visone is free for academic and research purposes, and no registration is required. Simply use Java Web Start to run the latest released version, or download any of the following (i.e., right-click on a link and select “Save Link As…”). If you need additional help to get visone started, please refer to the installation tutorial in the visone wiki.

The software is under constant development. Updated versions with bug-fixes and new features will be provided when they are available. Please notice also the disclaimer.

current version

• visone 2.7 (Java jar, 12 MB), released May 16, 2013, list of changes

extensions

Starting from version 2.7, visone supports downloadable extensions, available on the visone extensions page.

libraries

visone is built on top of yFiles. In addition, it uses the following libraries:

library	license	link
Apache commons	Apache 2.0	http://commons.apache.org
Apache XML graphics project	Apache 2.0	http://xmlgraphics.apache.org
Apache Xerces	Apache 2.0	http://xerces.apache.org
Apache Xalan	Apache 2.0	http://xalan.apache.org
Apache Avalon	Apache 2.0	http://avalon.apache.org
Apache Log4J	Apache 2.0	http://logging.apache.org
AppFramework	LGPL 2.1	http://appframework.java.net
Bubble-Sets	MIT	https://github.com/JosuaKrause/Bubble-Sets
L2FProd	ApachePL-1.1	http://www.l2fprod.com
FreeHEP	LGPL 2.1	http://java.freehep.org/
RServe	LGPL 2.1	http://www.rosuda.org/Rserve/
Jama	public domain	http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/
gnu-bytecode	X11/MIT	http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
Colt	CERN	http://acs.lbl.gov/software/colt/
OpenCSV	Apache 2.0	http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencsv/
Voronoi Treemap Library	granted license	https://github.com/ArlindNocaj/Voronoi-Treemap-Library under GPLv3

former releases

• visone 2.6.5 (Java jar, 18 MB), released March 5, 2012, list of changes

• visone 2.6.4 (Java jar, 23 MB), released December 22, 2011, list of changes

• visone 2.6.3 (Java jar, 23 MB), released February 2, 2011, list of changes

• visone 2.6.3-RC release candidate (Java jar, 22 MB), released January 19, 2011
• visone 2.6.2 (Java jar, 22 MB), released September 13, 2010, list of changes
• visone 2.6.1 (Java jar, 22 MB), released June 28, 2010, list of changes
• visone 2.6 (Java jar, 22 MB), released June 17, 2010, list of changes
• visone 2.5.1 (Java jar, 19 MB), released August 25, 2009, list of changes
• visone 2.5 (Java jar, 21 MB), released June 30, 2009, list of changes
• visone 2.4 (Java jar, 19 MB), released March 6, 2009, list of changes
• visone 2.3.5 (Java jar, 19 MB), released June 25, 2008, list of changes

these versions use Java to run on all common operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS) and require an installation of the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (or newer) on your computer. You can download it for free from Sun Microsystems.

historical version 1.x (deprecated)

• visone 1.1 for Linux (g'zipped executable, 2.3 MB)
• visone 1.1 for Windows (zipped, 1.4 MB)
• visone 1.0 for MacOS X (experimental port; you will need an x server running)
• visone 1.0 for Solaris (make sure execution permission: “chmod u+x visone”)