# \[ANN\] Escher.jl: Plot metabolic maps using Makie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-escher-jl-plot-metabolic-maps-using-makie/66927>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Tags:** visualization, makie, cobra, metabolism, biochemistry\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-escher-jl-plot-metabolic-maps-using-makie/66927 "2021-08-24T17:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elmo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/elmo/32/17979_2.png) [@Elmo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elmo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-escher-jl-plot-metabolic-maps-using-makie/66927/1 "2021-08-24T17:08:38Z")

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[Escher.jl](https://github.com/stelmo/Escher.jl) is a small recipe package that plots metabolic networks and their associated data using the awesome Makie. In short, metabolic maps, like those found on the website [Escher](https://escher.github.io/), can be plotted from the comfort of Julia.

Using `Escher.jl`, you can generate metabolic maps that look like this (see the readme for the associated code):

#### Core model map (metabolites/nodes and reactions/edges are colored/sized)

 ![map](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/c/eca6d95fe91907975301a321ec156e450dee536a.png)

#### iJO1366 model map (only fluxes)

 ![iJO1366-map](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/6/761559df31c0bd6d5204c0a09a9ebe1568ddff95.png)

The labels associated with reactions and metabolites can also be added using built in attributes, but for aesthetic purposes, I left those out 🙂