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Property Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neo4j leads with a score of 82.4, followed by Dgraph (65.8) and Kuzu (61.9) — 63 engines ranked, July 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 82.4 Leader Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java CypherGQL
2 ▲1 65.8 Leader Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
3 ▲1 61.9 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
4 ▼2 60.2 Strong Property Graph SSPL-1.0 C openCypher
5 ▲1 60.0 Strong Property Graph BSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
6 ▼1 57.6 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
7 = 56.1 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
8 ▲1 55.9 Strong Property Graph Proprietary C++ GSQL
9 ▼1 55.6 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
10 ▲2 53.8 Strong Property Graph GPL-3.0 Rust GraphQL
11 ▼1 53.7 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python CypherGFQL
12 ▼1 51.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
13 ▲1 50.7 Strong Property Graph Proprietary - GQLSQL/PGQ
14 ▼1 50.1 Strong Property Graph MIT JavaScript Custom API
15 ▲3 50.0 Strong Property Graph Proprietary Java CQLGremlin
16 ▲3 49.2 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQLSQL/PGQ
17 ▲5 49.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
18 ▼2 48.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
19 ▼4 48.4 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
20 ▲4 47.8 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C Gremlin
21 ▼1 46.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
22 ▲5 45.9 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
23 ▼2 45.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
24 ▼1 44.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GraphQL
25 ▲3 44.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
26 ▲6 44.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
27 ▼2 43.3 Growing Property Graph BSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
28 ▼11 43.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GQLopenCypher
29 ▲1 42.4 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
30 ▲1 42.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
31 ▲2 41.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
32 ▼6 40.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - UQL
33 ▲1 37.6 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C# GQL (Sones)
34 ▲1 37.5 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
35 ▼6 37.2 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
36 ▲1 36.5 Growing Property Graph MIT Go CypherGraphQL
37 ▼1 36.5 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ openCypher
38 new 36.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
39 new 34.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C openCypher
40 ▼1 34.5 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
41 ▼1 33.8 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
42 ▼4 33.1 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQLopenCypher
43 ▲2 31.2 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
44 ▼1 31.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java DO Query Language
45 ▼3 29.9 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
46 ▼2 29.8 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
47 ▼6 28.5 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - -
48 new 28.1 Emerging Property Graph BUSL-1.1 Rust CypherSQL
49 ▼2 24.9 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
50 ▼4 24.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
51 ▼3 23.7 Emerging Property Graph ELv2 TypeScript Custom API
52 new 23.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust GQL
53 new 23.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
54 ▼5 23.0 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
55 ▼5 20.7 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java Cypher
56 ▼5 19.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
57 ▼5 18.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
58 ▼5 16.5 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - Cypher
59 ▼5 14.9 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript CypherGremlin
60 ▼3 12.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java openCypher
61 ▼5 11.8 Emerging Property Graph MIT C# LINQ
62 ▼7 11.4 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin
63 ▼5 8.3 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java Cypher