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Lance Graph

A graph query engine built on the Lance columnar format, supporting multimodal knowledge graphs in serverless environments.

Overall rank
#58
First released
September 2025
License
Apache-2.0
Built with
Rust

Details

Vendor
LanceDB Inc
Type
Property Graph
Kind
Query Engine
Category
Emerging
License
Apache-2.0
Language
Rust
Query Languages
SQLopenCypher
Protocols
HTTP/REST
Sources 5 references

Protocols HTTP/REST

Core is a Rust query engine with Python (PyO3) bindings used in-process; the separate knowledge_graph package optionally exposes a FastAPI web service with /graph query and dataset endpoints.

  • Lance Graph is a Cypher-capable graph query engine built in Rust with Python bindings for building high-performance, scalable, and serverless multimodal knowledge graphs.
    lance-format/lance-graph · reviewed 2026-08-02
  • The service exposes endpoints under /graph, including /graph/health, /graph/query, /graph/datasets, and /graph/schema.
    lance-format/lance-graph · reviewed 2026-08-02

License Apache-2.0

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

Released 2025-09

Confirms current value; the GitHub repository's own creation timestamp matches, consistent with this being a newly launched project.

Language Rust

Confirms current value; the project's own README states the query engine is written in Rust.

  • Lance Graph is a Cypher-capable graph query engine built in Rust with Python bindings for building high-performance, scalable, and serverless multimodal knowledge graphs.
    README.md · reviewed 2026-08-02