Apache Giraph

An iterative graph processing system built for high scalability, inspired by Google's Pregel model. Runs on Apache Hadoop using a bulk-synchronous parallel computing model where vertices exchange messages during computation supersteps. Originally developed at Yahoo and later used at scale by Facebook.

Details

Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

Type

Property Graph

Kind

Query Engine

Category

Established

Status

Inactive — Retired to the Apache Attic in October 2023. Repository is archived and read-only.

License

Apache-2.0

Query Languages

Java API

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