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13 best Java Graph Database libraries in 2025

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Java Graph databases libraries are a relatively new database technology that has been gaining popularity in the last couple of years. They are especially useful for storing and querying relationships between entities. They have certain advantages over traditional relational databases, such as their ability to quickly traverse large graphs and answer complex queries with low latency. Neo4j is the most popular and mature option. It has all the basic features you need to get started, including support for multiple indexes, relationships and queries. It also offers a REST API that allows you to query your data from the browser or a client application. OrientDB is a newer alternative that offers an object-relational mapping (ORM) layer on top of its native graph database engine for easier integration with existing applications. This approach makes it easier to migrate from relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL into OrientDB, but it also means that some features may be missing from the graph database layer itself (for example, there's no support for transactions). Titan has a similar ORM layer as OrientDB but also supports advanced features such as transactional queries and automatic sharding across multiple nodes in a cluster. Some of the most widely used open source Java Graph databases libraries among developers include:

titanby thinkaurelius

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Distributed Graph Database

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            titanby thinkaurelius

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            Distributed Graph Database
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                      orientdbby orientechnologies

                      Java doticonstar image 4608 doticonVersion:3.2.19doticon
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                      OrientDB is the most versatile DBMS supporting Graph, Document, Reactive, Full-Text and Geospatial models in one Multi-Model product. OrientDB can run distributed (Multi-Master), supports SQL, ACID Transactions, Full-Text indexing and Reactive Queries.

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                                orientdbby orientechnologies

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                                OrientDB is the most versatile DBMS supporting Graph, Document, Reactive, Full-Text and Geospatial models in one Multi-Model product. OrientDB can run distributed (Multi-Master), supports SQL, ACID Transactions, Full-Text indexing and Reactive Queries.
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                                          janusgraphby JanusGraph

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                                          JanusGraph: an open-source, distributed graph database

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                                                    janusgraphby JanusGraph

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                                                    JanusGraph: an open-source, distributed graph database
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                                                              hugegraphby hugegraph

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                                                              HugeGraph Database core component, including graph engine, API, and built-in backends

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                                                                        hugegraphby hugegraph

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                                                                        HugeGraph Database core component, including graph engine, API, and built-in backends
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                                                                                  structrby structr

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                                                                                  Structr is an integrated low-code development and runtime environment that uses a graph database.

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                                                                                            structrby structr

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                                                                                            Structr is an integrated low-code development and runtime environment that uses a graph database.
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                                                                                                      Prefuseby prefuse

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                                                                                                      Prefuse is a set of software tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations in the Java programming language. Prefuse supports a rich set of features for data modeling, visualization, and interaction. It provides optimized data structures for tables, graphs, and trees, a host of layout and visual encoding techniques, and support for animation, dynamic queries, integrated search, and database connectivity.

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                                                                                                                Prefuseby prefuse

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                                                                                                                Prefuse is a set of software tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations in the Java programming language. Prefuse supports a rich set of features for data modeling, visualization, and interaction. It provides optimized data structures for tables, graphs, and trees, a host of layout and visual encoding techniques, and support for animation, dynamic queries, integrated search, and database connectivity.
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                                                                                                                          joernby octopus-platform

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                                                                                                                          A robust parser for C/C++ storing abstract syntax trees, control flow graphs and program dependence graphs in a neo4j graph database.

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                                                                                                                                    joernby octopus-platform

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                                                                                                                                    A robust parser for C/C++ storing abstract syntax trees, control flow graphs and program dependence graphs in a neo4j graph database.
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                                                                                                                                              ontopby ontop

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                                                                                                                                              Ontop is a platform to query relational databases as Virtual RDF Knowledge Graphs using SPARQL

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                                                                                                                                                        Ontop is a platform to query relational databases as Virtual RDF Knowledge Graphs using SPARQL
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                                                                                                                                                                  neo4j-mazerunnerby neo4j-contrib

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                                                                                                                                                                  Mazerunner extends a Neo4j graph database to run scheduled big data graph compute algorithms at scale with HDFS and Apache Spark.

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                                                                                                                                                                            neo4j-mazerunnerby neo4j-contrib

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                                                                                                                                                                            Mazerunner extends a Neo4j graph database to run scheduled big data graph compute algorithms at scale with HDFS and Apache Spark.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      cypher-for-gremlinby opencypher

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Cypher for Gremlin adds Cypher support to any Gremlin graph database.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                cypher-for-gremlinby opencypher

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Cypher for Gremlin adds Cypher support to any Gremlin graph database.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          hgraphdbby rayokota

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          HBase as a TinkerPop Graph Database

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HBase as a TinkerPop Graph Database
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              jetbrains-plugin-graph-database-supportby neueda

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Graph Databases support for JetBrains family IDEs.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        jetbrains-plugin-graph-database-supportby neueda

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Graph Databases support for JetBrains family IDEs.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  graphdb-benchmarksby socialsensor

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Performance benchmark between popular graph databases.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            graphdb-benchmarksby socialsensor

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Performance benchmark between popular graph databases.
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