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Announcing Grafio: A High-Performance Graph Database

· 2 min read
Satya Jugran
Founder Grafio

We're thrilled to announce the release of Grafio - a high-performance, TypeScript-native graph database built for modern applications.

What is Grafio?​

Grafio is a lightweight, embeddable graph database that brings the power of graph data structures to JavaScript/TypeScript applications. With native Cypher query language support and pluggable storage backends, Grafio makes working with connected data simple and efficient.

Key Features​

  • Native Cypher Support - Write queries in Cypher, the same language used by Neo4j
  • TypeScript First - Full type safety and excellent IDE support
  • Pluggable Storage - Use in-memory for speed, or plug in Redis/MongoDB for persistence
  • Powerful Traversals - Built-in graph traversal and path finding algorithms
  • Lightweight - Zero dependencies, tree-shakable, works in Node.js and browsers

Getting Started​

import { CypherEngine } from 'grafio';
import { InMemoryGraphFactory } from 'grafio/storage';

// Create graph via factory
const factory = new InMemoryGraphFactory();
const graph = factory.forGraph('social-network');
const cypher = new CypherEngine(graph);

// Add social network data
graph.addNode({ id: 'alice', label: 'Person', properties: { name: 'Alice', age: 30 } });
graph.addNode({ id: 'bob', label: 'Person', properties: { name: 'Bob', age: 25 } });
graph.addNode({ id: 'charlie', label: 'Person', properties: { name: 'Charlie', age: 35 } });
graph.addEdge({ from: 'alice', to: 'bob', label: 'KNOWS', properties: { since: 2020 } });
graph.addEdge({ from: 'bob', to: 'charlie', label: 'KNOWS', properties: { since: 2019 } });

// Query with Cypher
const friends = cypher.execute('MATCH (p:Person)-[:KNOWS]->(friend:Person) RETURN p.name as name, friend.name as friend');
// Returns: [{"name":"Alice","friend":"Bob"},{"name":"Bob","friend":"Charlie"}]

What's Next?​

  • Redis and MongoDB storage providers
  • Advanced query optimization
  • Graph visualization tools
  • Community contributions welcome!

Check out the documentation to get started.

Welcome to Grafio!