CozoDB
Ranked 6 of 8 graph databases by recommenders
Embedded Datalog database that people find impressive and worth trying, though critics say the project seems abandoned with no recent commits.
Embedded Datalog database that people find impressive and worth trying, though critics say the project seems abandoned with no recent commits.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Impressive to early users
“cozodb is quite impressive and I've wondered about the funding sources etc on it”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “zvec: embedded vector database” “so far I'm quite impressed”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “zvec: embedded vector database”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Appears abandoned, no recent commits
“really cool but seems to be abandoned”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Optimizing Datalog for the GPU” “It seems like the project has been abandoned? Last commit a year ago.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Optimizing Datalog for the GPU” “That project has 0 commits for 2 years.”
Comment from 29 May 2026 in “SQLite is all you need for durable workflows”
Other graph databases people recommend
The four most recommended other graph databases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LatticeDB | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Neo4j | 8 | 17 | 32% | 6 | — | — |
| LadybugDB | 7 | 3 | 70% | 5 | — | — |
| Kuzu graph database | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
| CozoDBThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Highly recommend taking inspiration from Kuzudb/Ladybugdb and cozodb.”
“With a browser-based demo CozoDB may be a good way to start experimenting with Datalog.”
“That project has 0 commits for 2 years.”
“cozodb is quite impressive and I've wondered about the funding sources etc on it”
“so far I'm quite impressed”
“really cool but seems to be abandoned”
“It seems like the project has been abandoned? Last commit a year ago.”
“I used it in a toy application and it was awesome.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.