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Permissive-Licensed Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Dgraph leads with a score of 64.8, followed by Kuzu (62.1) and TypeDB (62.1) — 67 engines ranked, May 2026.

# Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 64.8 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
2 62.1 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
3 62.1 Strong Other MPL-2.0 Rust TypeQL
4 61.2 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 C++ SPARQL
5 61.1 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
6 60.6 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
7 60.5 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
8 59.4 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
9 56.2 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
10 55.9 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
11 54.5 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python CypherGFQL
12 54.3 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
13 53.9 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
14 53.5 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 OR MIT Rust SPARQL
15 52.6 Strong RDF MIT TypeScript GraphQLSPARQL
16 52.5 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Python SPARQL
17 51.5 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
18 51.5 Strong Property Graph MIT JavaScript Custom API
19 51.0 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Prolog GraphQLWOQL
20 49.8 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
21 48.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
22 48.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
23 46.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ ISO GQLopenCypher
24 46.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
25 45.2 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Go GizmoGraphQLMQL
26 45.1 Growing Other MIT Rust Custom API
27 44.8 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
28 44.5 Growing RDF BSD-3-Clause C++ SPARQL
29 44.2 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Custom API
30 43.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
31 43.5 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
32 42.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
33 41.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
34 41.7 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
35 41.3 Growing Multiple Apache-2.0 Rust CypherGQLGraphQL +3
36 40.6 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Scala Thrift API
37 39.2 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Java API
38 38.4 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
39 38.2 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
40 37.4 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
41 37.0 Growing Property Graph MIT Go CypherGraphQL
42 36.6 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
43 35.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
44 34.2 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
45 32.4 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ Custom API
46 32.2 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
47 32.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
48 31.9 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
49 27.7 Emerging RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
50 27.2 Emerging RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
51 26.7 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust ISO GQL
52 25.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
53 25.2 Emerging Other MIT Python Custom API
54 22.5 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Go Custom API
55 22.4 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
56 20.1 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQLiTQL
57 19.8 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Gremlin
58 19.8 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
59 19.2 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
60 17.9 Emerging Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
61 16.1 Emerging Other MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
62 15.4 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQL
63 15.3 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript CypherGremlin
64 14.5 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Custom API
65 14.2 Emerging RDF MPL-2.0 Java GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
66 12.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT C# LINQ
67 12.3 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java openCypher