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A distributed, scalable, lightning-fast graph database

NebulaGraph

Introduction

NebulaGraph is a popular open-source graph database that can handle large volumes of data with milliseconds of latency, scale up quickly, and have the ability to perform fast graph analytics. NebulaGraph has been widely used for social media, recommendation systems, knowledge graphs, security, capital flows, AI, etc. See our users.

The following lists some of NebulaGraph features:

Symmetrically distributed
Storage and computing separation
Horizontal scalability
Strong data consistency by RAFT protocol
OpenCypher-compatible query language
Role-based access control for higher-level security
Different types of graph analytics algorithms

The following figure shows the architecture of the NebulaGraph core. NebulaGraph Architecture

Learn more on NebulaGraph website.

Quick start

Read the getting started article for a quick start.

Using NebulaGraph

NebulaGraph is a distributed graph database with multiple components. You can download or try in following ways:

Build from source
In the cloud: AWS and Azure

Getting help

In case you encounter any problems playing around NebulaGraph, please reach out for help:

DevTools

NebulaGraph comes with a set of tools to help you manage and monitor your graph database. See Ecosystem.

Contributing

Contributions are warmly welcomed and greatly appreciated. And here are a few ways you can contribute:

Start by some issues
Submit Pull Requests to us. See how-to-contribute.

Landscape

NebulaGraph enriches the CNCF Database Landscape.

Licensing

NebulaGraph is under Apache 2.0 license, so you can freely download, modify, and deploy the source code to meet your needs.
You can also freely deploy NebulaGraph as a back-end service to support your SaaS deployment.

Contact

Community

Join NebulaGraph Community	Where to Find us
Asking Questions
Chat with Community Members
NebulaGraph Meetup
Chat, Asking, or Meeting in Chinese

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