Embedded Popularity Ranking

Embedded graph databases, ranked monthly by adoption, activity, community and research signals.

LadybugDB leads with a score of 61.7, followed by TinkerGraph (55.8) and Kuzu (55.7) — 26 engines ranked, October 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 61.7 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
2 = 55.8 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
3 = 55.7 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
4 ▲1 49.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ openCypher
5 ▼1 46.9 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Java API
6 = 41.1 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
7 = 40.2 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
8 = 38.8 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
9 = 38.8 Growing Other - C++ Custom API
10 = 35.8 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
11 ▲2 34.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
12 = 34.8 Growing Property Graph MIT Zig Cypher
13 ▼2 31.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
14 = 30.3 Growing RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
15 = 28.2 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
16 = 27.4 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust GQL
17 = 27.2 Emerging RDF MIT Python Custom API
18 = 26.9 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
19 ▲1 25.0 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
20 ▲2 23.4 Emerging Other MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust Datalog
21 ▼2 22.2 Emerging Other MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
22 ▼1 21.2 Emerging Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
23 = 15.3 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Custom API
24 = 12.0 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin
25 new 10.1 Emerging RDF MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQLopenCypher
26 ▼1 9.5 Emerging Property Graph BUSL-1.1 Rust Cypher