awesome-graphql

Awesome list of GraphQL

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Table of Contents

• awesome-graphql
  • Table of Contents
  • Specifications
  • Foundations
  • Communities
  • Meetups
  • Implementations
    • JavaScript/TypeScript
      • Clients
        • Frontend Framework Integrations
          • React
      • Servers
        • Databases & ORMs
        • PubSub
      • Custom Scalars
      • Type
      • Miscellaneous
      • JavaScript Examples
      • TypeScript Examples
    • Ruby
      • Ruby Examples
    • PHP
      • PHP Examples
    • Python
      • Python Examples
    • Java
      • Custom Scalars
      • Java Examples
    • Kotlin
      • Kotlin Examples
    • C/C++
    • Go
      • Go Examples
    • Scala
      • Scala Examples
    • .NET
      • .NET Examples
    • Elixir
      • Elixir Examples
    • Haskell
    • SQL
    • Lua
    • Elm
    • Clojure
      • Clojure Examples
    • Swift
    • OCaml
    • Android
      • Android Examples
    • iOS
      • iOS Examples
    • ClojureScript
    • ReasonML
    • Dart
    • Rust
      • Rust Examples
    • D (dlang)
    • R (Rstat)
    • Julia
    • Crystal
    • Ballerina
      • Ballerina Samples
  • Tools
    • Tools - Editors & IDEs & Explorers
    • Tools - Testing, Prototyping & Mocking
    • Tools - Security
    • Tools - Browser Extensions
    • Tools - Docs
    • Tools - Editor Plugins
    • Tools - Miscellaneous
  • Databases
  • Services
    • CDN
    • CMS
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Style Guides
  • Blogs
    • Blogs - Security
  • Posts
  • Tutorials
  • License

Specifications

• GraphQL - Working draft of the specification for GraphQL.
• GraphQL over HTTP - Working draft of "GraphQL over HTTP" specification.
• GraphQL Relay - Relay-compliant GraphQL server specification.
• OpenCRUD - OpenCRUD is a GraphQL CRUD API specification for databases.
• Apollo Federation - Apollo Federation specification
• GraphQXL - GraphQXL is an extension of the GraphQL language with some additional features that help creating big and scalable server-side schemas.
• GraphQL Scalars - hosts community defined custom Scalar specifications for use with @specifiedBy.

Foundations

• GraphQL Foundation - GraphQL Foundation under the Linux Foundation

Communities

• Discord - GraphQL - Official GraphQL.org discord channel.
• GraphQL Weekly - A weekly newsletter highlighting resources and news from the GraphQL community.
• Apollo GraphQL Community - Connect with other developers and share knowledge about every part of the Apollo GraphQL platform.
• Discord - Reactiflux - Join #help-graphql on the Reactiflux Discord server.
• Facebook - Group for discussions, articles and knowledge sharing.
• X - Use the hashtag #graphql.
• StackOverflow - Questions and answers. Use the tag graphql.
• GraphQL APIs - A collective list of public GraphQL APIs.
• /r/GraphQL - A Subreddit for interesting and informative GraphQL content and discussions.

Meetups

• Relay Meetup - A global, online meetup on Relay, the GraphQL client.
• Amsterdam
• Bangalore
• Berlin
• Buenos Aires
• Copenhagen
• Dallas-Fort Worth
• Hamburg
• London
• Melbourne
• Munich
• New York City
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Sydney
• Tel Aviv
• Wrocław
• Singapore
• Zurich

Implementations

JavaScript/TypeScript

• graphql-js - A reference implementation of GraphQL for JavaScript.
• graphql-jit - GraphQL execution using a JIT compiler.
• Grafast - a cutting edge planning and execution engine for GraphQL.

Clients

• apollo-client - A fully-featured, production ready caching GraphQL client for every UI framework and GraphQL server.
• graphql-request - A minimal GraphQL client for Node and browsers.
• typescript-graphql-request - Use GraphQL Request as a fully typed SDK.
• graphql-zeus - GraphQL Zeus creates autocomplete client library for JavaScript or TypeScript which provides autocompletion for strongly typed queries.
• graphqurl - curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL. Also a dead-simple universal javascript GraphQL client.
• aws-amplify - A client library developed by Amazon for caching, analytics and more that includes a way to fetch GraphQL queries.
• gqty - A No GraphQL client for TypeScript
• genql - Type safe TypeScript client for any GraphQL API.

Frontend Framework Integrations

• vue-apollo - Apollo/GraphQL integration for VueJS.
• apollo-angular - A fully-featured, production ready caching GraphQL client for Angular and every GraphQL server.
• svelte-apollo - Svelte integration for Apollo GraphQL.
• ember-apollo-client - An ember-cli addon for Apollo Client and GraphQL.
• apollo-elements - GraphQL web components that work in any frontend framework.
• sveltekit-kitql - A set of tools, helping you building efficient apps in a fast way with SvelteKit and GraphQL.

