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

TLDR

heatmaply is an R package that enables creation of interactive cluster heatmaps with tooltip value display, zoomable sections, and refined control over statistical and visual layout, allowing standalone HTML sharing. The package is freely available on CRAN with a detailed vignette, and supplementary data can be accessed online via Bioinformatics. The heatmaply package is available under the GPL‑2 Open Source license.

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.