heatmaply: an R package for creating interactive cluster heatmaps for online publishing

TL;DR

heatmaply is an R package that enables easy creation of interactive, shareable cluster heatmaps with zoom and tooltip features, enhancing data visualization for online publication.

Contribution

It introduces an R package that simplifies the creation of interactive, customizable cluster heatmaps suitable for online sharing and publication.

Findings

Supports interactive zooming and tooltips

Allows sharing as standalone HTML files

Provides refined control over heatmap layout

Abstract

Summary: heatmaply is an R package for easily creating interactive cluster heatmaps that can be shared online as a stand-alone HTML file. Interactivity includes a tooltip display of values when hovering over cells, as well as the ability to zoom in to specific sections of the figure from the data matrix, the side dendrograms, or annotated labels. Thanks to the synergistic relationship between heatmaply and other R packages, the user is empowered by a refined control over the statistical and visual aspects of the heatmap layout. Availability and implementation: The heatmaply package is available under the GPL-2 Open Source license. It comes with a detailed vignette, and is freely available from: http://cran.r-project.org/package=heatmaply. Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.