Neo4j
neo4j/neo4j
An open-source alternative to Amazon Neptune and TigerGraph.
Graphs for Everyone (from the repository)
- Stars
- 17,339
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-09
- Written in
- Java
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 19 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Stale
3.2.0-alpha08, 9.6 years ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
95% closed
215 open · 3,845 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+26 in 9 days
17,339 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
CopyleftGPL-3.0
Free to run in-house. Distribute it, or software built on it, and that source must be released under the GPL too.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Neo4j’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.
Neo4j against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Amazon Neptune and TigerGraph, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dgraph | 21,813 | Active | Permissive | Docker | Go |
 Neo4j (this page) | 17,339 | Active | Copyleft | ○ | Java |
 ArangoDB | 14,284 | Active | Not identified | ○ | C++ |
 Memgraph | 4,622 | Active | Not identified | Helm | C++ |
 TerminusDb | 3,449 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Prolog |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Amazon Neptune and TigerGraph and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data