Graph database extensions compared

Graph capabilities added to an existing database as an extension.

7 active graph database extensions are in the catalogue. They are written mostly in C and C++, 7 are open source, and 1 carry survey feature scores. HGraphDB, RecallGraph, VelocityGraph are no longer active and listed separately below.

Attribute	Apache AGE #9 ▼6 Strong	DuckPGQ #46 ▼8 Strong	AgensGraph #51 ▲5 Growing	YugabyteDB MAGE #87 new Growing	GraphQLite #102 ▲8 Growing	pgGraph #128 ▲5 Emerging
At a glance
Rank	#9	#46	#51	#87	#102	#128
Score	61.9	50.0	47.9	39.3	35.3	20.5
GitHub stars	4.7k	468	1.5k	10.4k	399	777
Popularity	61.8	53.4	54.5	—	42.2	35.7
Activity	62.9	40.2	54.1	49.8	64.4	41.7
Community	66.1	58.7	31.0	31.0	55.2	56.9
Research	80.9	54.0	50.4	50.4	50.4	50.4
Fundamentals
Description	PostgreSQL extension providing graph database functionality with openCypher query support, enabling graph and relational queries on the same data.	DuckDB community extension adding SQL/PGQ (SQL:2023 standard) graph pattern matching and graph algorithms to DuckDB's analytical engine.	A multi-model graph database built on PostgreSQL, supporting property graphs with JSON properties. Enables hybrid openCypher and SQL query processing on the same data.	A multi-tenant graph engine for YugabyteDB based on a port of Apache AGE, storing property graphs alongside relational data in the distributed PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL layer and queried with openCypher embedded in SQL. Introduced as a technical preview in YugabyteDB 2026.1 (June 2026).	A loadable SQLite extension that adds property-graph storage and openCypher querying to any SQLite database, keeping graph and relational data together in a single zero-config file. It ships with 15+ built-in graph algorithms—PageRank, Louvain, Dijkstra, centralities—plus Python and Rust bindings, and inherits SQLite's embedded, serverless ACID operation.	A PostgreSQL extension that adds graph search, bounded traversal, and shortest-path queries over ordinary tables through SQL functions in a graph schema. Builds a derived in-memory graph index while PostgreSQL tables remain the source of truth, with no new query language.
Vendor	Apache Software Foundation	CWI Database Architectures Group	SKAI Worldwide	Yugabyte	Colliery IO	Evokoa
Model	Property Graph	Property Graph	Property Graph	Property Graph	Property Graph	Property Graph
Kind	extension	extension	extension	extension	extension	extension
Category	Established	Emerging	Growing	Emerging	Emerging	Emerging
First released	2021-04	2023	2017-01	2026-06	2025-07	2026-05
Status	active	active	active	active	active	active
License	Apache-2.0	MIT	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	MIT	Apache-2.0
Written in	C	C++	C	C	C	Rust
Query languages	openCypher, SQL	SQL/PGQ	openCypher, SQL	openCypher, SQL	openCypher	SQL
gdotv support	yes	no	no	no	no	no