lance-csr vs FalkorDB

Both are property graph databases queried with openCypher. lance-csr (2026-10, Apache-2.0, Rust) is not ranked this month; FalkorDB (2018-07, SSPL-1.0, C) ranks #5.

Attribute	lance-csr —	FalkorDB #5 ▲1 Leader
At a glance
Rank	— Not ranked	#5
Score	—	69.8
GitHub stars	15	10.5k
Popularity	—	68.1
Activity	—	78.6
Community	—	69.8
Research	—	55.3
Fundamentals
Description	A single-machine, openCypher-compatible graph query engine over Lance datasets, built in Rust on Apache DataFusion with Python bindings. A fork of Lance Graph that adds a compressed sparse row (CSR) adjacency index for multi-hop traversal, falling back to joins for hops the index cannot express.	A property graph database that runs as a Redis module, formerly RedisGraph. Uses GraphBLAS sparse matrix operations for query execution, enabling parallel graph traversal.
Vendor	HDC Labs	FalkorDB
Model	Property Graph	Property Graph
Kind	query-engine	database
Category	Emerging	Established
First released	2026-10	2018-07
Status	active	active
License	Apache-2.0	SSPL-1.0
Written in	Rust	C
Query languages	openCypher	openCypher
gdotv support	no	yes