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Life & fun · March 12, 2013

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Word Tree in D3.js

Word Tree in D3.js launched on March 12, 2013 with 158 votes, #18 of 671 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

In plain words

Word Tree in D3.js is a visualization tool that transforms text into interactive tree diagrams showing word relationships and frequency patterns. Users can drag a bookmarklet to their browser to instantly convert any webpage into a word tree visualization. The results are shareable and stored on the server. Built on D3.js and based on visualization research from 2007, this tool is designed for anyone interested in exploring text structure and language patterns through interactive graphics.

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From the sources

Generate WordTree! Shareable (saves your text on the server) Drag this bookmarklet to your Bookmarks Bar and click to instantly turn the current page into a word tree! The Word Tree visualisation technique was invented by the incredible duo Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas in 2007. Read their paper for the full details. Be sure to also check out various text analysis projects by Santiago Ortiz . Created by Jason Davies . Thanks to Mike Bostock for comments andfrom jasondavies.com

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