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dgraph-io/dgraph

high-performance graph database for real-time use cases

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 1/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (1/10)
  • ✓Last commit today
  • ✓15 active contributors
  • ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

What would improve this?

  • •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

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Repository brief

Repo brief: dgraph-io/dgraph

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-14 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-14T05:32:35.769Z · commit 014fe43420c1

Verdict

Healthy — Strong maintenance signals

  • Last commit today
  • 15 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • 1 more receipt on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Dgraph is a horizontally scalable, distributed GraphQL database with a native graph backend written in Go. It provides ACID transactions, consistent replication, and linearizable reads, optimized for real-time queries over terabytes of structured data using GraphQL query syntax with JSON and Protocol Buffers responses over GRPC and HTTP. Monolithic repository organized by functional domain: acl/ handles authentication and authorization (JWT, HMAC-based), algo/ contains core algorithmic primitives (cm-sketch, heap, packed integer formats), audit/ manages encryption and logging, backup/ handles persistence, chunker/ parses RDF and JSON input formats, and buildvars/ manages version/build…

Start here

Read these in order:

  • dgraphapi/acl.go — Foundation: doesn't import anything internally and is imported by 35 other files. Read first to learn the vocabulary.
  • graphql/e2e/common/admin.go — Foundation: imported by 20, no internal dependencies of its own.
  • dgraphtest/compose_cluster.go — Built on the foundation; imported by 30 downstream files.
  • dql/dql.go — Built on the foundation; imported by 20 downstream files.
  • graphql/schema/auth.go — Layer 2 — composes lower-level code into reusable abstractions (imported 52×).

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

  1. Clone: git clone https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph.git && cd dgraph
  2. Verify Go 1.27.0+: go version
  3. Install dependencies: go mod download
  4. Run tests (verify setup): make test (inferred from Makefile presence)
  5. Build binary: make build (verify exact target in Makefile)
  6. Or use Docker: docker pull dgraph/dgraph:latest && docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -p 9080:9080 dgraph/dgraph:latest dgraph

Daily commands:

Exact commands depend on Makefile targets (not fully visible). Inferred from dependencies and Docker reference: Local cluster: Docker is recommended per README. Standalone dev: go run ./cmd/dgraph or similar (…

…shortened for this brief.

Key cautions & unknowns

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (1/10)
    1. Go 1.27.0 is unusually new—verify your Go version matches; older projects may fail. 2. Linux-only officially: Dgraph dropped Mac/Windows support in 2021; building on other OSes may fail despite Go's…
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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