software

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. To download R, please choose your preferred CRAN mirror.

RStudio Connect is the best way to host and share data products made with R and Python.

The VennMaker project has bridged this gap and designed a software-based tool which is just as suitable for social network research as for client-centered consulting. 

EgoWeb 2.0 is free and open source survey software customized for social network data collection. 

Analysis and visualization of very large networks.

UCINET 6 for Windows is a software package for the analysis of social network data. It was developed by Lin Freeman, Martin Everett and Steve Borgatti. It comes with the NetDraw network visualization tool.

Gephi is the leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free.

Network Canvas is a free and open-source set of software for personal surveyi networks, designed around the needs of both researchers and participants. 

Visone is a long-term research project, in which models and algorithms to integrate and advance the analysis and visualization of social networks are being developed.