NebulaGraph

{{Short description|Open-source distributed graph database}}

{{Infobox software

| name = NebulaGraph

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| developer = Vesoft Inc.

| released = {{Start date and age|2018}}

| latest release version = 3.7.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|03}}

| programming language = C++, Go, Java, Python

| platform = Java SE

| genre = Free software distributed graph database, Graph database, Multi-model database

| license = Apache 2.0, Free software, Common Clause 1.0

| website = {{URL|https://www.nebula-graph.io/}}

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NebulaGraph is a free software distributed graph database built for super large-scale graphs with milliseconds of latency.Timothy Prickett Morgan,{{cite web |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/01/19/third-time-is-the-charm-for-nebula-graph-database/ |title=Third Time Is The Charm For NebulaGraph Database|website= |publisher=nextplatform.com |date=19 February 2021|access-date=14 December 2022}} NebulaGraph adopts the Apache 2.0 license and also comes with a wide range of data visualization tools.George Leopold,{{cite web |url=https://www.datanami.com/2020/06/15/nebula-graph-joins-database-race/ |title=NebulaGraph Joins Database Race |website= |publisher=datanami.com |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=14 December 2022}}

History

NebulaGraph was developed in 2018 by Vesoft Inc.{{Cite arXiv|title=NebulaGraph: A free software distributed graph database |last1=Wu |first1=Min |last2=Yi |first2=Xinglu |last3=Yu |first3=Hui |last4=Liu |first4=Yu |last5=Wang |first5=Yujue |year=2022 |arxiv=2206.07278 }} In May 2019, NebulaGraph made free software on GitHub and its alpha version was released same year.{{cite web |url=https://deepai.org/publication/nebula-graph-an-open-source-distributed-graph-database|title=NebulaGraph: An open source distributed graph database|website= |publisher=deepai.org|date=15 June 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022}}

In June 2020, NebulaGraph raised $8M in a series pre-A funding round led by Redpoint China Ventures and Matrix Partners China.{{cite web |url=https://www.datanami.com/2022/09/16/nebulagraph-completes-series-a-to-scale-its-distributed-graph-database/ |title=NebulaGraph Completes Series A to Scale Its Distributed Graph Database

|website= |publisher=datanami.com|date=29 June 2020 |access-date=14 December 2022}}Jaime Hampton,{{cite web |url=https://www.datanami.com/this-just-in/nebula-graph-debuts-for-big-data-analytics-discovery/ |title=NebulaGraph Debuts for Big Data Analytics Discovery|website= |publisher=datanami.com|date=16 September 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022}}

In June 2019, NebulaGraph 1.0 GA version was released while version 2.0 GA was released in March 2021.Rita Liao,{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/16/nebulagraph-china-open-source-graph-database/|title=NebulaGraph reaps from China's growing appetite for graph databases|website= |publisher=techcrunch.com|date=16 September 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022}} The latest version 3.0.2 of Nebula was released in March 2022.{{cite web |url=https://martechseries.com/technology/nebula-graph-takes-another-step-to-lead-global-graph-database-market-with-the-release-of-v3-0-0/ |title=NebulaGraph Takes Another Step to Lead Global Graph Database Market With the Release of V3.0.0|website= |publisher=martechseries.com|date=18 February 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022}}

In September 2023, NebulaGraph and LlamaIndex introduced Graph RAG for retrieval-augmented generation.{{cite web |title=NebulaGraph Launches Industry-First Graph RAG: Retrieval-Augmented Generation with LLM Based on Knowledge Graphs |url=https://www.nebula-graph.io/posts/graph-RAG |website=www.nebula-graph.io/}}

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