Export
Save the current view to a file in one click, or pick from five formats to hand off to another tool.
Download
Section titled “Download”↓ Download as <format> in the left sidebar. One click downloads in the last format you picked (JSON on a fresh page). The chevron next to it opens a picker with all five formats.
The filename carries your input’s stem: acme-network.json opens → acme-network.gexf downloads.
Pick a format
Section titled “Pick a format”| Format | Use when |
|---|---|
| JSON | Default. Lossless — round-trips every property type Knotviz knows. |
| CSV edge list | You only need the connections. Drops all per-node properties. |
| CSV nodes + edges (ZIP) | Spreadsheet-friendly. Two CSVs zipped. Unzip to edit in Excel / Sheets. |
| GraphML | Interop with Gephi / yEd / NetworkX. Arrays flatten to pipe-joined strings. |
| GEXF | Gephi round-trip. Preserves positions and arrays. |
Lossy formats (CSV edge list, GraphML) ask for confirmation before downloading.
What’s in the file
Section titled “What’s in the file”- Every visible node and edge (filters respected — hidden nodes don’t travel).
- Current
x/ypositions, so re-opening renders where you left off. - All node properties, in their original types — except where the format can’t represent them (see the per-format pages).
- Edge weights.
What’s not saved
Section titled “What’s not saved”View settings live in the tab, not the file:
- Filters are applied, not stored. Re-importing gives you the filtered subset as the full graph.
- Colour / size encoding, palette, log-scale toggle — re-apply after re-opening.
- Custom palettes you created stay in this browser.
The idea: the file is the graph; the tab is the view. Exports are portable because they don’t carry anything tab-specific.
Gotchas
Section titled “Gotchas”- Filters don’t come back. If you exported a filtered subset, re-importing gives you that subset as the whole graph — there’s no “show hidden nodes again” button.
- Visualisation settings don’t travel. Your palette and encoding choices don’t come along; re-apply on the other side.
- Pressing Space after re-opening starts a fresh simulation and reshapes the saved positions. Hit Stop immediately if you just want to view the layout.
- Edges dropped by the edges-to-keep slider aren’t in the export — the file reflects what’s on screen.
- Default format is per-session. Each new tab starts at JSON; whatever you last picked in a session sticks for that session.