TinkerGraph is a lightweight in-memory property graph that serves as the reference implementation of the property graph model provided by Blueprints. If you have a small graph (bound by the limits of main memory), then TinkerGraph can be a handy graph to use with Gremlin.

The following is the list of tg namespaces functions that are provided with the Gremlin distribution.

1. TinkerGraph Functions
   • graph tg:open()

TinkerGraph Functions

Open graph tg:open()

This function creates a new TinkerGraph instance in memory.

gremlin> tg:open()
==>tinkergraph[vertices:0]