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TuGraph

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by Ant Group · since 2022 · also known as TuGraph-DB

Ant Group's open-source C++ graph database with ACID transactions, Cypher and LDBC-record performance.

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maintenance. No release since 4.5.2 (Mar 2025); 2026 commits are documentation-only.

Overview

TuGraph-DB is an open-source labeled property-graph database from Ant Group, written in C++ and used internally for financial risk and relationship workloads. It offers serializable ACID transactions, openCypher, full-text and secondary indexes, embedded graph algorithms and stored procedures in C++ or Python, and it held the LDBC SNB benchmark record in 2022. The 4.5 line added a Bolt-protocol cluster mode. Activity has slowed: the last release is 4.5.2 from March 2025 and 2026 commits are documentation only, so evaluate support options before adopting it.

Graph traversalGraph analyticsTransactional apps (OLTP)Knowledge graph

Strengths & trade-offs

Strengths

  • +Serializable ACID transactions with fast single-node traversal
  • +Former LDBC SNB Interactive benchmark record holder
  • +C++ and Python stored procedures plus built-in analytics algorithms
  • +Bolt protocol lets standard Neo4j drivers connect

Trade-offs

  • −Development has slowed sharply since early 2025
  • −Linux-only builds and documentation partly in Chinese
  • −No sharding for graphs beyond one machine

Great for

  • +Financial risk and anti-fraud graphs
  • +Single-node high-performance graph workloads
  • +Benchmarking and research

Think twice for

  • −Teams needing an actively developed roadmap
  • −Distributed graphs
  • −RDF/SPARQL workloads

Capabilities

Native or official first-party support · 6 of 25 tracked

✓Transactions
✓Secondary indexes
✓Full-text search
✓Stored procedures
✓Durable persistence
✓Role-based access
–Joins
–Vector search
–Geospatial
–JSON
–Change data capture
–Triggers
–Materialized views
–TTL / expiry
–Pub/Sub
–Columnar storage
–In-memory
–Compression
–Encryption at rest
–Time travel
–Branching
–Online schema changes
–Streaming ingest
–Offline sync
–Runs in WebAssembly

Scale & consistency

Comfortable data size
Medium · ≤ 10 TB
Horizontal scaling
None
Multi-region
No
Transactions
Full ACID
Consistency
Strong
Schema
Strict
Architecture
Single node, Primary replica, Client server
Query languages
openCypher

Single-node storage up to tens of terabytes; HA replication cluster for availability.

Deployment

Self-hosted Vendor-managed cloud Serverless Embedded Edge Kubernetes operator

available on · Alibaba Cloud

Ecosystem

compatible withNeo4j (Bolt)
apis & protocolsBolt protocol, REST API, RPC
client languagesC++, Python, Java, JavaScript (Bolt drivers)

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NebulaGraphGraph18.1

Shared-nothing distributed graph database for trillion-edge graphs, with GQL in Enterprise v5.

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Apache HugeGraphGraph9.3

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GalaxybaseGraph0.0

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TuGraph FAQ

What is TuGraph?

TuGraph is a graph database by Ant Group, first released in 2022. TuGraph-DB is an open-source labeled property-graph database from Ant Group, written in C++ and used internally for financial risk and relationship workloads. It offers serializable ACID transactions, openCypher, full-text and secondary indexes, embedded graph algorithms and stored procedures in C++ or Python, and it held the LDBC SNB benchmark record in 2022. The 4.5 line added a Bolt-protocol cluster mode. Activity has slowed: the last release is 4.5.2 from March 2025 and 2026 commits are documentation only, so evaluate support options before adopting it.

Is TuGraph open source?

Yes. TuGraph is open source. License: Apache License 2.0.

Does TuGraph support ACID transactions?

Yes. TuGraph supports full ACID transactions, with strong consistency.

Does TuGraph scale horizontally?

TuGraph does not scale horizontally; it runs on a single node, so you scale it up rather than out. It is comfortable at medium scale (≤ 10 TB).

How can I run TuGraph?

You can self-host it. It is available on Alibaba Cloud.

What is TuGraph best for?

TuGraph is a strong fit for financial risk and anti-fraud graphs; single-node high-performance graph workloads; and benchmarking and research. Think twice for teams needing an actively developed roadmap.

What are the best alternatives to TuGraph?

Common alternatives to TuGraph include Neo4j, Memgraph, NebulaGraph, Apache HugeGraph and Galaxybase. The right choice depends on your workload, scale and hosting; WhichDB's smart match ranks them against your requirements.

Is TuGraph still maintained?

TuGraph is in maintenance mode. No release since 4.5.2 (Mar 2025); 2026 commits are documentation-only.

How popular is TuGraph?

TuGraph ranks #341 of 844 databases on the WhichDB Score (7.6/100), and #27 among graph databases. The score combines public adoption signals such as package downloads, GitHub activity, job posts and developer discussion.