# LadybugDB - Full Developer Resource Guide

> LadybugDB is DuckDB for graphs — the embedded columnar graph database and successor to KuzuDB. Built for agentic solutions in highly regulated industries.

## Product Overview

LadybugDB is a high-performance embedded columnar graph database with a Cypher query engine. It is designed for agentic AI applications in highly regulated industries including legal tech, medical AI, and finance.

### Key Features
- Columnar storage with vectorized execution
- Embedded and serverless deployment
- Cypher query language support
- MIT open source license
- Zero external dependencies
- Multi-language SDKs (Python, Node.js, Rust)

## Documentation

- **Main Documentation**: https://docs.ladybugdb.com
  - Getting started guides
  - Installation instructions
  - Query language reference
  - SDK usage guides
  - Migration guides from Kuzu
- **API Reference**: https://docs.ladybugdb.com/api

## API Specification

- **OpenAPI 3.0 Spec**: https://ladybugdb.com/openapi.json
- **OpenAPI 3.0 Spec (YAML)**: https://ladybugdb.com/openapi.yaml

## SDK Packages

- **npm**: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ladybugdb
  - Package: `ladybugdb`
  - Install: `npm install ladybugdb`
- **PyPI**: https://pypi.org/project/ladybugdb/
  - Package: `ladybugdb`  
  - Install: `pip install ladybugdb`

## Source Code

- **GitHub Repository**: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug
- **License**: MIT
- **Languages**: C++, Python, TypeScript

## MCP (Model Context Protocol)

- **MCP Manifest**: https://ladybugdb.com/.well-known/mcp/manifest.json
- **MCP Server (GitHub)**: https://github.com/LadybugDB/mcp-server-ladybug
- **MCP Server (PyPI)**: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-ladybug/
  - Install: `pip install mcp-server-ladybug`
  - Run: `mcp-server-ladybug --db-path :memory:` or `mcp-server-ladybug --db-path /path/to/my.lbdb`
  - Transport: stdio (default) or SSE (--transport sse --port 3000)
  - Connects to a real LadybugDB database instance via the `real-ladybug` Python package

## Community & Support

- **Discord Community**: https://discord.gg/zz9tsw53Bd
- **Twitter/X**: https://x.com/lbugdb
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ladybugdb/
- **Email**: social@ladybugdb.com

## Educational Resources

- **Official Book**: https://leanpub.com/ladybugdb
- **Blog**: https://blog.ladybugdb.com
- **VLDB 2023 Research Paper**: https://vldb.org/cidrdb/papers/2023/p48-jin.pdf

## Company

- **Website**: https://ladybugdb.com
- **Sponsor**: Ladybug Memory (https://ladybugmem.ai)
- **Copyright**: © 2026 LadybugDB