Is GraphRAG Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
GraphRAG is Microsoft Research’s pipeline for building knowledge graphs from text and using them for retrieval.
Short answer: Only in maintenance mode. Health score 25/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
GraphRAG is maintenance mode. See 4 actively maintained alternatives →
What the numbers say
GraphRAG’s main branch received 19 commits in the last 91 days, against 22 in the same 91 days a year earlier (−14%). Its README carries a notice that the project is in maintenance mode or no longer actively developed. It has 36,375 stars on GitHub.
GraphRAG usage: downloads and installs
graphragTrend: the monthly download count is stored once a day, starting 17 Oct 2026. A chart appears here after a week of readings.
Download and pull counts include automated installs from CI pipelines, containers and mirrors, so they show how widely the software is pulled, not how many people use it. Numbers from different registries are not comparable with each other. Sources: PyPI download statistics via ecosyste.ms, read 18 Oct 2026, 14:54 UTC.
GraphRAG security practices and adoption
Used by other projects
deps.dev: PyPI packages that depend on graphrag 3.3.0
- Indirect dependents0
- All dependents3
- RegistryPyPI
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: deps.dev, GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 15:31 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 16.4 / 35 | 19 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 17.3 / 20 | 86% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 12.0 / 15 | last commit 10 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 10 days ago |
| Community | 10.5 / 20 | 19 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 58. A maintenance notice in the README caps the score at 25. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
GraphRAG: common questions
Is GraphRAG still maintained?
Only in maintenance mode. The GraphRAG README says the project is no longer actively developed. It received 19 commits in the last 91 days (checked 18 October 2026). Its health score is 25 out of 100.
What is the latest GraphRAG release?
The latest GitHub release of GraphRAG is v3.3.0, published on 8 October 2026.
How many people contribute to GraphRAG?
GitHub lists 51 contributors for GraphRAG. 19 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does GraphRAG use?
GitHub identifies the GraphRAG licence as MIT. Read the licence file before commercial use.
How many times is GraphRAG downloaded?
The graphrag package on PyPI was downloaded 50,897 times in the last month, according to ecosyste.ms (checked 18 October 2026). The count includes automated installs from CI pipelines and mirrors, so it is not a count of users.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 36,364 | 19 | Maintenance mode |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 36,360 | 20 | Maintenance mode |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 36,349 | 26 | Maintenance mode |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for GraphRAG since then.
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| GraphRAG | Maintenance mode | 36.4k | 19 | −14% |
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.