gephi/ Gephi Facebook group] and a forum{{Cite web |url=http://gephi.forumatic.com/ |title=Gephi forums |access-date=2016-08-15 |archive-date=2019-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125091406/http://gephi.forumatic.com/ |url-status=dead }} and producing numerous blogposts, papers and tutorials.{{Citation|url=http://www.martingrandjean.ch/gephi-introduction/|title=GEPHI - Introduction to Network Analysis and Visualisation|last=Grandjean|first=Martin|year=2015|access-date=2016-08-15}}

In November 2022, a lightweight web version of Gephi, Gephi lite, was announced.{{Cite web |last=Jacomy |first=Mathieu |date=2022-11-15 |title=Gephi Lite |url=https://gephi.wordpress.com/2022/11/15/gephi-lite/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Gephi blog}}

Gephi has been used in a number of research projects in academia, journalism and elsewhere, for instance in visualizing the global connectivity of New York Times content{{Citation|url=http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3663/3040|title=Culturomics 2.0:Forecasting Large-scale human behavior using global news media tone in time and space|last=Leetaru|first=Kalev H.|year=2011|journal=First Monday|doi=10.5210/fm.v16i9.3663 |access-date=2011-11-22 |doi-access=free }} and examining Twitter network traffic during social unrest{{Citation|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/2343/collateral-damage_#oslo-attacks-and-proliferating-|title=Collateral Damage: #Oslo Attacks and Proliferating Islamophobia|last=Aouragh|first=Miriyam|year=2011|work=Jadaliyya|access-date=2011-11-22}}{{Citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2guKJfvq4uI|title=The Egyptian Revolution on Twitter - Featured on the PBS NewsHour|last=Panisson|year=2011|work=YouTube|access-date=2011-11-22}} along with more traditional network analysis topics.{{Citation|title=Using Digraphs and a Second-Order Markovian Model for Rhythm Classification |last=Correa|first=Debora C.|year=2011|work=Complex Networks|series=Communications in Computer and Information Science |volume=116 |pages=85–95 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-25501-4_9 |isbn=978-3-642-25500-7 }} Gephi is widely used within the digital humanities (in history,{{Cite journal | issue = 2| last = Grandjean| first = Martin| title = Analisi e visualizzazioni delle reti in storia. L'esempio della cooperazione intellettuale della Società delle Nazioni | journal = Memoria e Ricerca | date = 2017| pages = 371–393| doi = 10.14647/87204}} See also: [https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01610098v2 French version] (PDF) and [http://www.martingrandjean.ch/complex-structures-and-international-organizations/ English summary]. literature, political sciences, etc.), a community where many of its developers are involved.

Gephi inspired the LinkedIn InMaps[https://blog.linkedin.com/2011/01/24/linkedin-inmaps Launched in 2011] and stopped in 2014. and was used for the network visualizations for Truthy.{{Citation|url=https://gephi.org/2011/happy-new-year/ |title=2010 Usage of Gephi |last=Heymann |first=Sebastien |year=2011 |access-date=2011-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121213306/https://gephi.org/2011/happy-new-year/ |archive-date=2011-11-21 }}

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