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RecallGraph

A versioned property graph store built as an ArangoDB Foxx microservice, retaining every change to vertices and edges for point-in-time traversals and diffs through a REST API. First released as CivicGraph in 2019; archived in 2026 with the Rust-based Minigraf named as its successor.

Overall rank
#135
First released
April 2019
License
Apache-2.0
Built with
JavaScript

Lineage

AvocadoDB2012ArangoDBCivicGraph2019RecallGraphendedMinigraf2026
  • ArangoDB: renamed from AvocadoDB.
  • CivicGraph, 2019: based on ArangoDB.
  • RecallGraph: renamed from CivicGraph; no longer developed.
  • Minigraf, 2026: successor to RecallGraph.

Details

Vendor
RecallGraph
Previous names
CivicGraph
Type
Property Graph
Kind
Extension
Category
Emerging
Status
Deprecated — Repository archived; development moved to the successor project Minigraf.
License
Apache-2.0
Language
JavaScript
Query Languages
Custom API
Protocols
HTTP/REST
Sources 7 references

Protocols HTTP/REST

Foxx microservice installed inside ArangoDB; exposes a Swagger/OpenAPI-documented HTTP API, inheriting ArangoDB's HTTP/REST transport. Project is archived; successor Minigraf is embedded and out of scope here.

  • API documentation is also available directly in the Swagger console once the service is installed (accessed through ArangoDB's web UI).
    RecallGraph/RecallGraph · reviewed 2026-08-02
  • It is a Foxx Microservice for ArangoDB that features VCS-like semantics in many parts of its interface, and is backed by a transactional event tracker.
    RecallGraph/RecallGraph · reviewed 2026-08-02

License Apache-2.0

SPDX identifier as classified by GitHub from the repository licence file.

Released 2019-04

First tagged release v0.0.1 was published 29 Apr 2019 as a pre-release; confirms current value.

Language JavaScript

Confirms current value; RecallGraph is a Foxx Microservice for ArangoDB, and Foxx services run on ArangoDB's embedded V8/JavaScript engine.

  • It is a Foxx Microservice for ArangoDB that features _VCS-like_ semantics in many parts of its interface
    RecallGraph/RecallGraph · reviewed 2026-08-02

Lineage based on ArangoDB

Built as an ArangoDB Foxx microservice.