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Show HN: HelixDB – A graph database built on object storage

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Re: Show HN: HelixDB – A graph database built on object storage

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Post by GeorgeCurtis »

Bnjoroge wrote: post #15

congrats! how does this compare to turbopuffer, surreal or other multi-model ones built on object storage or not

tpuffer is a vector/fts database. Surreal is a bit of an "everything database".

We're a graph database with vector and FTS capabilities. Our vector and FTS benchmarks are comparable with tpuffer, but you would primarily use us for building whole applications, knowledge graphs, or AI memory/retrieval. Anything that is relationship intense.

Let me know if this properly answers your question

Re: Show HN: HelixDB – A graph database built on object storage

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Post by GeorgeCurtis »

mentioum wrote: post #13
GeorgeCurtis wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In prod we see p99’s of <10ms ms for warm queries and around 50ms per hop for cold queries.

Hmmm... I'll get in touch. Got an email i can reach out to, there doesn't seem to be one listed on your website? I'm more concerned about if the p99s stay consistent when things get spikey. dgraph is fine otherwise...

Sure! You can email me personally at george@helix-db.com

Re: Show HN: HelixDB – A graph database built on object storage

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Post by GeorgeCurtis »

caust1c wrote: post #25

Where's the source code for the database itself? Looks like the repo is just a client. Congrats on the launch!

This was a TEMPORARY decision we made, and I wrote a bit about why we did this here: https://x.com/georgecurtiss/status/2060043184059912470

We’re 100% committed to going back to open-source on an Apache 2.0 license as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can continue to deploy us completely for free, however you like, using the compiled docker container.

Re: Show HN: HelixDB – A graph database built on object storage

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Post by cjlm »

dig1 wrote: post #28
cjlm wrote: post #16

Currently #5 on gdb-engines.com - definitely worth a look.

How rankings are calculated? HelixDB has zero feature scores, unlike e.g. JanusGraph which is at #27 or Neo4j at #1.

The feature scores are from a paper cited on the site. The ranking features are proprietary to dissuade gaming but are a blend of open public data across a number of different sources.
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