Why FalkorDB (Graph database) chose to move to Rust from C (Hebrew)

Presented at In person Rust March 2025 at Jit in Tel Aviv on 2025.03.19

• Guy Korland

  Guy Korland, PhD in Computer Science (TAU), is FalkorDB's CEO with 20+ years in the database industry. Previously SVP and CTO of Incubation at Redis, Guy brings deep expertise in distributed systems and AI infrastructure.

• Avi Avni

  Avi Avni, Chief Architect Senior Architect & Consultant at Sela. Developed GraphMatrix, a full Cypher graph database. Lead the RedisGraph Team from inception to enterprise-readiness for Redis’ Tier 1 customer base.

We're transitioning to Rust due to our need for greater memory safety and stability, after we faced numerous issues with memory management in C including crashes and leaks, and reliability of our system.

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