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LoraDB public release: a fast in-memory graph database in Rust

· 7 min read
The LoraDB team
Engineering

LoraDB public release v0.1 — a fast in-memory graph database in Rust.

LoraDB is now public.

It is a fast in-memory graph database written in Rust, with a Cypher-shaped query engine, an HTTP API, and bindings for Node.js, WebAssembly, and Python. It is built for developers who need relationship queries close to their application without adopting a large graph database stack on day one.

This release is the beginning of the public journey: source-available core, developer-first adoption, and a path toward a hosted platform for teams that want managed operations later.

Why I started LoraDB

· 6 min read
Joost van Berkel
Author, LoraDB

Why I started LoraDB — a graph database fast enough to keep in the hot path.

I did not start LoraDB because the world was missing another database with a logo and a query language. I started it because I kept reaching for a graph database in places where the existing choices felt too heavy for the job.

The shape of the problem was clear: I needed a really fast in-memory graph database. Not a graph feature bolted onto a document store. Not a large server that needed its own operational plan before I could answer a product question. Not a database that looked elegant in a demo but became expensive once the working set, query fan-out, and deployment model got real.

I needed something smaller, sharper, and more efficient.