FalkorDB
Shares rank 7 of 8 graph databases by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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 | — | — |
| FalkorDBThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The reasons I'd still land on FalkorDB are the Redis wire protocol, 85MB footprint, and licensing.”
“If you find yourself writing recursive CTEs and chains of self-joins to answer multi-hop relationship queries in Snowflake, this gives you Cypher instead.”
“we released a lite version that can run embedded in your nodejs”
“FalkorDB is maintained with more features and fully supports all RedisGraph features”
“try using a low latency Graph Database like FalkorDB”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.