React

• react-apollo - The core @apollo/client library provides built-in integration with React.
• relay - Relay is a JavaScript framework for building data-driven React applications.
• urql - A simple caching GraphQL client for React.
• graphql-hooks - Minimal hooks-first GraphQL client with caching and server-side rendering support.
• mst-gql - Bindings for mobx-state-tree and GraphQL.
• micro-graphql-react - A lightweight utility for adding GraphQL to React. components. Includes simple caching and uses GET requests that could additionally be cached through a service-worker.
• @gqty/react - A No GraphQL client for TypeScript

Servers

• apollo-server - Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more.
• hapi-graphql - Create a GraphQL HTTP server with Hapi.
• hapi-plugin-graphiql - HAPI plugin for GraphiQL integration.
• graphql-api-koa - GraphQL Koa middleware that implements GraphQL.js from scratch and supports native ESM.
• koa-graphql - GraphQL Koa Middleware.
• graphql-koa-scripts - GraphQL Koa 1 file simplified. usefull for quick test
• gql - Universal GraphQL HTTP middleware for Deno.
• mercurius - GraphQL plugin for Fastify.
• graphql-yoga - Fully-featured GraphQL Server with focus on easy setup, performance and great developer experience.
• graphitejs - Framework NodeJS for GraphQL.
• graphql-helix - A highly evolved GraphQL HTTP Server.
• pylon - Write full-feature APIs with just functions. No more boilerplate code, no more setup. Just write functions and deploy.
• modus - Serverless runtime based on WebAssembly that delivers auto-generated GraphQL APIs.

Databases & ORMs

• graphql-sequelize - Sequelize helpers for GraphQL.
• graphql-bookshelf - Some help defining GraphQL schema around BookshelfJS models.
• join-monster - A GraphQL-to-SQL query execution layer for batch data fetching.

PubSub

• graphql-ably-pubsub - Ably PubSub implementation for GraphQL to publish mutation updates and subscribe to the result through a subscription query.

Custom Scalars

• graphql-scalars - A library of custom GraphQL Scalars for creating precise type-safe GraphQL schemas.

Type

• type-graphql - Create GraphQL schema and resolvers with TypeScript, using classes and decorators!
• graphql-nexus - Code-First, Type-Safe, GraphQL Schema Construction.
• graphql-code-generator: GraphQL code generator with flexible support for custom plugins and templates like TypeScript (frontend and backend), React Hooks, resolvers signatures and more.
• pothos - Pothos is a plugin based GraphQL schema builder for typescript. It makes building graphql schemas in typescript easy, fast and enjoyable.
• garph - Garph is full-stack framework for building type-safe GraphQL APIs in TypeScript.
• gqloom - GQLoom is a GraphQL weaver for TypeScript/JavaScript that weaves GraphQL schema and resolvers using Valibot, Zod, or Yup.
• fast-graphql - Graphql Tools to Structure, Combine Resolvers and Merge Schema Definitions for Node.js, Next.Js and Graphql Apollo server
• graphql-to-type - GraphQL query parser written entirely in TypeScript's type system for creating interfaces based on provided query
• gql.tada - GraphQL document authoring library, inferring the result and variables types of GraphQL queries and fragments in the TypeScript type system.

Miscellaneous

• graphql-tools - Tool library for building and maintaining GraphQL-JS servers.
• graphql-tag - A JavaScript template literal tag that parses GraphQL queries.
• load-gql - A tiny, zero dependency GraphQL schema loader from files and folders.
• graphql-compose - Tool which allows you to construct flexible graphql schema from different data sources via plugins.
• graphql-modules - Separate GraphQL server into smaller, reusable parts by modules or features.
• graphql-shield - A library that helps creating a permission layer for a graphql api.
• graphql-shield-generator - Emits a GraphQL Shield from your GraphQL schema.
• graphqlgate - A GraphQL rate-limiting library with query complexity analysis for Node.js
• graphql-let - A webpack loader to import type-protected codegen results directly from GraphQL documents
• graphql-config - One configuration for all your GraphQL tools (supported by most tools, editors & IDEs).
• graphql-cli - A command line tool for common GraphQL development workflows.
• graphql-toolkit - A set of utils for faster development of GraphQL tools (Schema and documents loading, Schema merging and more).
• graphql-mesh - use GraphQL query language to access data in remote APIs that don't run GraphQL (and also ones that do run GraphQL).
• sofa - Generate REST API from your GraphQL API.
• graphback - Framework and CLI to add a GraphQLCRUD API layer to a GraphQL server using data models.
• graphql-middleware - Split up your GraphQL resolvers in middleware functions.
• graphql-relay-js - A library to help construct a graphql-js server supporting react-relay.
• graphql-normalizr - Normalize GraphQL responses for persisting in the client cache/state.
• babel-plugin-graphql - Babel plugin that compile GraphQL tagged template strings.
• eslint-plugin-graphql - An ESLint plugin that checks your GraphQL strings against a schema.
• graphql-ws - Coherent, zero-dependency, lazy, simple, GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol compliant server and client.
• graphql-live-query - Realtime GraphQL Live Queries with JavaScript.
• GraphVinci - An interactive schema visualizer for GraphQL APIs.
• supertest-graphql - Extends supertest to easily test a GraphQL endpoint
• schemathesis - Runs arbitrary queries matching a GraphQL schema to find server errors.
• microfiber - Query and manipulate GraphQL introspection query results in useful ways.
• graphql-armor - An instant security layer for production GraphQL Endpoints.
• goctopus - an incredibly fast GraphQL discovery & fingerprinting toolbox.
• GraphQL Constraint Directive - Allows using @constraint as a directive to validate input data. Inspired by Constraints Directives RFC and OpenAPI
• Validator.js Wrapper Directive - A comprehensive list of validator directive wraps Validator.js functionalities
• WunderGraph Cosmo - The Open-Source GraphQL Federation Solution with Full Lifecycle API Management for (Federated) GraphQL. Schema Registry, composition checks, analytics, metrics, tracing and routing.
• graphql-go-tools - A graphQL Router / API Gateway framework written in Golang, focussing on correctness, extensibility, and high-performance. Supports Federation v1 & v2, Subscriptions & more.
• graphql-sunset - Quickly and easily add support for the Sunset header to your GraphQL server, to better communicate upcoming breaking changes.
• Schemato - Browser-only GraphQL SDL converter for generating TypeScript, Zod, Pydantic, Go, Rust, and other typed models.

