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 cytoscape-expand-collapse
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+**We are in the process of developing a new unified framework for complexity management of graphs. Thus this repositoy is no longer being maintained**
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 ## Description
 
 This extension provides an interface to expand/collapse nodes and edges for better management of complexity of Cytoscape.js compound graphs, distributed under [The MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).