Graph Database Map
Where each engine came from: forks, derivatives and former names.
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oxilite September 2026 -
DuckGQL July 2026 -
pg_ladybug July 2026 -
StromaDB July 2026 -
KGLite June 2026 -
YugabyteDB MAGE June 2026 -
froGQL May 2026 -
Grust May 2026 -
pgGraph May 2026 -
selene-db May 2026 -
CodeMix Graph April 2026 -
Google Cloud BigQuery Graph April 2026 -
LoraDB April 2026 -
Minigraf April 2026 -
NodeDB April 2026 -
OmniGraph April 2026 -
MemGQL March 2026 -
NeuG March 2026 -
PostgreSQL SQL/PGQ March 2026 -
Traverse March 2026 -
AstraeaDB February 2026 -
TypeGraph February 2026 -
Grafeo January 2026 -
LatticeDB January 2026 -
NornicDB December 2025 -
TurboLynx December 2025 -
GraphLite November 2025 -
LadybugDB November 2025 -
Bighorn October 2025 -
FalkorDBLite October 2025 -
Microsoft Fabric Graph October 2025 -
RyuGraph October 2025 -
Lance Graph September 2025 -
OxiRS September 2025 -
Duck RDF August 2025 -
GraphQLite July 2025 -
TuringDB 2025 -
HelixDB February 2025 -
RushDB December 2024 -
YouTrackDB December 2024 -
Google Cloud Spanner Graph August 2024 -
PuppyGraph March 2024 -
DozerDB 2023 -
DuckPGQ 2023 -
GFQL 2023 -
Aerospike Graph June 2023 -
agdb June 2023 -
Kuzu November 2022 -
CozoDB October 2022 -
TuGraph September 2022 -
SurrealDB July 2022 -
Prometheux 2022 -
RelationalAI 2022 -
Quine February 2022 -
ArcadeDB September 2021 -
MillenniumDB 2021 - D Data Graphs June 2021
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GalaxyBase December 2020 -
GraphScope December 2020 -
Raphtory December 2020 -
KatanaGraph November 2020 -
Atomic Server August 2020 -
Oxigraph August 2020 -
Apache AGE July 2020 -
LiveGraph 2020 -
Tentris 2020 -
TribleSpace 2020 - Memgraph May 2020
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TerminusDB October 2019 -
PandaDB 2019 -
NebulaGraph May 2019 -
Akutan April 2019 -
RecallGraph April 2019 -
Rocketgraph April 2019 -
Alibaba GDB March 2019 -
G-Tran March 2019 -
Apache HugeGraph August 2018 -
Fluree August 2018 -
CogDB July 2018 -
FalkorDB July 2018 - B ByteGraph 2018
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ONgDB 2018 -
Rapidminer Graph Lakehouse 2018 -
Vadalog 2018 -
Comunica June 2018 -
StellarDB May 2018 -
Huawei Graph Engine Service December 2017 -
Neptune November 2017 -
QLever November 2017 -
TigerGraph September 2017 -
Graphflow 2017 -
RDFox 2017 -
ZipG 2017 -
JanusGraph April 2017 -
Microsoft SQL Server Graph April 2017 -
Quadstore March 2017 -
ChronoGraph February 2017 -
AgensGraph November 2016 -
Halyard November 2016 -
HGraphDB November 2016 -
Apache Rya October 2016 -
FaunaDB 2016 -
TypeDB 2016 -
DataStax Enterprise April 2016 -
Dgraph December 2015 -
Gaffer December 2015 -
gStore 2015 -
Graph Engine May 2015 - C Cray Graph Engine March 2015
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Weaver December 2014 -
Attean September 2014 -
Cosmos DB August 2014 -
GUN 2014 -
Google Cayley June 2014 - T Teradata Aster October 2013
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Bitsy July 2013 -
GraphBase 2013 -
IBM System G 2013 -
VelocityGraph May 2013 -
BangDB 2012 - S SparkleDB 2012
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Titan 2012 -
TAO May 2012 -
ArangoDB March 2012 -
Apache Giraph February 2012 -
BrightstarDB February 2012 -
Dydra 2011 -
Stardog 2011 -
SAP Hana November 2010 -
Apache Jena Fuseki October 2010 -
Apache Marmotta KiWi October 2010 -
Sones GraphDB July 2010 -
OrientDB 2010 -
RedStore 2010 -
Strabon 2010 -
InfiniteGraph May 2010 -
FlockDB April 2010 -
4store October 2009 -
Kinetica 2009 -
Ontop 2009 -
Parliament 2009 -
TinkerGraph 2009 -
Sparksee 2008 -
RDF::Trine February 2008 -
BlazeGraph 2007 -
HyperGraphDB 2007 -
Neo4j 2007 -
Mulgara 2006 -
Ontotext GraphDB 2005 -
Oracle Graph 2005 -
AllegroGraph 2004 - K Kowari October 2003
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Eclipse RDF4J 2002 -
RDFLib 2002 -
MarkLogic 2001 -
Redland 2000 -
Virtuoso 1998 -
Objectivity/DB 1990 -
Qbix Streams Release date unknown -
Ultipa GQLDB Release date unknown -
Ultipa Graph v5 Release date unknown
Property graph RDF Multiple Other
Graphflow & GraphScope
- Graphflow, 2017: no longer developed.