JavaScript Examples

• React Starter Kit - front-end starter kit using React, Relay, GraphQL, and JAM stack architecture.
• SWAPI GraphQL Wrapper - A GraphQL schema and server wrapping SWAPI.
• Relay TodoMVC - Relay TodoMVC with routing.
• Apollo Client documentation - Documentation and example for building GraphQL apps using apollo client.
• Apollo Server tools documentation - Documentation, tutorial and examples for building GraphQL server and connecting to SQL, MongoDB and REST endpoints.
• F8 App 2017 - Source code of the official F8 app of 2016, powered by React Native and other Facebook open source projects.
• Apollo React example for Github GraphQL API - Usage Examples Apollo React for Github GraphQL API with create-react-app.
• Next.js TypeScript and GraphQL Example - A type-protected GraphQL example on Next.js running graphql-codegen under the hood
• GraphQL StackBlitz Starter – A live, editable demo spinning up in about 2 seconds and running in a browser.
• NAPERG - Fullstack Boilerplate GraphQL. Made with React & Prisma + authentication & roles.
• VulcanJS - The full-stack React+GraphQL framework
• RAN Toolkit - Production-ready toolkit/boilerplate with support for GraphQL, SSR, Hot-reload, CSS-in-JS, caching, and more.

TypeScript Examples

• Node.js API Starter - Yarn v2 based monorepo template (code-first GraphQL API, PostgreSQL, PnP, Zero-install, serverless).
• Next.js Apollo TypeScript Starter - Next.js starter project focused on developer experience.
• GraphQL Starter - A boilerplate for TypeScript + Node Express + Apollo GraphQL APIs.
• Mocked Managed Federation - Apollo Server 3 - An example of how to mock a managed federation Supgraph using Apollo Server 3.x
• Mocked Managed Federation - Apollo Server 4 - An example of how to mock a managed federation Supgraph using Apollo Server 4.x
• Next.js Advanced Graphql Crud MongoDB Starter - Starter Generic CRUD with Advanced Apollo Graphql server with Next.js and Mongodb (TypeScript)

Ruby

• graphql-ruby - Ruby implementation of Facebook's GraphQL.
• graphql-batch - A query batching executor for the graphql gem.
• graphql-auth - A JWT auth wrapper working with devise.
• agoo - Ruby web server that implements Facebook's GraphQL.
• GQLi - A GraphQL client and DSL. Allowing to write queries in native Ruby.

Ruby Examples

• graphql-ruby-demo - Use graphql-ruby to expose a Rails app.
• github-graphql-rails-example - Example Rails app using GitHub's GraphQL API.
• relay-on-rails - Barebones starter kit for Relay application with Rails GraphQL server.
• relay-rails-blog - A graphql, relay and standard rails application powered demo weblog.
• to_eat_app - A sample graphql/rails/relay application with a related 3-part article series.
• agoo-demo - Use of the Agoo server to demonstrate a simple GraphQL application.
• rails-devise-graphql - A rails 6 boilerplate with devise, graphql & JWT auth.

PHP

• graphql-php - A PHP port of GraphQL reference implementation.
• graphql-relay-php - Relay helpers for webonyx/graphql-php implementation of GraphQL.
• lighthouse - A PHP package that allows to serve a GraphQL endpoint from your Laravel application.
• graphql-laravel - Laravel wrapper for Facebook's GraphQL.
• overblog/graphql-bundle - This bundle provides tools to build a complete GraphQL server in your Symfony App. Supports react-relay.
• wp-graphql - GraphQL API for WordPress.
• graphqlite - Framework agnostic library that allows you to write GraphQL server by annotating your PHP classes.
• siler - Plain-old functions providing a declarative API for GraphQL servers with Subscriptions support.
• graphql-request-builder - Builds request payload in GraphQL structure.
• drupal/graphql - Craft and expose a GraphQL schema for Drupal 9 and 10.
• jerowork/graphql-schema-builder - Easily build your GraphQL schema for webonyx/graphql-php using PHP attributes instead of large configuration arrays.

PHP Examples

• siler-graphgl - An example GraphQL server written with Siler.

