pvl-dotview 0.1.1

Interactive Graphviz DOT file viewer with pan, zoom, and multi-window support.

pvl-dotview

Interactive Graphviz DOT file viewer. Drop a .dot file onto a blank window and the graph is rendered as crisp, pannable, zoomable vector graphics (via embedded Chromium / Qt WebEngine for browser-grade SVG fidelity). Open additional windows with ⌘N (macOS) or Ctrl+N (Linux/Windows).

Install

pvl-dotview shells out to the dot binary at runtime, so Graphviz must be installed system-wide before running.

As a tool (recommended for end users)

# macOS
brew install graphviz
uv tool install pvl-dotview

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install graphviz
uv tool install pvl-dotview

Then run pvl-dotview from any terminal.

From a checkout (for development)

brew install graphviz   # or: apt install graphviz
uv sync
uv run pvl-dotview

License

This project is released under the MIT License.

Third-party components and their licenses are listed in NOTICE:

• PySide6 (LGPL-3.0) — used as a dynamically-linked dependency
• Graphviz (EPL-1.0, system dependency, invoked via the dot binary)