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RedStore

A lightweight RDF triplestore with a built-in HTTP server and SPARQL endpoint, written in C on top of the Redland RDF libraries. Supports pluggable storage backends including Berkeley DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite via Redland's storage modules.

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Overall rank
#145
First released
2010
License
GPL-3.0
Built with
C

Details

Vendor
Nicholas Humfrey
Type
RDF
Category
Emerging
Status
Inactive — Mature project with minimal recent activity.
License
GPL-3.0
Language
C
Query Languages
SPARQL
Protocols
HTTP/RESTSPARQL Protocol

Lineage

Redland2000 · endedRedStore2010 · ended
  • Redland, 2000: no longer developed.
  • RedStore, 2010: based on Redland; no longer developed.
Sources 6 references

Protocols SPARQL Protocol, HTTP/REST

Lightweight standalone RDF triplestore built on the Redland library; runs its own built-in HTTP server (default port 8080) implementing SPARQL 1.1 Protocol and the Graph Store HTTP Protocol.

  • It has a HTTP interface and supports the following W3C standards:
    RedStore · reviewed 2026-08-02
  • RedStore is a lightweight RDF triplestore written in C using the Redland library.
    RedStore · reviewed 2026-08-02

License GPL-3.0

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

Released 2010

Confirms current value; earliest tag (0.1) was committed 12 Feb 2010, originally on Google Code before the project moved to GitHub.

Language C

Confirms current value.

  • RedStore is a lightweight RDF triplestore written in C using the Redland library.
    njh/redstore · reviewed 2026-08-02

Lineage based on Redland

  • RedStore is a lightweight RDF triplestore written in C using the Redland library.
    njh/redstore · reviewed 2026-09-23