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Permissive-Licensed Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Dgraph leads with a score of 70.1, followed by QLever (63.7) and Kuzu (63.2) — 71 engines ranked, July 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 70.1 Leader Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
2 ▲2 63.7 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 C++ SPARQL
3 ▼1 63.2 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
4 ▲5 62.7 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
5 ▼2 62.7 Strong Other MPL-2.0 Rust TypeQL
6 = 62.1 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
7 ▲1 60.9 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
8 ▼3 60.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
9 ▼2 58.0 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
10 ▲1 58.0 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
11 ▼1 57.8 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
12 = 57.3 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python CypherGFQL
13 = 56.4 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
14 ▲2 56.3 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 OR MIT Rust SPARQL
15 ▲2 55.9 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
16 ▼2 55.6 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Python SPARQL
17 ▼2 54.3 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Prolog GraphQLWOQL
18 = 53.5 Strong RDF MIT TypeScript GraphQLSPARQL
19 ▲1 52.1 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
20 ▼1 51.5 Strong Property Graph MIT JavaScript Custom API
21 = 51.3 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
22 ▲3 51.1 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
23 = 50.3 Strong Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
24 = 49.5 Growing Other MIT Rust Custom API
25 ▲9 48.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
26 ▲1 48.7 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Go GizmoGraphQLMQL
27 ▲2 47.6 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
28 ▼6 47.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GQLopenCypher
29 ▲1 45.4 Growing RDF BSD-3-Clause C++ SPARQL
30 ▲3 45.2 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
31 = 45.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
32 = 45.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
33 ▼5 44.9 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Custom API
34 ▲1 42.8 Growing Multiple Apache-2.0 Rust CypherGQLGraphQL +3
35 ▼9 41.9 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
36 ▲2 41.7 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
37 = 41.3 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
38 ▼2 41.0 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Scala Thrift API
39 ▲4 40.2 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Java API
40 ▼1 39.7 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
41 ▼1 38.5 Growing Property Graph MIT Go CypherGraphQL
42 = 38.1 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
43 new 37.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
44 = 37.4 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
45 ▼4 37.3 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
46 new 36.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C openCypher
47 ▲1 34.3 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
48 ▼2 32.8 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
49 ▼2 31.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
50 ▼5 31.0 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ Custom API
51 ▼2 30.0 Growing RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
52 ▼2 28.1 Emerging RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
53 = 26.1 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
54 new 25.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust GQL
55 ▼1 25.0 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
56 new 24.8 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
57 ▼6 24.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
58 ▼3 24.4 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Go Custom API
59 ▼7 24.4 Emerging RDF MIT Python Custom API
60 ▼1 20.7 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Gremlin
61 ▼5 20.6 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
62 ▼5 20.3 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQLiTQL
63 ▼3 19.9 Emerging Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
64 ▼6 19.9 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
65 ▼4 16.9 Emerging Other MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
66 ▼3 16.0 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript CypherGremlin
67 ▼5 15.6 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQL
68 ▼4 15.1 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Custom API
69 ▼4 14.4 Emerging RDF MPL-2.0 Java GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
70 ▼3 13.2 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java openCypher
71 ▼5 12.9 Emerging Property Graph MIT C# LINQ