The Force-Atlas2 algorithm [1] has some benefits over the force layout implemented in d3.js, when you want to highlight the communities structure in the graph.

The Force-Atlas2 algorithm [1] has some benefits over the force layout implemented in d3.js, when you want to highlight the communities structure in the graph. A javascript implementation is found in the library sigma.js [2]. Other basic layouts are the circular and random ones [3]. Gephi [4] has a variety of graph algorithms, about 10. [1] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098679 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... [2] http://sigmajs.org/ http://sigmajs.org/ [3] http://www.lexmath.com/grafos/sigma/ejemplos/a_plugin_example.html http://www.lexmath.com/grafos/sigma/ejemplos/a_plugin_exampl... [4] http://gephi.org/ http://gephi.org/ Edit: added gephi to the list.