Python

• graphql-parser - GraphQL parser for Python.
• graphql-core - GraphQL implementation for Python based on GraphQL.js v16.3.0 reference implementation
• graphql-relay-py - A library to help construct a graphql-py server supporting react-relay.
• graphql-parser-python - A python wrapper around libgraphqlparser.
• graphene - A package for creating GraphQL schemas/types in a Pythonic easy way.
• graphene-gae - Adds GraphQL support to Google AppEngine (GAE).
• django-graphiql - Integrate GraphiQL easily into your Django project.
• flask-graphql - Adds GraphQL support to your Flask application.
• python-graphql-client - Simple GraphQL client for Python 2.7+
• python-graphjoiner - Create GraphQL APIs using joins, SQL or otherwise.
• graphene-django - A Django integration for Graphene.
• Flask-GraphQL-Auth - An authentication library for Flask inspired from flask-jwt-extended.
• tartiflette - GraphQL Implementation, SDL First, for python 3.6+ / asyncio.
• tartiflette-aiohttp - Wrapper of Tartiflette to expose GraphQL API over HTTP based on aiohttp / 3.6+ / asyncio, official tutorial available on tartiflette.io.
• Ariadne - library for implementing GraphQL servers using schema-first approach. Asynchronous query execution, batteries included for ASGI, WSGI and popular webframeworks, fully documented.
• django-graphql-auth - Django registration and authentication with GraphQL.
• strawberry - A new GraphQL library for Python.
• turms - A pythonic graphql codegenerator built around graphql-core and pydantic
• rath - An apollo like graphql client with async and sync interface
• sgqlc - Simple GraphQL Client makes working with GraphQL API responses easier in Python.

Python Examples

• swapi-graphene - A GraphQL schema and server using Graphene.
• Python Backend Tutorial - A tutorial on creating a GraphQL server with Strawberry and a client with Qlient.

Java

• graphql-java - GraphQL Java implementation.
• DGS Framework - A GraphQL server framework for Spring Boot, developed by Netflix.
• graphql-java-generator - A Maven plugin and a Gradle plugin that can generate both the Client and the Server (POJOs and utility classes). The server part is based on graphql-java, and hides all its boilerplate codes.
• gaphql-java-type-generator - Auto-generates types for use with GraphQL Java
• schemagen-graphql - Schema generation and execution package that turns POJO's into a GraphQL Java queryable set of objects. Enables exposing any service as a GraphQL service using Annotations.
• graphql-java-annotations - Provides annotations-based syntax for schema definition with GraphQL Java.
• graphql-java-tools - Schema-first graphql-java convenience library that makes it easy to bring your own implementations as data resolvers. Inspired by graphql-tools for JS.
• graphql-java-codegen-maven-plugin - Schema-first maven plugin for generating Java types and Resolver interfaces. Works perfectly in conjunction with graphql-java-tools. Inspired by swagger-codegen-maven-plugin.
• graphql-java-codegen-gradle-plugin - Schema-first gradle plugin for generating Java types and Resolver interfaces. Works perfectly in conjunction with graphql-java-tools. Inspired by gradle-swagger-generator-plugin.
• graphql-java-servlet - A framework-agnostic java servlet for exposing graphql-java query endpoints with GET, POST, and multipart uploads.
• manifold-graphql - Comprehensive GraphQL client use. Schema-first. Type-safe GraphQL types, queries, and results, no code generators, no POJOs, no annotations. Excellent IDE support with IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio. See the Java example below.
• spring-graphql-common - Spring Framework GraphQL Library.
• graphql-spring-boot - GraphQL and GraphiQL Spring Framework Boot Starters.
• vertx-graphql-service-discovery - Asynchronous GraphQL service discovery and querying for your microservices.
• vertx-dataloader - Port of Facebook DataLoader for efficient, asynchronous batching and caching in clustered GraphQL environments.
• graphql-spqr - Java 8+ API for rapid development of GraphQL services.
• Light Java GraphQL: A lightweight, fast microservices framework with all cross-cutting concerns addressed and ready to plug in GraphQL schema.
• Elide: A Java library that can expose a JPA annotated data model as a GraphQL service over any relational database.
• federation-jvm - Apollo Federation on the JVM.
• graphql-orchestrator-java GraphQL Orchestrator/Gateway library that supports Schema Stitching and Apollo Federation directives to combine schema from multiple GraphQL microservices into a single unified schema.
• graphql-java-extended-validation - Provides extended validation of fields and field arguments for graphql-java.
• dgs-extended-formatters - An experimental set of DGS Directives for common formatting use-cases.

Custom Scalars

• graphql-java-datetime - GraphQL ISO Date is a set of RFC 3339 compliant date/time scalar types to be used with graphql-java.
• graphql-java-extended-scalars - Extended scalars for graphql-java.

Java Examples

• light-java-graphql examples - Examples of Light Java GraphQL and tutorials.
• graphql-spqr-samples - An example GraphQL server written with Spring MVC and GraphQL-SPQR.
• manifold-graphql sample - A simple application, both client and server, demonstrating the Manifold GraphQL library.
• graphql-java-kickstart_samples - Samples for using the GraphQL Java Kickstart projects.
• graphql-java-kickstart-federation-example - A GraphQL Java Kickstart federation example.
• dgs-federation-example - A Netflix DGS federation example.
• Spring Boot backend tutorial - A tutorial creating a GraphQL server and client using Spring Boot and Netflix DGS.

Kotlin

• graphql-kotlin - GraphQL Kotlin implementation.
• manifold-graphql - Comprehensive GraphQL client use. Schema-first. Type-safe GraphQL types, queries, and results, no code generators, no POJOs, no annotations. Excellent IDE support with IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio. See the Kotlin example below.
• KGraphQL: Pure Kotlin implementation to setup a GraphQL server.
• Kobby - Codegen plugin of Kotlin DSL Client by GraphQL schema. The generated DSL supports execution of complex GraphQL queries, mutation and subscriptions in Kotlin with syntax similar to native GraphQL syntax.
• Graphkt - A DSL based graphql server library for kotlin, backed by graphql-java.

