LadybugDB - Embedded Columnar Graph Database for Highly Regulated Industries

The Kuzu successor is here

Ship agentic solutions 10x faster

DuckDB for graphs

The embedded columnar graph database built for highly regulated industries. Production-ready in minutes.

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cURL<br>Homebrew

curl -fsSL https://install.ladybugdb.com | sh

01<br>The graph database market just lost its leader

Kuzu, with 10+ enterprise customers and VLDB publications, was acquired by Apple. Teams using embedded graph databases for agentic AI are now scrambling for a replacement.

Development Halted

Kuzu's open source development stopped post-acquisition. No new features, bug fixes, or community support.

Security Risk

Unpatched vulnerabilities and no path forward for critical security updates. Your data deserves better.

Migration Urgency

Agentic applications in highly regulated industries need a reliable embedded graph database now.

02<br>LadybugDB: The only viable successor

Built on battle-tested foundations with a commitment to open source. LadybugDB carries forward the Kuzu vision with active development and enterprise support.

10x Faster Queries

Columnar storage with vectorized execution delivers lightning-fast analytical queries on graph data.

Embedded & Serverless

Zero external dependencies. Run anywhere - edge, embedded, or cloud. Perfect for agentic applications.

Columnar Storage

Optimized for analytics on connected data. Compress better, scan faster than traditional graph stores.

Enterprise Support

Commercial support contracts available. Backed by a team committed to long-term development.

03<br>Built on proven foundations

LadybugDB inherits from research published at top-tier database conferences and battle-tested in production environments.

VLDB

Published at top-tier database conferences

10+

Enterprise customers from predecessor

MIT

Open source license, forever

The Kuzu team set a high bar in graph databases with their research innovations described in publications at leading conferences such as VLDB, making it easy to deploy anywhere with a fast Cypher query engine and a permissive license for use in highly regulated industries. Ladybug is committed to maintaining that bar with a low barrier to entry.

Read the VLDB 2023 paper

04<br>Production-ready in 3 steps

From installation to querying your graph in under 5 minutes.

Install

One command installation via curl or Homebrew. No dependencies, no configuration needed.

brew install ladybug

Connect

Import your data using Cypher queries or one of our language SDKs (Python, Node.js, Rust).

CREATE (n:Entity {name: 'Alice'})

Query

Run analytical queries with Cypher. Leverage columnar storage for complex agg/egations.

MATCH (n)-[r]->(m) RETURN n, r, m

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Join the teams building the future of agentic AI on LadybugDB. No credit card required. Open source forever.

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MIT License

Community Support

Enterprise Contracts Available