- Kuzu, 2022: successor to Graphflow; no longer developed.
- Bighorn, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- RyuGraph, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- LadybugDB, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- NeuG, 2026: based on GraphScope; borrows code from Kuzu.
- pg_ladybug, 2026: based on LadybugDB.
- Graphflow, 2017: no longer developed.
- Kuzu, 2022: successor to Graphflow; no longer developed.
- Bighorn, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- RyuGraph, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- LadybugDB, 2025: fork of Kuzu.
- NeuG, 2026: based on GraphScope; borrows code from Kuzu.
- pg_ladybug, 2026: based on LadybugDB.
Eclipse RDF4J
- Eclipse RDF4J: renamed from Sesame.
- OWLIM, 2005: based on Eclipse RDF4J.
- Ontotext GraphDB: renamed from OWLIM.
- Strabon, 2010: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
- Apache Marmotta KiWi, 2010: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
- Halyard, 2016: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
- Eclipse RDF4J: renamed from Sesame.
- OWLIM, 2005: based on Eclipse RDF4J.
- Ontotext GraphDB: renamed from OWLIM.
- Strabon, 2010: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
- Apache Marmotta KiWi, 2010: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
- Halyard, 2016: based on Eclipse RDF4J; no longer developed.
ArangoDB
- ArangoDB: renamed from AvocadoDB.
- CivicGraph, 2019: based on ArangoDB.
- RecallGraph: renamed from CivicGraph; no longer developed.
- Minigraf, 2026: successor to RecallGraph.
- ArangoDB: renamed from AvocadoDB.
- CivicGraph, 2019: based on ArangoDB.
- RecallGraph: renamed from CivicGraph; no longer developed.
- Minigraf, 2026: successor to RecallGraph.
Neo4j
- ONgDB, 2018: fork of Neo4j.
- PandaDB, 2019: based on Neo4j; no longer developed.
- DozerDB, 2023: based on Neo4j.
- RushDB, 2024: based on Neo4j.
- ONgDB, 2018: fork of Neo4j.
- PandaDB, 2019: based on Neo4j; no longer developed.
- DozerDB, 2023: based on Neo4j.
- RushDB, 2024: based on Neo4j.
Rapidminer Graph Lakehouse
- AnzoGraph DB: renamed from SPARQLVerse.
- Altair Graph Lakehouse: renamed from AnzoGraph DB.
- Rapidminer Graph Lakehouse: renamed from Altair Graph Lakehouse.
- AnzoGraph DB: renamed from SPARQLVerse.
- Altair Graph Lakehouse: renamed from AnzoGraph DB.
- Rapidminer Graph Lakehouse: renamed from Altair Graph Lakehouse.
Titan
- Titan, 2012: no longer developed.
- DataStax Enterprise, 2016: based on Titan.
- JanusGraph, 2017: fork of Titan.
- Apache HugeGraph, 2018: inspired by Titan; inspired by JanusGraph.
- Titan, 2012: no longer developed.
- DataStax Enterprise, 2016: based on Titan.
- JanusGraph, 2017: fork of Titan.
- Apache HugeGraph, 2018: inspired by Titan; inspired by JanusGraph.
AgensGraph
- Apache AGE, 2020: inspired by AgensGraph.
- YugabyteDB MAGE, 2026: based on Apache AGE.