Kotlin Examples

• manifold-graphql sample - A simple GraphQL application, both client and server, demonstrating the Manifold GraphQL library with Kotlin.

C/C++

• libgraphqlparser - A GraphQL query parser in C++ with C and C++ APIs.
• agoo-c - A high performance GraphQL server written in C. benchmarks
• cppgraphqlgen - C++ GraphQL schema service generator.
• CaffQL - Generates C++ client types and request/response serialization from a GraphQL introspection query.

Go

• graphql - An implementation of GraphQL for Go follows graphql-js
• graphql-go - GraphQL server with a focus on ease of use.
• gql - Code first graphql (graphql-go/graphql) schema builder.
• gqlgen - Go generate based graphql server library.
• graphql-relay-go - A Go/Golang library to help construct a server supporting react-relay.
• graphjin: Build APIs in 5 minutes with GraphQL. An instant GraphQL to SQL compiler.
• graphql-go-tools - A graphQL Router / API Gateway framework written in Golang, focussing on correctness, extensibility, and high-performance. Supports Federation v1 & v2, Subscriptions & more.
• Thunder - A scalable microservices framework powered by Go, gRPC-Gateway, Prisma, and Kubernetes. It exposes REST, gRPC and Graphql
• grpc-graphql-gateway - A protoc plugin that generates graphql execution code from Protocol Buffers.

Go Examples

• golang-relay-starter-kit - Barebones starting point for a Relay application with Golang GraphQL server.
• todomvc-relay-go - Port of the React/Relay TodoMVC app, driven by a Golang GraphQL backend.
• go-graphql-subscription-example - A GraphQL schema and server that demonstrates GraphQL subscriptions (over Websocket) to consume Apache Kafka messages.
• Go Backend Tutorial - A tutorial showing how to make a Go GraphQL server and client using code generation.

Scala

• sangria - Scala GraphQL server implementation.
• sangria-relay - Sangria Relay Support.
• caliban - Caliban is a purely functional library for creating GraphQL backends in Scala.

Scala Examples

• sangria-akka-http-example - An example GraphQL server written with akka-http and sangria
• sangria-playground - An example of GraphQL server written with Play and sangria.

.NET

• graphql-dotnet - GraphQL for .NET.
• graphql-net - GraphQL to IQueryable for .NET.
• Hot Chocolate - GraphQL server for .Net Core and .NET Framework.
• Snowflaqe - Type-safe GraphQL code generator for F# and Fable
• EntityGraphQL - library to build a GraphQL API on top of data model with the extensibility to bring multiple data sources together in the single GraphQL schema.
• ZeroQL - type-safe GraphQL client with Linq-like interface for C#

.NET Examples

• .NET backend tutorial - A tutorial creating a GraphQL server and client with .NET.

Elixir

• absinthe-graphql - Fully Featured Elixir GraphQL Library.
• graphql-elixir - GraphQL Elixir. (No longer maintained)
• plug_graphql - Plug integration for GraphQL Elixir.
• graphql_relay - Relay helpers for GraphQL Elixir.
• graphql_parser - Elixir bindings for libgraphqlparser
• graphql - Elixir GraphQL parser.
• plot - GraphQL parser and resolver for Elixir.

Elixir Examples

• hello_graphql_phoenix - Examples of GraphQL Elixir Plug endpoints mounted in Phoenix

Haskell

• graphql-haskell - GraphQL AST and parser for Haskell.
• morpheus-graphql - Haskell GraphQL Api, Client and Tools.

SQL

• GraphpostgresQL - GraphQL for Postgres.
• sql-to-graphql - Generate a GraphQL API based on your SQL database structure.
• PostGraphile - Lightning-fast GraphQL APIs for PostgreSQL: highly customisable; extensible via plugins; realtime.
• Hasura - Hasura gives Instant Realtime GraphQL APIs over PostgreSQL. Works with an existing database too.
• subZero - GraphQL & REST API for your database

Lua

• graphql-lua - GraphQL for Lua.

Elm

• elm-graphql - GraphQL for Elm.

Clojure

• graphql-clj - A Clojure library designed to provide GraphQL implementation.
• Lacinia - GraphQL implementation in pure Clojure.
• graphql-query - Clojure(Script) GraphQL query generation.

Clojure Examples

• Clojure Game Geek - Example code for the Lacinia GraphQL framework tutorial.

Swift

• GraphQL - The Swift implementation for GraphQL.

OCaml

• ocaml-graphql-server - GraphQL servers in OCaml.

Android

• apollo-android - 📟 A strongly-typed, caching GraphQL client for Android, written in Java.
• manifold-graphql - Comprehensive GraphQL client use. Schema-first. Type-safe GraphQL types, queries, and results, no code generators, no POJOs, no annotations. Excellent IDE support with IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio. See the Java example below.

Android Examples

• apollo-frontpage-android-app - 📄 Apollo "hello world" app, for Android.

iOS

• apollo-ios - 📱 A strongly-typed, caching GraphQL client for iOS, written in Swift.
• ApolloDeveloperKit - Apollo Client Devtools bridge for [Apollo iOS].
• Graphaello - Type Safe GraphQL directly from SwiftUI.

iOS Examples

• frontpage-ios-app - 📄 Apollo "hello world" app, for iOS.

