Fluree vs TinkerGraph
Fluree is a rdf database; TinkerGraph is a property graph database. Fluree (2018-08, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #29 this month; TinkerGraph (2009, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #7.
| Attribute | Fluree | TinkerGraph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #29 | #7 |
| Score | 56.0 | 64.0 |
| GitHub stars | 458 | 2.1k |
| Popularity | 59.0 | 84.7 |
| Activity | 81.2 | 69.7 |
| Community | 35.4 | 62.4 |
| Research | 51.3 | 49.6 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | An immutable, append-only RDF graph database using JSON-LD as its data format. Features a blockchain-inspired ledger for data provenance and fine-grained access control policies. | A lightweight, in-memory property graph engine serving as the reference implementation of the Apache TinkerPop Gremlin graph computing framework. |
| Vendor | Fluree | Apache TinkerPop |
| Model | RDF | Property Graph |
| Kind | database | embedded |
| Category | Growing | Established |
| First released | 2018-08 | 2009 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | BUSL-1.1 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Rust | Java |
| Query languages | FlureeQL, SPARQL, GraphQL | Gremlin |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for TinkerGraph
| Feature | Fluree | TinkerGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | — |
| Commercial support | ✓ | — |
| Live community | 0.5 | — |
| Open Source | ✓ | — |
| Pricing | · | — |
| Trendiness | 0.5 | — |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | ✓ | — |
| Work as dedicated instance | ✓ | — |
| Work as embedded | ✓ | — |
| Testing in-memory version | · | — |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | — |
| Operating on Windows | ✓ | — |
| SaaS offering | ✓ | — |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | ✓ | — |
| Client side caching | · | — |
| Data versioning support | ✓ | — |
| Live backups | ✓ | — |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | · | — |
| Data Distribution | · | — |
| High-Availability | · | — |
| Query Distribution | · | — |
| Replication support | · | — |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | — |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | — |
| Object-Graph Mapper | · | — |
| Reactive programming | · | — |
| Documentation up-to-date | ✓ | — |
| Binary protocol | · | — |
| CLI | · | — |
| GUI | · | — |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | · | — |
| Graph-native data | ✓ | — |
| REST API | ✓ | — |
| Query Language | ✓ | — |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | · | — |
| Multiple isolation levels | · | — |
| Read committed transaction | ✓ | — |
| Transaction support | ✓ | — |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | 0.75 | — |
| Schema support | 0.5 | — |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | — |
| Server side procedures | · | — |
| Triggers | · | — |
| Authentication | ✓ | — |
| Authorization | ✓ | — |
| Data encryption | ✓ | — |
Links
- Fluree · website · github · full profile
- TinkerGraph · website · github · full profile