# FalkorDB

5 Hacker News commenters recommended FalkorDB and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a graph database that gives Cypher queries in place of recursive SQL joins, with Redis wire protocol compatibility, an 85MB footprint and its licensing.

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LatticeDB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/latticedb.md): 9 recommend
- [Neo4j](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neo4j.md): 8 recommend
- [LadybugDB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ladybugdb.md): 7 recommend
- [Kuzu graph database](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kuzu.md): 7 recommend
- [Grafeo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grafeo.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FalkorDB", https://hackerapproved.com/p/falkordb/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).