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An embedded property graph database built for fast analytical workloads, developed as the successor to Graphflow. Archived in October 2025 after acquisition by Apple. Forked as LadybugDB and Bighorn.
Released 2022-11
First tagged release, 0.0.1, published November 2022.
"published_at":"2022-11-15T06:38:14Z"GitHub release API — Kuzu 0.0.1 · reviewed 2026-08-02
Language C++
Kuzu's README only says it has C++ APIs, not that it's implemented in C++. The CMakeLists.txt build file directly declares the project's languages as CXX (C++) and C.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15) project(Kuzu VERSION 0.11.2.2 LANGUAGES CXX C)CMakeLists.txt - kuzudb/kuzu · reviewed 2026-08-02
License MIT
SPDX identifier as classified by GitHub from the repository licence file.
"spdx_id": "MIT"GitHub licence API — kuzudb/kuzu · reviewed 2026-08-02
vendor Kuzu Inc (acquired by Apple)
Apple disclosed the acquisition to EU regulators; it struck the deal to buy all shares of Kuzu in October 2025.
On Oct. 9, 2025, Apple struck an agreement to buy all shares and hire select employees of Kuzu.Apple strikes deal to acquire Canadian database software startup Kuzu | BetaKit · reviewed 2026-08-02
graph database start-up Kùzu has been acquired by tech giant Apple.Waterloo-based graph database start-up Kùzu acquired by Apple | Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo · reviewed 2026-08-02
status deprecated
The vendor's own site and GitHub repo both state active support has ended and the project is archived.
We are archiving the KuzuDB project here: https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu/kuzudb/kuzu · reviewed 2026-08-02
Lineage successor to Graphflow
Kuzu’s core architecture is informed by 6 years of research we conducted at University of Waterloo on an earlier prototype GDBMS called GraphflowDB.Meet Kuzu · reviewed 2026-09-23
