pylifemap is a Python package for visualizing taxonomy data on Lifemap, the interactive tree of life. It provides several visualisation layers, as well as functions allowing to aggregate data along the tree branches.

For examples, installation and usage instructions, see the documentation website.

If you use pylifemap in your publications, please cite:

Barnier, J., Bompard, C., Siberchicot, A., Navratil, V., Martin, J., & de Vienne, D. M. (2025). pylifemap: Mapping Data onto the Tree of Life. bioRxiv, 2025-12. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.16.694609

• Visualizations are powered by Open Layers, deck.gl, d3 and Observable Plot.
• The widget is developed thanks to the anywidget framework.
• This documentation website is generated by Quarto and quartodoc.