ClojureScript

• re-graph - A GraphQL client for ClojureScript with bindings for re-frame applications.
• graphql-query - Clojure(Script) GraphQL query generation.

ReasonML

• reason-apollo - ReasonML binding for Apollo Client.
• ReasonQL - Type-safe and simple GraphQL Client for ReasonML developers.
• reason-urql - ReasonML binding for urql Client.

Dart

• graphql-flutter - A GraphQL client for Flutter.
• Artemis - A GraphQL type and query generator for Dart/Flutter.

Rust

• async-graphql - High-performance server-side library that supports all GraphQL specifications.
• juniper - GraphQL server library for Rust.
• graphql-client - GraphQL client library for Rust with WebAssembly (wasm) support.
• graphql-parser - A parser, formatter and AST for the GraphQL query and schema definition language for Rust.
• tailcall - A platform for building high-performance GraphQL backends.

Rust Examples

• Warp GraphQL Juniper
• Tailcall

D (dlang)

• graphqld - GraphQL server library for D.

R (Rstat)

• ghql - General purpose GraphQL R client.
• graphql - Bindings to the 'libgraphqlparser' C++ library. Parses GraphQL syntax and exports the AST in JSON format.
• gqlr - R GraphQL Implementation.

Julia

• Diana.jl - A Julia GraphQL client/server implementation.
• GraphQLClient.jl - A Julia GraphQL client for seamless integration with a server.

Crystal

• graphql - GraphQL server library.
• graphql-crystal - library inspired by graphql-ruby & go-graphql & graphql-parser.
• crystal-gql - GraphQL client shard inspired by Apollo client.
• graphql.cr - GraphQL shard.

Ballerina

• graphql - Ballerina standard library for GraphQL. This library provides a GraphQL client and server implementations including builtin support for GraphQL subscriptions.
• graphql CLI - A CLI tool to generate Ballerina code from GraphQL schema and GraphQL schema from Ballerina code. It also provides functionality to generate usage-specific GraphQL clients using GraphQL schemas and documents.

Ballerina Samples

• Ballerina GraphQL Examples
• Convert Weather REST API to GraphQL API

Tools

Tools - Editors & IDEs & Explorers

• GraphiQL - An in-browser IDE for exploring GraphQL.
• GraphQL Editor - Visual Editor & GraphQL IDE.
• GraphQL Voyager - Represent any GraphQL API as an interactive graph.
• Altair GraphQL Client - A beautiful feature-rich GraphQL Client for all platforms.
• Brangr - A unique, user-friendly data browser/viewer for any GraphQL service, with attractive result layouts.
• Insomnia - A full-featured API client with first-party GraphQL query editor.
• Postman - An HTTP Client that supports editing GraphQL queries.
• Bruno - Fast, open source API client, which stores collections offline-only in a Git-friendly plain text markup language.
• Escape GraphMan - Generate a complete Postman collection from a GraphQL endpoint.
• Apollo Sandbox - The quickest way to navigate and test your GraphQL endpoints.
• GraphQL Birdseye – View any GraphQL schema as a dynamic and interactive graph.
• AST Explorer - Select "GraphQL" at the top, explore the GraphQL AST and highlight different parts by clicking in the query.
• Firecamp - GraphQL Playground - The fastest collaborative GraphQL playground.
• CraftQL - A CLI tool to visualize GraphQL schemas and to output a graph data structure as a graphviz .dot format.
• gqt - Build and execute GraphQL queries in the terminal.
• Hackolade - Visual GraphQL schema editor to generate Schema Definition Language files without any knowledge of the GraphQL syntax. Also visualize and document existing endpoints with introspection. Additional info and instructions here
• Smart Formatter - GraphQL Query Formatter - A client-side, browser-only tool to format, beautify, and validate GraphQL queries and schemas instantly.
• Mongrel - Desktop workbench with a GraphQL client, plus HTTP, WebSocket, and gRPC, inside a multi-database GUI.

Tools - Testing, Prototyping & Mocking

• Beeceptor - A no-code platform for creating AI-powered GraphQL Mock Servers from your schema (SDL) with rules, stateful mocking, mutation/subscription, to speed up development and integration testing.
• graphql-to-karate - Generate Karate API tests from your GraphQL schemas
• GraphQL Faker - 🎲 Mock or extend your GraphQL API with faked data. No coding required.
• GraphQL Inspector - A tool to validate schemas, compare schema changes, find breaking changes, and check document coverage against a schema.
• Microcks - The open source (CNCF project), cloud native tool for API Mocking and Testing with GraphQL support 🎥 GraphQL conf 2023
• mockd - Multi-protocol mock server with GraphQL schema mocking, resolver configuration, and query validation. Also supports HTTP, gRPC, WebSocket, MQTT, and SOAP.
• Keploy - Open-source AI Powered API testing tool that generates test cases and data mocks automatically by recording real API traffic. Supports GraphQL, REST, and gRPC.
• Step CI - Open-Source API Testing and Monitoring with GraphQL support

