The zesplot repository is moved to https://github.com/zesplot/zesplot , please go there.
This repository will no longer see updates.
old stuff:
Zesplot is an attempt at visualising IPv6 addresses and their prefixes. It is based on squarified treemaps, producing space-filling plots with relative sizing and colours.
Zesplot is implemented in Rust so we can leverage cargo to build it. Consider
using rustup ( https://rustup.rs/ ) if you are new to Rust. We need to use
nightly in order to leverage the 128 bit integer features not yet in the stable
channel. Using rustup, run rustup override set nightly from within the cloned
repository. Check using rustc -V whether you are now indeed using nightly.
Once you have Rust up and running, and cloned this repository, use either
cargo build
or
cargo build --release
to compile zesplot. The resulting binaries will be respectively
target/debug/zesplot and target/release/zesplot.
The (possibly outdated) ipv6_prefixes.txt containing announced v6 prefixes
(created from RouteViews data) can be passed using --prefixes. The
address-file passed must be a list of addresses, one-per-line.
The prefix and address lists are mandatory arguments. Other options are listed below.
After running, the resulting SVG file is written to html/image.svg, and it is
inlined in html/index.html.
$ zesplot -h
USAGE:
zesplot [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --addresses <address-file> --prefixes <prefix-file>
FLAGS:
-d, --draw-hits Plot addresses on their respective areas
-f, --filter Filter out empty prefixes, only plotting prefixes containing addresses from the --addressess
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-a, --addresses <address-file> IPv6 addresses to plot on map
-l, --limit <plot-limit> Limits number of areas plotted. 0 for unlimited. Default 2000
-p, --prefixes <prefix-file> Prefixes to map