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ComplexHeatmap

This is the released version of ComplexHeatmap; for the devel version, see ComplexHeatmap.

All Bioconductor versions of ComplexHeatmap

3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release), 3.22, 3.21, 3.20, 3.19, 3.18, 3.17, 3.16, 3.15, 3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1

Make Complex Heatmaps

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 2.28.0

Complex heatmaps are efficient to visualize associations between different sources of data sets and reveal potential patterns. Here the ComplexHeatmap package provides a highly flexible way to arrange multiple heatmaps and supports various annotation graphics.

Author: Zuguang Gu [aut, cre] ORCID iD ORCID: 0000-0002-7395-8709

Maintainer: Zuguang Gu <guzuguang at suat-sz.edu.cn>

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.ComplexHeatmap

Citation

From within R, enter citation("ComplexHeatmap"):

Zuguang Gu. ComplexHeatmap: Make Complex Heatmaps. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.ComplexHeatmap, R package version 2.28.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/ComplexHeatmap.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("ComplexHeatmap")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Details

Version2.28.0
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
URLhttps://github.com/jokergoo/ComplexHeatmap https://jokergoo.github.io/ComplexHeatmap-reference/book/
Last updated2026-04-28
In Bioconductor sinceBioC 3.1 (R-3.2) (11 years)
Downloads rank42 of 2,418
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsSequencing, Software, Visualization
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/ComplexHeatmap/

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("ComplexHeatmap")
ComplexHeatmap vignette HTML
Most probably asked questions HTML R Script
Reference ManualPDF
NEWSText

Download

Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source packageComplexHeatmap_2.28.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)ComplexHeatmap_2.28.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)ComplexHeatmap_2.28.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)ComplexHeatmap_2.28.0.tgz
Source Repositorygit clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/ComplexHeatmap
Source Repository (Developer Access)git clone git@git.bioconductor.org:packages/ComplexHeatmap
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Dependencies

Depends: R (>= 4.0.0), methods, grid, graphics, stats, grDevices

Imports: circlize (>= 0.4.14), GetoptLong, colorspace, clue, RColorBrewer, GlobalOptions (>= 0.1.0), png, digest, IRanges, matrixStats, foreach, doParallel, codetools

Suggests: testthat (>= 1.0.0), knitr, markdown, dendsort, jpeg, tiff, fastcluster, EnrichedHeatmap, dendextend (>= 1.0.1), grImport, grImport2, glue, GenomicRanges, gridtext, pheatmap (>= 1.0.12), gridGraphics, gplots, rmarkdown, Cairo, magick

Reverse dependencies

Depends On Me (6): AMARETTO, EnrichedHeatmap, InteractiveComplexHeatmap, multistateQTL, recoup, sechm

Imports Me (128): airpart, ASURAT, autoGO, barbieQ, bettr, BindingSiteFinder, BioNERO, blacksheepr, blisa, BloodGen3Module, BreastSubtypeR, BulkSignalR, CATALYST, CCPlotR, celda, cellGeometry, CellWindX, CeTF, chevreulPlot, chevreulShiny, ClustAll, COCOA, coda4microbiome, cola, conos, COTAN, CRISPRball, CTexploreR, cytoKernel, damidBind, Damsel, dar, DEGreport, DeSciDe, diffcyt, diffUTR, dinoR, dominoSignal, ELMER, ELViS, epiregulon.extra, fCCAC, FLAMES, GAPR, gCrisprTools, GeDi, GeneTonic, GenomicPlot, GenomicSuperSignature, geyser, gINTomics, gmoviz, goatea, GRaNIE, GSSTDA, gVenn, hermes, hoodscanR, HybridExpress, iModMix, InterCellar, iSEE, karyotapR, MAPFX, markeR, MatrixQCvis, MesKit, MetaHD, mineSweepR, missoNet, MitoHEAR, mitology, MKomics, MOMA, monaLisa, Moonlight2R, MOSClip, MPAC, MultiRNAflow, muscat, musicatk, MWASTools, nipalsMCIA, ogrdbstats, Path.Analysis, pathlinkR, PathoStat, PCAPAM50, PeacoQC, pipeComp, pkgndep, POMA, profileplyr, PRONE, rCISSVAE, RepeatedHighDim, RFLOMICS, RiboCrypt, rKOMICS, RNAseqQC, RNAshapeQC, RUCova, scafari, scRNAseqApp, segmenter, shinyDSP, signifinder, simona, simplifyEnrichment, SingleCellComplexHeatMap, SingleCellSignalR, singleCellTK, sparrow, spatialGE, spatialLIBD, spiralize, SPONGE, StatescopeR, TBSignatureProfiler, thisplot, tidyHeatmap, TMSig, TransProR, ViSEAGO, visxhclust, wilson, Xeva, YAPSA

Suggests Me (65): artMS, bambu, BeeBDC, bifrost, Canton, celliverse, CIARA, circlize, circlizePlus, ClustAssess, ClusterGVis, clustifyr, CNVRanger, CNVScope, ConsensusOPLS, Coralysis, curatedPCaData, demuxSNP, diffHTS, dittoSeq, EnrichmentBrowser, FlowSOM, ggbond, ggpicrust2, glydraw, grandR, GRIN2, gtrellis, HilbertCurve, inferCSN, IOBR, LegATo, mastR, metasnf, miaViz, msImpute, msqrob2, multipanelfigure, NanoporeRNASeq, pepdiff, piglet, plotgardener, plotthis, projectR, ProteinGymR, QFeatures, raer, rliger, scCustomize, scDblFinder, scDiagnostics, scLANE, SCpubr, SeuratExplorer, sfcurve, singleCellHaystack, SpaceMarkers, SPIAT, SRscore, TCGAbiolinks, TCGAutils, tinyarray, VISTA, VizModules, weitrix