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RDF Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Ontop leads with a score of 65.6, followed by Apache Jena Fuseki (65.3) and QLever (63.7) — 34 engines ranked, May 2026.

# Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 65.6 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
2 65.3 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
3 63.7 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 C++ SPARQL
4 58.0 Strong RDF Proprietary Java GraphQLSPARQLSQL
5 57.4 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Python SPARQL
6 57.3 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 OR MIT Rust SPARQL
7 57.2 Strong RDF MIT TypeScript GraphQLSPARQL
8 57.2 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
9 56.1 Strong RDF Proprietary Common Lisp PrologSPARQL
10 52.8 Strong RDF EPL-2.0 Rust FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
11 49.7 Growing RDF Proprietary Java SPARQL
12 49.4 Growing RDF BSD-3-Clause C++ SPARQL
13 48.9 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Go GizmoGraphQLMQL
14 46.1 Growing RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQL
15 45.6 Growing RDF GPL-2.0 Java GremlinSPARQL
16 45.1 Growing RDF Artistic-2.0 Perl SPARQL
17 44.7 Growing RDF Artistic-2.0 Perl SPARQL
18 42.9 Growing RDF Proprietary - GraphQLSPARQL
19 42.0 Growing RDF GPL-3.0 C SPARQL
20 42.0 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
21 40.7 Growing RDF Proprietary - SPARQL
22 40.6 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
23 39.9 Growing RDF LGPL-2.1 C SPARQL
24 38.7 Growing RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQLopenCypher
25 38.5 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
26 38.3 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
27 30.0 Growing RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
28 29.6 Emerging RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
29 24.9 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Go Custom API
30 22.1 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQLiTQL
31 16.5 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQL
32 15.7 Emerging RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQL
33 15.6 Emerging RDF MPL-2.0 Java GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
34 14.7 Emerging RDF GPL-3.0 C SPARQL