Tools - Security

• GraphCrawler - The all-in-one GraphQL Security toolkit - The all-in-one automated penetration tester toolkit for GraphQL, written in Python
• Escape - The GraphQL Security Scanner - One-click security scan of your GraphQL endpoints. Free, no login required.
• Escape Graphinder - GraphQL Subdomain Enumeration – Blazing fast GraphQL endpoints finder using subdomain enumeration, scripts analysis and bruteforce.
• StackHawk - GraphQL Vulnerability Scanner - StackHawk
• InQL Scanner - A Burp Extension for GraphQL Security Testing
• GraphQL Raider BurpSuite
• WAF for graphQL - Web Application Firewall for graphQL APIs
• GraphQL Intruder - Plugin based python script to perform GraphQL vulnerability assessment.
• GraphQL Cop - Security Audit Utility for GraphQL
• GraphQLer - Dependency-aware dynamic GraphQL testing tool
• Vulert - Vulert secures software by detecting vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies—without accessing your code. It supports Js, PHP, Java, Python, and more

Tools - Browser Extensions

• Apollo Client Developer Tools - GraphQL debugging tools for Apollo Client in the Chrome developer console
• GraphQL Network Inspector - A simple and clean chrome dev-tools extension for GraphQL network inspection.

Tools - Docs

• graphdoc - Static page generator for documenting GraphQL Schema.
• gqldoc - The easiest way to make API documents for GraphQL.
• spectaql - Autogenerate static GraphQL API documentation.
• graphql-markdown - Flexible documentation for GraphQL powered with Docusaurus.
• xyd - Generate GraphQL API docs.

Tools - Editor Plugins

• Apollo GraphQL VSCode Extension - Rich editor support for GraphQL client and server development that seamlessly integrates with the Apollo platform
• js-graphql-intellij-plugin - GraphQL language support for IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm, including Relay.QL tagged templates in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• vim-graphql - A Vim plugin that provides GraphQL file detection and syntax highlighting.
• graphql-autocomplete - Autocomplete and lint from a GraphQL endpoint in Atom.

Tools - Miscellaneous

• graphql-code-generator - GraphQL code generator based on schema and documents.
• swagger-to-graphql - GraphQL types builder based on REST API described in Swagger. Allows to migrate to GraphQL from REST for 5 minutes
• ts-graphql-plugin - A language service plugin complete and validate GraphQL query in TypeScript template strings.
• apollo-tracing - GraphQL extension that enables you to easily get resolver-level performance information as part of a GraphQL response.
• json-graphql-server - Get a full fake GraphQL API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds, based on a JSON data file.
• Prisma - Turn your database into a GraphQL API. Prisma lets you design your data model and have a production ready GraphQL API online in minutes.
• Typetta - Node.js ORM written in TypeScript for type lovers. Typetta is the perfect ORM for the GraphQL + NodeJS + Typescript stack.
• tuql - Automatically create a GraphQL server from any sqlite database.
• Bit - Organize GraphQL API as components to be consumed with NPM or modified from any project, example-explanation).
• openapi-to-graphql - Take any OpenAPI Specification (OAS) or swagger and create a GraphQL interface - Two minute video and resources here
• Retool – Internal tools builder on top of your GraphQL APIs + GraphQL IDE with a schema explorer.
• dataloader-codegen - An opinionated JavaScript library for automatically generating predictable, type safe DataLoaders over a set of resources (e.g. HTTP endpoints).
• raphql-inspector: alidate schema, get schema change notifications, validate operations, find breaking changes, look for similar types, schema coverage.
• amplication: Amplication is an open‑source low code development tool. It builds database applications with REST API and GraphQL for CRUD with relations, sorting, filtering, pagination.
• Blendbase: Single open-source GraphQL API to connect CRMs to your SaaS. Query any customer CRM system (Salesforce, Hubspot and more) with a single API query from your SaaS app.
• microfiber - Query and manipulate GraphQL introspection query results in useful ways.
• DronaHQ - Build internal tools, dashboards, admin panel on top of GraphQL data in minutes
• Dynaboard - Generate low-code web apps from any GraphQL API using AI.
• gqlhash - Lightning fast query hasher that ignores formatting diffs and comments and supports multiple hashing functions.
• Apollo APQ Debugger - Reveal full GraphQL queries behind Apollo APQ hashes. Inspect fallback flow and debug Automatic Persisted Queries in DevTools.

Databases

• Cube - Headless BI for building data applications with SQL, REST, and GraphQL API. Connect any database or data warehouse and instantly get a GraphQL API with sub-second latency on top of it. - Source Code
• Dgraph - Scalable, distributed, low latency, high throughput Graph database with GraphQL as the query language
• EdgeDB - The next generation object-relational database with native GraphQL support.
• ArangoDB - Native multi-model database with GraphQL integration via the built-in Foxx Microservices Framework.
• Weaviate - Weaviate is a cloud-native, modular, real-time vector search engine with a GraphQL interface built to scale your machine learning models.

Services

• AWS AppSync - Scalable managed GraphQL service with subscriptions for building real-time and offline-first apps

• Moesif API Analytics - A GraphQL analaytics and monitoring service to find functional and performance issues.

• Booster framework - An open-source framework that makes you completely forget about infrastructure and allows you to focus exclusively on your business logic. It autogenerates a GraphQL API for your models, supporting mutations, queries, and subscriptions.

• Nhost - Open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL

• Saleor - GraphQL-first headless e-commerce platform.

• Stargate - Open source data gateway currently supporting Apache Cassandra® and DataStax Enterprise.

• Vedika - Vedic astrology AI API with GraphQL support for horoscopes, birth charts, kundali matching, and 108+ endpoints.

• Grafbase - Instant GraphQL APIs for any data source.

• Unchained Engine - GraphQL-first open-source headless e-commerce framework for Node.js.