- Apache AGE, 2020: inspired by AgensGraph.
- YugabyteDB MAGE, 2026: based on Apache AGE.
BlazeGraph
- BlazeGraph: renamed from Bigdata; no longer developed.
- Neptune, 2017: based on BlazeGraph.
- BlazeGraph: renamed from Bigdata; no longer developed.
- Neptune, 2017: based on BlazeGraph.
FalkorDB
- FalkorDB: renamed from RedisGraph.
- FalkorDBLite, 2025: based on FalkorDB.
- FalkorDB: renamed from RedisGraph.
- FalkorDBLite, 2025: based on FalkorDB.
OrientDB
- ArcadeDB, 2021: fork of OrientDB.
- YouTrackDB, 2024: fork of OrientDB.
- ArcadeDB, 2021: fork of OrientDB.
- YouTrackDB, 2024: fork of OrientDB.
3store
- 4store, 2009: inspired by 3store; no longer developed.
- 4store, 2009: inspired by 3store; no longer developed.
Akutan
- Akutan: renamed from Beam; no longer developed.
- Akutan: renamed from Beam; no longer developed.
Cosmos DB
- Cosmos DB: renamed from DocumentDB.
- Cosmos DB: renamed from DocumentDB.
Galois
- KatanaGraph, 2020: based on Galois; no longer developed.
- KatanaGraph, 2020: based on Galois; no longer developed.
Graph Engine
- Graph Engine: renamed from Trinity; no longer developed.
- Graph Engine: renamed from Trinity; no longer developed.
graphd
- Google Cayley, 2014: successor to graphd; no longer developed.
- Google Cayley, 2014: successor to graphd; no longer developed.
Joseki
- Apache Jena Fuseki, 2010: successor to Joseki.
- Apache Jena Fuseki, 2010: successor to Joseki.
Kinetica
- Kinetica: renamed from GPUdb.
- Kinetica: renamed from GPUdb.
Kowari
- Kowari, 2003: no longer developed.
- Mulgara, 2006: fork of Kowari; no longer developed.
- Kowari, 2003: no longer developed.
- Mulgara, 2006: fork of Kowari; no longer developed.
MarkLogic
- MarkLogic: renamed from Cerisent XQE.
- MarkLogic: renamed from Cerisent XQE.
Objectivity/DB
- Objectivity/DB, 1990: no longer developed.
- InfiniteGraph, 2010: based on Objectivity/DB; no longer developed.
- Objectivity/DB, 1990: no longer developed.
- InfiniteGraph, 2010: based on Objectivity/DB; no longer developed.
Oracle Graph
- Oracle Graph: renamed from Oracle Spatial and Graph.
- Oracle Graph: renamed from Oracle Spatial and Graph.
Oxigraph
- oxilite, 2026: borrows code from Oxigraph.
- oxilite, 2026: borrows code from Oxigraph.
Parliament
- Parliament: renamed from DAML DB; no longer developed.
- Parliament: renamed from DAML DB; no longer developed.
RDF::Trine
- RDF::Trine, 2008: no longer developed.
- Attean, 2014: borrows code from RDF::Trine.
- RDF::Trine, 2008: no longer developed.
- Attean, 2014: borrows code from RDF::Trine.
Redland
- Redland, 2000: no longer developed.
- RedStore, 2010: based on Redland; no longer developed.
- Redland, 2000: no longer developed.
- RedStore, 2010: based on Redland; no longer developed.
Rocketgraph
- Rocketgraph: renamed from Trovares xGT.
- Rocketgraph: renamed from Trovares xGT.
SparkleDB
- SparkleDB: renamed from Meronymy SPARQL Database Server; no longer developed.
- SparkleDB: renamed from Meronymy SPARQL Database Server; no longer developed.
Sparksee
- Sparksee: renamed from DEX.
- Sparksee: renamed from DEX.
TigerGraph
- TigerGraph: renamed from GraphSQL.
- TigerGraph: renamed from GraphSQL.
TypeDB
- TypeDB: renamed from Grakn.
- TypeDB: renamed from Grakn.
Vadalog
- Prometheux, 2022: based on Vadalog.
- Prometheux, 2022: based on Vadalog.
VelocityDB
- VelocityGraph, 2013: based on VelocityDB; no longer developed.
- VelocityGraph, 2013: based on VelocityDB; no longer developed.