Neo4j Desktop

The most convenient way of installing the GDS library is through the Neo4j Desktop plugin called Neo4j Graph Data Science. The plugin can be found in the 'Plugins' tab of a database.

neo4j desktop gds

The installer will download the GDS library and install it in the 'plugins' directory of the database. It will also add the following entry to the settings file:

dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted=gds.*

This configuration entry is necessary because the GDS library accesses low-level components of Neo4j to maximise performance.

If the procedure allowlist is configured, make sure to also include procedures from the GDS library:

dbms.security.procedures.allowlist=gds.*