Embedded Popularity Ranking

LadybugDB leads with a score of 63.2, followed by Kuzu (61.4) and TinkerGraph (61.4) — 25 engines ranked, September 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	▲1	LadybugDB	63.2	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
2	▼1	Kuzu	61.4	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
3	=	TinkerGraph	61.4	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
4	=	NeuG	46.5	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	openCypher
5	▲5	HyperGraphDB	43.4	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
6	▼1	BrightstarDB	42.1	Growing	RDF	MIT	C#	LINQSPARQL
7	▼1	KatanaGraph	42.1	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
8	▲3	Bighorn	41.0	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
9	▼2	ZipG	40.5	Growing	Other	-	C++	Custom API
10	▼2	FalkorDBLite	38.9	Growing	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	Python	openCypher
11	▼2	Bitsy	37.9	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
12	new	LatticeDB	33.4	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	Zig	Cypher
13	▼1	Quadstore	30.5	Growing	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	SPARQL
14	▼1	agdb	29.9	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
15	▼1	GraphLite	26.9	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL
16	▲1	froGQL	26.7	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	GQL
17	▼2	CogDB	24.4	Emerging	RDF	MIT	Python	Custom API
18	▼2	TurboLynx	24.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
19	▼1	TribleSpace	22.9	Emerging	Other	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
20	▲1	Minigraf	21.8	Emerging	Other	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	Datalog
21	▼2	BangDB	21.4	Emerging	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
22	▼2	KGLite	20.8	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom APIopenCypher
23	▼1	LiveGraph	16.0	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Custom API
24	▼1	ChronoGraph	13.8	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin
25	new	LoraDB	8.3	Emerging	Property Graph	BUSL-1.1	Rust	Cypher