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gStore

A native graph-based RDF triple store for storing and querying large-scale RDF datasets. Uses a graph-based storage model rather than relational tables for SPARQL evaluation.

Overall rank
#64
First released
2015
License
BSD-3-Clause
Built with
C++

Details

Vendor
Peking University
Type
RDF
Category
Emerging
License
BSD-3-Clause
Language
C++
Query Languages
SPARQL
Protocols
HTTP/RESTgRPCNative binary
Sources 6 references

Protocols HTTP/REST, gRPC, Native binary

Three parallel interface services: bin/ghttp (HTTP), bin/grpc (gRPC), bin/gserver (raw socket).

  • gStore currently provides three interface modes: HTTP, RPC, and Socket, corresponding respectively to the three services: bin/ghttp, bin/grpc, and bin/gserver.
    docs/en-us/FAQ.md · reviewed 2026-08-02
  • We provide HTTP api(suggested) and socket api, corresponding to ghttp and gserver respectively.
    HTTP API · reviewed 2026-08-02

License BSD-3-Clause

SPDX identifier as classified by GitHub from the repository licence file.

Released 2015

Project's own chronology file confirms open-sourcing on GitHub in 2015, matching the current value. A later gstore.cn history page vaguely credits 2017, but that entry refers to the v0.5 milestone, not the first release.

  • gStore code is officially open source on Github, version 0.1
    CHRONOLOGY.md · reviewed 2026-08-02

Language C++

Stated directly in the project README.

  • This project is written in C++, with the help of some libraries such as readline, antlr, and so on.
    pkumod/gStore README · reviewed 2026-08-02

url https://mod.icst.pku.edu.cn/english/gstore_1/introduction_1/index.htm

en.gstore.cn and www.gstore.cn are both serving an expired TLS certificate right now, which is what breaks the connection for most clients; the content itself is unchanged. The Peking University Data Management Lab's own page describes the same project and loads with a valid certificate.

  • Different from the traditional relational database-based knowledge graph data management, gStore is a native RDF data management system based on the Native Graph Model
    北京大学王选所数据管理实验室 · reviewed 2026-08-02