Open-source alternatives to TigerGraph
5 open-source projects are offered as replacements for TigerGraph. Dgraph is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dgraph | 21,813 | Active | Permissive | Docker | Go |
 Neo4j | 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 |
Each one, briefly
- Dgraph21,813 stars · permissive · active
high-performance graph database for real-time use cases
Also replaces Amazon Neptune, Neo4j
- ArangoDB14,284 stars · not identified · active
🥑 ArangoDB is a native multi-model database with flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions.
Also replaces Amazon Neptune
- Memgraph4,622 stars · not identified · active
High-performance open-source in-memory graph database for GraphRAG, AI memory, agentic AI, and real-time graph analytics. Cypher-compatible, built in C++.
Also replaces Amazon Neptune
- TerminusDb3,449 stars · permissive · active
TerminusDB is a Knowledge Graph Database with Version Control. Time-travel, reason, collaborate, branch, merge, diff, and query your data with Datalog.
Also replaces Amazon Neptune
Where this comes from
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