VennDiagram: a package for the generation of highly-customizable Venn and Euler diagrams in R

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 1 A comparison of the features of various programs capable of generating Venn diagrams.

	DrawVenn	Venny	gplots::venn	venneuler	limma::vennDiagram	Google Chart	GeneVenn	VennMaster	BioVenn	VennDiagram
Shape-fill
Colour				X		X	X	X	X	X
Shape-line
Style										X
Width					X					X
Colour										X
Caption labels
Content				X			X	X		X
Colour									X	X
Font							X		X	X
Size							X		X	X
Style										X
Location								X	X (SVG only)	X
Position								X	X (SVG only)	X
Distance								X	X (SVG only)	X
Justification										X
Area labels
Colour					X				X	X
Font		X					X		X	X
Size		X			X		X		X	X
Style										X
Titles
Main title						X	X		X	X
Subtitle									X	X
Position									X (SVG only)	X
Colour						X			X	X
Font									X	X
Size						X			X	X
Style										X
Justification										X
Background-fill
Colour						X			X
Style						X
File options
Output type	None	PNG	R graphics	R graphics	R graphics	PNG/GIF	PNG	SVG/JPEG	SVG/PNG	TIFF/PNG/JPEG/BMP/others
Figure resolution								X	X	X
Data processing
Built-in gene ID recognition								X	X
Figure from file(s)							X	X	X
Specific optimizations								Gene Ontology
General
Environment	Java	Web	R	R	R	Web	Web	Java	Web	R
Input format	Direct (slider)	Lists	Lists	Partial areas	R object	Partial areas	Lists	Lists/GoMiner output	Lists	Lists
Maximum sets	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	>5	3	4
Shapes used	Circles/Rectangles	Circles/Ellipses	Circles/Ellipses	Circles	Circles	Circles	Circles	Polygons	Circles	Circles/Ellipses
Scaling	X			X*		X*		X (iterative)	X*	X (2-set only)
Euler diagrams				X				X	X	X
Margin size					X	X				X
Rotation										X
Two-set external lines										X
Other set-specific parameters								X		X

* uses inaccurate 3-set scaling with circles
This table highlights the improvements that the VennDiagram package possesses over other notable Venn diagram-generating software. The highly customizable nature of the VennDiagram package is evident.

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