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NornicDB

orneryd/NornicDB

Distributed Graph+Vector Database with Temporal MVCC and Low-Latency HNSW Search

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GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026 · GitHub synced Sep 20, 2026

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881 stars52 forksLast push Sep 19, 2026 Go MIT

Decision brief

Distributed graph+vector database with sub-millisecond latency and GPU acceleration

Good fit when

When you need both graph traversal capabilities and fast vector searches.
To utilize its built-in intelligent features such as managed embeddings, reranking, and auto-TLP without needing to configure these manually.

Avoid when

If your application primarily requires traditional SQL database operations without the need for low-latency vector search or graph traversal.
When you need a specialized tool, whether purely a graph database or a vector database, but not an integrated solution like NornicDB.

Observed Jul 12, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance and security

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Maintenance: Very active (0d since push); As of Sep 20, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Personal account; As of Sep 20, 2026
Security (OSV): 4 low (4 low); As of Aug 30, 2026

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Install

go get github.com/orneryd/NornicDB

pkg.go.dev

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Evidence and technical details

Sourced facts, taxonomy, compatibility claims, README excerpt, and machine-readable endpoints.

Overview

Nornicdb offers a combination of graph database capabilities with vector search functionality, featuring sub-millisecond operations, managed embeddings, and GPU acceleration.

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Sep 20, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Sep 20, 2026
Languages: go
Source: github.language · Sep 20, 2026

README

Deployment Patterns NornicDB is being used in internal production deployments for stack consolidation workloads where graph traversal, vector retrieval, and auditability need to live in the same system. Agent and Graph RAG systems : replacing a Neo4j + Qdrant + embeddings stack w...

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

/tools/orneryd-nornicdb.md GET /api/graphcanon/tools/orneryd-nornicdb GET /api/graphcanon/graph?tool=orneryd-nornicdb