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Sones GraphDB

An object-oriented graph database for the .NET platform, with its own query language (GQL, unrelated to Facebook's GraphQL or ISO GQL) and ACID transactions.

Visit website GitHub 210 stars
Overall rank
#70
First released
July 2010
License
AGPL-3.0
Built with
C#

Details

Vendor
sones GmbH
Type
Property Graph
Category
Emerging
Status
Inactive — No development activity since 2012. Company appears defunct.
License
AGPL-3.0
Language
C#
Query Languages
GQL (Sones)
Protocols
HTTP/REST
Sources 4 references

Protocols HTTP/REST

Evidence comes from client libraries (Java, JS, PHP) dated 2010-2011 for a since-abandoned prerelease project; no surviving official docs site to check directly.

  • simple connection to a GraphDB REST service based on given URI and credentials
    sones/sones-javaclient · reviewed 2026-08-02

License AGPL-3.0

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

Released 2010-07

Refines current value '2010' to month precision: the open-source edition specifically launched in July 2010, ahead of the enterprise edition.

  • GraphDB was unique in that its design based on weighted graphs. The open source edition was released in July 2010.
    Sones GraphDB - Wikipedia · reviewed 2026-08-02

Language C#

Confirms current value; GitHub byte-count and Wikipedia both identify C# (on .NET/Mono) as the implementation language.

  • "C#": 8014026, "JavaScript": 225448, "Shell": 6980
    languages · reviewed 2026-08-02