Details
- Vendor
- Apache TinkerPop
- Type
- Property Graph
- Kind
- Embedded
- Category
- Established
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Java
- Query Languages
- Gremlin
TinkerGraph
A lightweight, in-memory property graph engine serving as the reference implementation of the Apache TinkerPop Gremlin graph computing framework.
- Overall rank
- #7
- First released
- 2009
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Built with
- Java
Details
Sources 4 references
Released 2009
Confirms the current value. TinkerGraph originated within the Gremlin project before Blueprints (which packaged TinkerGraph) split off as its own project in early 2010; no source pins TinkerGraph's own first-shipped date independently of that lineage.
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In late 2009, Gremlin was pieced apart into multiple self contained projects: Blueprints and Pipes.
Applying Graph Analysis and Manipulation to Data Stores | ODBMS Industry Watch · reviewed 2026-08-02 -
Initial release providing the property graph model Code originally packaged with Gremlin
Release Notes · tinkerpop/blueprints Wiki · GitHub · reviewed 2026-08-02
Language Java
Confirms the current value; TinkerGraph is implemented as a Java class within the TinkerPop codebase.
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protected Map<Object, Vertex> vertices = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(); protected Map<Object, Edge> edges = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
TinkerGraph.java - apache/tinkerpop · reviewed 2026-08-02
License Apache-2.0
SPDX identifier as classified by GitHub from the repository licence file.
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"spdx_id": "Apache-2.0"
GitHub licence API — apache/tinkerpop · reviewed 2026-08-02