NodeDB vs TinkerGraph

NodeDB is a multiple database; TinkerGraph is a property graph database. NodeDB (2026-04, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #102 this month; TinkerGraph (2009, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #7.

Attribute	NodeDB #102 ▼1 Growing	TinkerGraph #7 ▼9 Strong
At a glance
Rank	#102	#7
Score	36.3	64.0
GitHub stars	198	2.1k
Popularity	41.9	84.7
Activity	53.7	69.7
Community	56.2	62.4
Research	49.6	49.6
Fundamentals
Description	A multi-model database written in Rust that runs document, key-value, columnar, timeseries, spatial, vector, and array engines in a single binary over shared storage, with graph and full-text search as cross-engine overlays on any collection. Its graph overlay uses a CSR adjacency index with 13 built-in algorithms and a Cypher-subset MATCH syntax, and fuses graph traversal with vector search in a single query for GraphRAG. Speaks SQL over a native MessagePack protocol and the PostgreSQL wire protocol, alongside HTTP/REST, WebSocket, RESP, and ILP.	A lightweight, in-memory property graph engine serving as the reference implementation of the Apache TinkerPop Gremlin graph computing framework.
Vendor	NodeDB-Lab	Apache TinkerPop
Model	Multiple	Property Graph
Kind	database	embedded
Category	Emerging	Established
First released	2026-04	2009
Status	active	active
License	BUSL-1.1	Apache-2.0
Written in	Rust	Java
Query languages	SQL, openCypher	Gremlin
gdotv support	no	yes