install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install kuzu

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#kuzu

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kuzu/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Embeddable graph database management system built for query speed & scalability

Project links

Commands and aliases

kuzu

history

Project history and usage

Kuzu is an embedded property graph database for analytical graph workloads, combining a Cypher-facing graph model with an in-process deployment style closer to SQLite or DuckDB than to a server database.

Project history

Kuzu was initially developed by Kuzu Inc. and the official docs describe it as coming out of academic database research by a team focused on graph storage, query processing, and scalability. Its core design includes columnar disk storage, CSR adjacency and join indices, vectorized and factorized query processing, efficient join algorithms, multi-core parallelism, and serializable ACID transactions.

Adoption history

Kuzu attracted attention as an embeddable graph DBMS for applications, notebooks, data science, and graph analytics where running a separate graph server is inconvenient. The project shipped client APIs across languages, a CLI, and integrations with formats and systems such as Parquet, Arrow, DuckDB, and SQLite.

How it is used

Users create a Kuzu database either on disk or in memory, define a structured property graph schema, import data from files, and query with Cypher. The docs emphasize that embedded use avoids installing or managing an external DBMS server.

Why package nerds care

Kuzu matters to package nerds because it packages graph database functionality as an embeddable library and CLI, making graph queries feel installable like a local data tool. The later archive notice and v0.11.3 extension-bundling release also make it a case study in how package ecosystems handle project wind-downs and extension delivery.

Timeline

2025: v0.8.0 added Kuzu-WASM for browser-based graph analytics and a full-text-search extension.
October 10, 2025: The GitHub repository was archived by its owner.
v0.11.3: Bundled the algo, fts, json, and vector extensions so users did not need to install those extensions separately.

Related projects

Kuzu is related to Cypher and Neo4j-style graph querying, and it interoperates with data tooling such as Parquet, Arrow, DuckDB, SQLite, and language clients for Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Go, Swift, C++, and C.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:database

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`kuzu`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.11.3

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.11.3

https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:kuzu
Version	0.11.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kuzu
Homepage	https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu
Repository	https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu
Upstream docs	https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/kuzudb/kuzu/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.3.tar.gz
Build dependencies	cmake
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	kuzu
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

kuzu

nix profile install nixpkgs#kuzu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Kuzu

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/kuzu.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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