# LadybugDB

7 Hacker News commenters recommended LadybugDB and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Embeddable graph database that continues KuzuDB after it was sunset, recommended as a sustainable fork. Critics say it is still limited in use cases and functionality.

## Why people recommend it

- Continues KuzuDB after its sunset (5 comments): "Might be worth checking out LadybugDB (the main fork), migration is pretty easy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47475475)) "There’s a fork https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug that you can use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49326780)) "Ladybug looks promising after KuzuDB was sunset" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439252))
- Active development with new contributors (2 comments): "The 0.20.x end of the month release should have some interesting optimizations." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443437)) "New open source contributors who I didn't know before ramping up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468596))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LatticeDB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/latticedb.md): 9 recommend
- [Neo4j](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neo4j.md): 8 recommend
- [Kuzu graph database](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kuzu.md): 7 recommend
- [Grafeo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grafeo.md): 7 recommend
- [CozoDB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cozodb.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

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