Neo4j alternatives

4 open source tools you can use instead of Neo4j

The most-starred open source alternative to Neo4j is Dgraph. Other notable options: HydraDB, NebulaGraph, FalkorDB. All of them are free to download and most can run on your own server.

Dgraph21.8k

dgraph-io/dgraph

Distributed, high-performance graph database for real-time use cases, queried with GraphQL-style languages.

Alternative to: Neo4j

LicenseOpen sourceApache-2.0

CategoryData & DatabasesSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last update1 days ago

PlatformsDocker

HydraDB13.1k

hydra-db/hydradb

Graph database that keeps its data on object storage and still serves fast queries

Alternative to: Neo4j

LicenseOpen sourceAGPL-3.0

CategoryData & DatabasesSelf-hosted

LanguageRust

Last update2 days ago

PlatformsDocker

NebulaGraph12.5k

vesoft-inc/nebula

Distributed open-source graph database with horizontal scalability

Alternative to: Neo4j

LicenseOpen sourceApache-2.0

CategoryData & DatabasesSelf-hosted

LanguageC++

Last update2 months ago

PlatformsDocker

FalkorDB10.5k

FalkorDB/FalkorDB

Very fast graph database built on GraphBLAS that supports the Cypher query language

Alternative to: Neo4j

LicenseOpen source

CategoryData & DatabasesSelf-hosted

LanguageRust

Last updatetoday

PlatformsLinuxDocker