JEjeffreygoesto·Jun 14, 2026
https://github.com/kieler/elkjs works well for auto layout.
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kieler / elkjs
elkjs
ELK's layout algorithms for JavaScript
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6 sourcesElk (Eclipse Layout Kernel) is a very good package solving that, you might want to check it's Javascript port https://github.com/kieler/elkjs
In Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant"Uses it" sounds strong.. I don't see any link to it from https://github.com/kieler/elkjs?
Annoyingly, anyone can just.. request a deepwiki for any GitHub repo. That one exists doesn't mean that it's endorsed or reviewed by the project.
They just kind of barged in, welcome or not. Just another SEO slop-spammer.
In DeepWiki: Understand Any CodebaseAsk HN: Are There Any Layered Graph Layout Algorithms in Active Development?
Hello,
I've been researching layered graph algorithms, but it appears that this market is mostly inactive at the moment.
Dagre (https://github.com/dagrejs/dagre) is considered outdated, with a codebase from 2015 that is no longer being updated, although they still accept some pull requests.
KLAY (https://github.com/kieler/klayjs) has been succeeded by ELK, and development stopped in 2016.
ELK (https://github.com/kieler/elkjs) is currently being developed by the KIELER Project, mostly by students and professors, written in Java. They are doing a great job, but the library is written in Java and then transpiled to JavaScript. They also rely on students for help with the development, which makes progress slow.
Do you happen to know of any new projects that are actively addressing this problem?
2 points · Open discussionThat's pretty spiffy! How'd you do the layout? I was looking at elkjs [1] and the Klay layout algorithm to do something similar.
[1]: https://github.com/OpenKieler/elkjs
In Ask HN: What are weird and/or novel ways to do web UIs?I've had good luck with https://github.com/OpenKieler/elkjs
In D3-dag – Layout algorithms for visualizing directed acylic graphs