CDN

• GraphCDN - GraphQL CDN for caching GraphQL APIs.

CMS

• DatoCMS - CDN-based GraphQL based Headless Content Management System.
• Apito - A Cloud Based Headless CMS with CDN, Webhooks, Team Collaborations, Content Revision, Cloud Functions.
• Hygraph - Build Scalable Content Experiences.
• Cosmic - GraphQL-powered Headless CMS and API toolkit.
• Graphweaver - Turn multiple datasources into a single GraphQL API.

Books

• The GraphQL Guide by John Resig and Loren Sands-Ramshaw
• Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe by Bruce Williams and Ben Wilson
• The Road to GraphQL
• Practical GraphQL by Daniel Schmitz
• Production Ready GraphQL by Marc-André Giroux
• Full Stack GraphQL Applications by William Lyon

Videos

• GraphQL: The Documentary
• Zero to GraphQL in 30 Minutes
• Data fetching for React applications at Facebook
• React Native & Relay: Bringing Modern Web Techniques to Mobile
• Exploring GraphQL
• Creating a GraphQL Server
• GraphQL at The Financial Times
• Relay: An Application Framework For React
• Building and Deploying Relay with Facebook
• Introduction to GraphQL
• Exploring GraphQL@Scale
• What's Next for Phoenix by Chris McCord
• GraphQL with Nick Schrock
• Build a GraphQL server for Node.js using PostgreSQL/MySQL
• GraphQL server tutorial for Node.js with SQL, MongoDB and REST
• JavaScript Air Episode 023: Transitioning from REST to GraphQL
• GraphQL Future at react-europe 2016
• GraphQL at Facebook at react-europe 2016
• Building native mobile apps with GraphQL at react-europe 2016
• Build a GraphQL Server
• GraphQL Tutorial
• Five years of GraphQL
• GraphQL is for Everyone by Moon Highway

Podcasts

• GraphQL.FM by Marc-Andre Giroux and Tony Ghita.

Style Guides

• Shopify GraphQL Design Tutorial - This tutorial was originally created by Shopify for internal purposes. It's based on lessons learned from creating and evolving production schemas at Shopify over almost 3 years.
• GitLab GraphQL API Style Guide - This document outlines the style guide for the GitLab GraphQL API.
• Yelp GraphQL Guidelines - This repo contains documentation and guidelines for a standardized and mostly reasonable approach to GraphQL (at Yelp).
• Principled GraphQL - Apollo's 10 GraphQL Principles, broken out into three categories, in a format inspired by the Twelve Factor App.

Blogs

• Official GraphQL blog
• Building Apollo
• The Guild blog
• Production Ready GraphQL blog

Blogs - Security

• Escape - The GraphQL Security Blog - Learn about GraphQL security, performance, testing and building production-ready APIs with the latest tools and best practices of the GraphQL ecosystem.
• 9 GraphQL Security Best Practices
• Discovering GraphQL Endpoints and SQLi Vulnerabilities
• Securing GraphQL API
• Security Points to Consider Before Implementing GraphQL
• Authorization Patterns in GraphQL

Posts

• GraphQL federation example with Apollo Federation and Apollo GraphOS
• GraphQL federation with Hasura GraphQL Engine and Cube
• Using DataLoader to batch GraphQL requests
• Introducing Relay and GraphQL
• GraphQL Introduction
• Unofficial Relay FAQ
• Your First GraphQL Server
• GraphQL Overview - Getting Started with GraphQL and Node.js
• 4 Reasons you should try out GraphQL
• Moving from REST to GraphQL
• Writing a Basic API with GraphQL
• Building a GraphQL Server with Node.js and SQL
• GraphQL at The Financial Times
• Implementing GraphQL RBAC Authorization: A Practical Guide
• From REST to GraphQL
• GraphQL: A data query language
• Subscriptions in GraphQL and Relay
• Relay 101: Building A Hacker News Client
• GraphQL Schema Reference - Official documentation explaining GraphQL schema definition language and shorthand notation.
• The GitHub GraphQL API
• Github GraphQL API React Example
• Testing a GraphQL Server using Jest
• How to implement viewerCanSee in GraphQL
• Preventing traversal attacks on your GraphQL API
• Mock your GraphQL server realistically with faker.js
• Create an infinite loading list with React and GraphQL
• REST vs GraphQL
• Authentication and Authorization for GraphQL APIs
• Build a GraphQL API with Siler on top of Swoole
• Fluent GraphQL clients: how to write queries like a boss
• Level up your serverless game with a GraphQL data-as-a-service layer
• A deep-dive into Relay, the friendly & opinionated GraphQL client
• make your graphql api easier to adopt through components
• Undocumented: keeping parts of your GraphQL schema hidden from introspection
• GraphQL Subscriptions with Apache Kafka in Ballerina
• How to Test your GraphQL Endpoints
• Why Automatic Persisted Queries Don't Scale

Tutorials

• How to GraphQL - Fullstack Tutorial Website with Tracks for all Major Frameworks & Languages including React, Apollo, Relay, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Elixir and many more.
• Apollo Odyssey - Apollo's free interactive learning platform.
• learning-graphql - An attempt to learn GraphQL.
• GraphQL Roadmap - Step by step guide to learn GraphQL.
• OWASP GraphQL Security Cheat Sheet - Comprehensive guide for securing GraphQL endpoints and preventing vulnerabilities.

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