pyCirclize: Circular visualization in Python

Overview

pyCirclize is a circular visualization python package implemented based on matplotlib. This package is developed for the purpose of easily and beautifully plotting circular figure such as Circos Plot and Chord Diagram in Python. In addition, useful genome and phylogenetic tree visualization methods for the bioinformatics field are also implemented. pyCirclize was inspired by circlize and pyCircos.

pyCirclize example plot gallery

Installation

Python 3.9 or later is required for installation.

Install PyPI package:

pip install pycirclize

Install conda-forge package:

conda install -c conda-forge pycirclize

API Usage

API usage is described in each of the following sections.

• Getting Started
• Plot API Example
• Chord Diagram
• Radar Chart
• Circos Plot (Genomics)
• Phylogenetic Tree
• Plot Tips