# Carina: Interactive Million-Node Graph Visualization using Web Browser Technologies

## TL;DR

Carina is a scalable, web-based graph visualization system enabling interactive exploration of graphs with up to 69 million edges across desktop and mobile platforms using WebGL and efficient data handling.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel web browser-based visualization system that handles extremely large graphs without full RAM storage, leveraging WebGL and modern web technologies.

## Key findings

- Supports graphs with up to 69 million edges
- Provides fast, interactive visualization across devices
- Open-source implementation planned

## Abstract

We are working on a scalable, interactive visualization system, called Carina, for people to explore million-node graphs. By using latest web browser technologies, Carina offers fast graph rendering via WebGL, and works across desktop (via Electron) and mobile platforms. Different from most existing graph visualization tools, Carina does not store the full graph in RAM, enabling it to work with graphs with up to 69M edges. We are working to improve and open-source Carina, to offer researchers and practitioners a new, scalable way to explore and visualize large graph datasets.