Native graph database with the Cypher query language
CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS image by Lynxroute · unique credentials at first boot · CVE-scanned · SBOM and CIS report inside
| Cloud | Version | Software price | Last build | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Marketplace EC2 AMI · all commercial regions | 2026.10.1 | $0.05/hr Recommended instance: t3.medium · 5-day free trial | 2026-10-24 | Listing ↗ |
| Azure Marketplace VM image · plan payg-gen2 · Gen2 | 2026.09.0 | $0.028/vCPU/hr Recommended VM: Standard_D2s_v3 | 2026-10-02 | Listing ↗ |
Software price only; cloud infrastructure is billed separately by the provider. Prices in USD.
| Base OS | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS |
| Hardening | CIS Level 1, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (tailored) |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Upstream | Neo4j, Inc. |
| Machine-readable | product.json · catalog.json |
Neo4j Community Edition is an open-source native graph database written in Java that stores data as nodes and relationships instead of tables, making connected-data queries fast and expressive. It is queried with Cypher, Neo4j's declarative graph query language, over the binary Bolt protocol or an HTTP API, and ships with the Neo4j Browser - a built-in web workbench for running Cypher and visualizing the graph. The engine provides ACID transactions, index-free adjacency for constant-time traversals, native graph storage, schema constraints and indexes, and a procedure library. Typical uses include knowledge graphs, fraud detection, recommendation engines, network and IT operations mapping, and identity and access graphs. This image runs a single-node Community instance on OpenJDK 21, with the JVM heap and page cache sized to the instance at first launch. GPL-3.0 license, self-hosted entirely in your own AWS account - no vendor lock-in.
Security hardening:
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
Compliance artifacts:
Credentials are generated at first boot and written to /root/neo4j-credentials.txt.
# subscribe once on the AWS Marketplace listing, then:
aws ec2 run-instances \
--image-id resolve:ssm:/aws/service/marketplace/prod-7wsw2xhpk56k4/latest \
--instance-type t3.medium --key-name my-key --security-group-ids sg-xxxxxxxx# accept the plan terms once, then:
az vm image terms accept --publisher lynxroute --offer neo4j --plan payg-gen2
az vm create -g my-rg -n neo4j --size Standard_D2s_v3 \
--image lynxroute:neo4j:payg-gen2:latest --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys
The most recent release with notes; the full release history is in product.json.