Details
- Vendor
- Comunica Association
- Type
- RDF
- Kind
- Query Engine
- Category
- Emerging
- License
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Query Languages
- SPARQLGraphQL
- Protocols
- SPARQL Protocol
Comunica
A modular SPARQL query engine written in TypeScript that federates queries across heterogeneous linked data sources including SPARQL endpoints, RDF files, HDT archives, and Solid data pods. Runs in both Node.js and browsers.
- Overall rank
- #36
- First released
- June 2018
- License
- MIT
- Built with
- TypeScript
Details
Sources 5 references
Protocols SPARQL Protocol
Primarily a JS/Node query-engine library; the query-sparql-http command exposes a SPARQL 1.1 Protocol HTTP endpoint.
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In this guide, we will install it as a dependency in a Node.js JavaScript application, and show how it can be used to execute queries.
Comunica – Querying in a JavaScript app · reviewed 2026-08-02 -
The SPARQL protocol allows clients to send SPARQL queries to Web servers over HTTP, and query results to be sent back to the client.
Comunica – Setting up a SPARQL endpoint · reviewed 2026-08-02
License MIT
GitHub's README states the MIT license directly, confirming the current value.
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This code is copyrighted by the Comunica Association and Ghent University – imec and released under the MIT license.
comunica/comunica · reviewed 2026-08-02
Released 2018-06
The project's creators announced Comunica's public release on the W3C public-lod mailing list in June 2018, refining the current year-only value to a month.
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With this mail, we announce the public release of Comunica, a modular framework for JavaScript and the Web that can be used to compose a SPARQL Query Engine.
Comunica: a meta-query engine for the Web from Ruben Taelman on 2018-06-01 (public-lod@w3.org from June 2018) · reviewed 2026-08-02
Language TypeScript
The project's own ISWC 2018 resource paper states Comunica is implemented in TypeScript/JavaScript, confirming the current value.
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Comunica is implemented in TypeScript/JavaScript as a collection of Node modules, which are able to run in Web browsers using native Web technologies.
Comunica: a Modular SPARQL Query Engine for the Web · reviewed 2026-08-02