Gremlin Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

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

ArcadeDB leads with a score of 63.3, followed by OrientDB (60.2) and Neptune (59.2) — 22 engines ranked, October 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	▲1	ArcadeDB	63.3	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
2	▼1	OrientDB	60.2	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
3	▲1	Neptune	59.2	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
4	▼1	TinkerGraph	57.2	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
5	▲2	Cosmos DB	52.4	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GremlinSQL
6	=	YouTrackDB	51.7	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
7	▼2	JanusGraph	51.1	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
8	▲1	Apache HugeGraph	48.0	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
9	▼1	GraphScope	47.1	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
10	▲3	Grafeo	46.8	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
11	=	Aerospike Graph	46.0	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
12	new	Titan	46.0	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
13	▼3	Quine	45.8	Growing	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
14	▼2	PuppyGraph	44.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
15	▼1	DataStax Enterprise	41.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
16	▼1	BlazeGraph	39.5	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
17	▼1	ByteGraph	38.2	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
18	▼1	HGraphDB	32.8	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
19	▼1	Bitsy	30.3	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
20	▼1	G-Tran	21.5	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
21	▼1	CodeMix Graph	15.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	GremlinopenCypher
22	▼1	ChronoGraph	12.0	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin

2 additional engines have too little public signal to be ranked.