Details
- Vendor
- Yugabyte
- Type
- Property Graph
- Kind
- Extension
- Category
- Emerging
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- C
- Query Languages
- openCypherSQL
- Protocols
- PostgreSQL wire
YugabyteDB MAGE
A multi-tenant graph engine for YugabyteDB based on a port of Apache AGE, storing property graphs alongside relational data in the distributed PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL layer and queried with openCypher embedded in SQL. Introduced as a technical preview in YugabyteDB 2026.1 (June 2026).
- Overall rank
- #95
- First released
- June 2026
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Built with
- C
Details
Sources 6 references
Protocols PostgreSQL wire
MAGE is an in-database graph engine (ported from Apache AGE) inside YugabyteDB's YSQL layer; clients connect exactly as they would to any PostgreSQL-wire-compatible server.
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You connect to it the way you connect to any Postgres instance. Your ORM, your driver, and your extensions work unchanged.
YugabyteDB: The Data Backbone for Thousands of Agents | Yugabyte · reviewed 2026-08-02
License Apache-2.0
Matches current value; MAGE is a renamed, embedded port of Apache AGE (Apache-2.0), shipped inside YugabyteDB's core, which is itself Apache-2.0.
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Allows users to load the renamed Apache AGE extension as `mage` in YugabyteDB.
What's new in the YugabyteDB v2026.1 STS release series · reviewed 2026-08-02 -
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
LICENSE (apache/age) · reviewed 2026-08-02
Released 2026-06
Matches current value; introduced as a technical preview in the YugabyteDB 2026.1 release, announced June 2026.
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Adds support for Apache AGE graph extension to enable graph database capabilities.
What's new in the YugabyteDB v2026.1 STS release series · reviewed 2026-08-02 -
YugabyteDB MAGE (technical preview): A shared, multi-tenant graph engine so agents can reason over connected data without crossing tenant boundaries.
A PostgreSQL Database for Every Agent · reviewed 2026-08-02
Language C
Matches current value; Apache AGE, of which MAGE is a renamed port, is written in C, and C is by far its dominant language by byte count.
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AGE is not a Trusted Language Extension as it is written in C.
Is age a trusted extension? · apache/age · Discussion #1631 · reviewed 2026-08-02