d3/d3-force

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Force-directed graph layout using velocity Verlet integration.

Is d3/d3-force beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to d3/d3-force to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

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2k
Forks
395
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
15
Avg merge
5h 46m
Merged PRs (30d)
1
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
ISC
Last GitHub push
Nov 3, 2026
Latest indexed
Nov 8, 2026
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  • Opportunity for performance gains via d3-force-reuse?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

    d3/d3-force#226 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • `forceCollide` ignores fixed positions
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-force#213 · 5 comments ·

  • consider making .tick() reversable / accept negative iterations
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-force#208 · 6 comments ·

  • Method to get all forces currently set (or at least clear them)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-force#203 ·

  • Iterative-Relaxation in d3.forceLink
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-force#193 ·

  • Accept iterables?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-force#178 ·

  • d3.forceLimit?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    idea

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    d3/d3-force#169 · 3 reactions ·

  • Go back to position Verlet?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    idea

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#158 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • d3.forceCollideRect?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#110 · 4 comments ·

  • Consider adding a mass property to nodes
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    idea

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    d3/d3-force#96 · 18 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • `README` links to deprecated notebook
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#219 · 1 comment ·

  • Collide force doesn't handle identical initial positions well
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#199 · 7 comments ·

  • README has links to non-force-directed beeswarms
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#194 ·

  • Suggestion: add an angle property to d3.forceRadial() to define the forces in this angle
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#152 · 6 comments ·

  • add d3.forceExtent
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    d3/d3-force#89 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

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