Overview
Graphon is smart blob storage that replaces your dumb object store. Store objects with the Graphon API, then search and query them with AI.
Make a working request
Graphon CLI- 1Store a file
CLI
graphon objects put reports finance/q3-report.pdf \ --file ./q3-report.pdfGraphon indexes each file you add.
- 2Search it
CLI
graphon search reports "quarterly revenue"One call matches the exact words and the meaning together.
- 3Ask it a question
CLI
graphon ask reports "How did revenue change in Q3?"One answer, with a citation for each source it used.
New here? Set up your environment to install the CLI, then create your first bucket. Every call here also works over HTTP: see Search your objects and Answer a question.
What is Graphon?
Graphon is smart blob storage. It replaces S3, R2, and GCS in your stack. Its object API is designed to feel like S3 — buckets, objects, and keys — so it is familiar. Graphon is different in one way: as you write data, it reads the data and understands it.
On top of storage, one search call matches the exact words and the meaning together, so you do not run a keyword index and a vector index and merge the two. Ask a question and Graphon answers it with a citation for each source. You drop your separate search stack and keep one dependency.
Why developers use Graphon
- Familiar model. Buckets, objects, and keys, like S3. If you know S3, you know Graphon's shape.
- Remove a dependency. Retire Elasticsearch, Pinecone, or LanceDB. Search and retrieval live in the storage layer.
- Ask questions, not just fetch bytes. Query a bucket in natural language and get an answer with sources.
- Isolate tenants. Partition data by your own customer with the
X-Graphon-Tenantheader.
What you can build with Graphon
Point Graphon at your files and ship a product on top. A few things teams build: