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title: "Neo4j"
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description: >
Neo4j is a powerful, open source graph database system
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## About
[Neo4j][neo4j-docs] is a powerful, open source graph database system with over
15 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for
reliability, feature robustness, and performance.
[neo4j-docs]: https://neo4j.com/docs
## Available Tools
- [`neo4j-cypher`](../tools/neo4j/neo4j-cypher.md)
Run Cypher queries against your Neo4j graph database.
## Requirements
### Database User
This source only uses standard authentication. You will need to [create a Neo4j
user][neo4j-users] to log in to the database with, or use the default `neo4j`
user if available.
[neo4j-users]: https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/authentication-authorization/manage-users/
## Example
```yaml
sources:
my-neo4j-source:
kind: neo4j
uri: neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io:7687
user: ${USER_NAME}
password: ${PASSWORD}
database: "neo4j"
```
{{< notice tip >}}
Use environment variable replacement with the format ${ENV_NAME}
instead of hardcoding your secrets into the configuration file.
{{< /notice >}}
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-----------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "neo4j". |
| uri | string | true | Connect URI ("bolt://localhost", "neo4j+s://xxx.databases.neo4j.io") |
| user | string | true | Name of the Neo4j user to connect as (e.g. "neo4j"). |
| password | string | true | Password of the Neo4j user (e.g. "my-password"). |
| database | string | true | Name of the Neo4j database to connect to (e.g. "neo4j"). |