In the past year there have been multiple times where I really needed a tool to visualize and modify a graph. Ex: visualize a complex build pipeline, visualize c++ include graphs, visualize inheritance graphs.

It would be great if the tool also enabled me to have some sort of way to see properties of each node/edge in the graph.

Things I tried:

Python - networkx is great but the rendered graphs are not dynamic. Only static pictures.

Gephi - great for some analysis, but does not support layouting of the graph (for example a tree). Also seem to crap out of realtively small graphs.

Boost graph - Same issues as python networkx.

Visual Studio - really poor rendering performance. If you move a big graph it takes sometimes minutes for the graph to re-draw.