News

Every release and every paper.

Software releases and every publication from the Map Equation team.

May 5, 2026

Release

Infomap v2.10

Per-level module counts in JSON output, idiomatic R package with SWIG bindings, library-safe no-output mode (changelog).

May 5, 2026

R Package

Infomap is now on R-universe

After many requests, Infomap is now available as an idiomatic R package with SWIG bindings. Install it from R-universe and run multilevel community detection directly from R — including a high-level cluster_infomap() helper that takes an edge list and returns modules, codelength, and a tidy node table. This brings the same algorithm and feature set as the Python API to the R community.

Feb 25, 2026

Release

Infomap v2.9

Enhanced CLI summary output, codelength correction for higher-order solutions, NetworkX multilayer graph state ID handling (changelog).

Feb 3, 2026

Publication

Oct 16, 2025

Preprint

Jun 20, 2024

Release

Infomap v2.8

Build a state network directly from a NetworkX graph; default inter/intra multilayer format in the Python API (changelog).

Nov 21, 2023

Publication

Jun 26, 2023

Publication

Jun 22, 2023

Publication

Apr 4, 2023

Release

Infomap v2.7

New precomputed flow model that takes node and link flow as input, plus zero-weight link filtering (changelog).

Nov 15, 2022

Publication

Aug 9, 2022

Release

Infomap v2.6

Variable Markov time for resolution control, plus an entropy_rate property in the Python API (changelog).

2022

Publication

Similarity-based Link Prediction from Modular Compression of Network Flows

Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, PMLR 198:52:1-52:18 (2022)

Oct 14, 2021

Release

Infomap binaries

Infomap binaries are now available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. We also build binary wheels for Windows and macOS.

Oct 4, 2021

Release

Infomap v1.7

Updated Python API, documentation, and bug fixes (changelog).

Sep 22, 2021

Release

Infomap v1.5

Updated Python API, bug fixes, CSV and JSON output (changelog).

2021

Publication

Sep 16, 2020

Release

Infomap on Docker Hub

Run Infomap on any operating system with Docker.

Feb 28, 2020

Release

Infomap v1.0

New Python API, web worker, semantic versioning and more (readme, changelog, issues).

2020

Publication

Mapping flows on bipartite networks

Phys. Rev. E 102, 052305 (2020)

2020

Publication

May 27, 2019

Infomap tool

Infomap Online

Network community detection using the Map Equation framework with a graphical user interface.

May 2, 2019

Mapping tool

Multi-level Alluvial Generator

Interactive mapping of change in hierarchical networks.

Apr 11, 2017

Source code

Infomap on Windows

Run Infomap in bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

Dec 5, 2015

Mapping tool

Infomap Bioregions

Interactive mapping of biogeographical regions from species distributions.

2014

Publication

Community detection and visualization of networks with the map equation framework

Measuring Scholarly Impact (Springer, 2014), Chapter 1

2010

Publication

Mapping change in large networks

PLoS ONE 5(1): e8694 (2010)

2009

Publication

The map equation

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 178, 13 (2009)