Galactus DB documentation
Deploy Galactus DB with container images, connect your applications over Bolt, and query connected data with Cypher. Use Explorer to browse and manage your graphs.
Current release
The current build is published on Docker Hub as ianknowles/galactus-db:latest and ianknowles/galactus-db-explorer:latest, for Linux AMD64 and ARM64. Start free in Developer mode without a licence key or website account. Set your database password before starting the containers.
Start here
- Start the database and Explorer
- Deploy with Docker Compose
- Connect an application
- Choose an index
- Run graph data science
- Back up or restore a database
- Manage a commercial licence
Topic guides
| Section | Covers |
|---|---|
| Getting started | Container setup and your first graph |
| Cypher | Data model, reads, writes, expressions, functions, paths and planning |
| Spatial and temporal values | Points, dates, durations and time zones |
| Indexes and constraints | Property, vector, spatial and full-text indexes; constraints |
| Geometry and geography | Shapes, strict formats, overlays, predicates, centroid and SRID rules |
| Graph data science | Projections, algorithms, communities, embeddings and resource controls |
| APOC | Utilities, traversal, metadata and graph mutations |
| Imports and exports | CSV, JSON, Cypher and batched loading |
| Operations | Containers, configuration, storage, backups, authentication and licensing |
| Integrations | Explorer and native drivers for seven languages |
| Reference | Procedure directory and compatibility |
Compatibility
Galactus DB supports Bolt 4.4 and a broad Cypher query surface, with native GDS and APOC functionality. Check the compatibility guide against your application's queries and driver version when evaluating a release.