Open-source graphql software
216 open-source libraries, tools and applications tagged graphql, ranked by how closely graphql is their primary purpose, then by adoption and maintenance health. Each entry links to a page with sources, use cases and when to choose or avoid it.
216 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khan/genqlient genqlient is a Go library and code generator that produces type-safe client code for GraphQL APIs. It validates queries against the schema … | 68 | 1323 | active |
| berbicanes/apiark ApiArk is a privacy-first desktop API client built with Tauri v2, serving as a lightweight Postman alternative that runs entirely locally w… | 57 | 1286 | active |
| postlight/headless-wp-starter A starter kit from Postlight that spins up a headless WordPress backend exposing data via the WP REST API and GraphQL, alongside sample Rea… | 23 | 4549 | maintenance |
| WunderGraph Cosmo WunderGraph Cosmo is an open-source full lifecycle API management platform for federated GraphQL, including a schema registry, composition … | 90 | 1272 | active |
| clintonwoo/hackernews-react-graphql A Hacker News clone rewritten with universal JavaScript using React, Next.js, and GraphQL (Apollo). It serves as a production-ready boilerp… | 32 | 4443 | maintenance |
| anvilco/spectaql SpectaQL is a Node.js library and CLI that autogenerates static GraphQL API documentation from a live endpoint's introspection query, an in… | 72 | 1232 | active |
| graphql-compose graphql-compose is a TypeScript toolkit for programmatically building and modifying complex GraphQL schemas on Node.js. It provides a type … | 99 | 1211 | stable |
| graphql-hive/graphql-config GraphQL Config is a library and configuration standard that lets developers define a single .graphqlrc-style config file consumed by most G… | 90 | 1198 | stable |
| maticzav/graphql-middleware A TypeScript library that lets you split GraphQL resolvers into reusable middleware functions applied to any GraphQL schema. It follows the… | 66 | 1146 | stable |
| ponder-sh/ponder Ponder is an open-source TypeScript framework for indexing EVM smart contract data into Postgres and serving it via GraphQL or SQL over HTT… | 93 | 1145 | active |
| graphql-hive/SOFA SOFA (sofa-api) is a Node.js library that automatically generates a fully RESTful API from an existing GraphQL schema, turning queries, mut… | 75 | 1119 | active |
| Shopify/shopify-api-ruby ShopifyAPI is a lightweight Ruby gem for accessing the Shopify Admin REST and GraphQL APIs, including OAuth token creation and webhook regi… | 66 | 1108 | active |
| GraphQL SPQR GraphQL SPQR is a Java library that dynamically generates a GraphQL schema from existing Java code, enabling code-first GraphQL API develop… | 48 | 1105 | active |
| zalando-incubator/graphql-jit A TypeScript library that compiles GraphQL queries into optimized JavaScript functions using V8's JIT compilation, serving as a drop-in alt… | 95 | 1085 | active |
| google/rejoiner A Java library from Google that generates a unified GraphQL schema from gRPC microservices and other Protobuf sources. It maps GraphQL quer… | 10 | 3655 | maintenance |
| joreilly/Confetti Confetti is a Kotlin Multiplatform conference app project that lets users browse schedules and session information for a range of tech conf… | 68 | 1066 | active |
| GraphQL Multipart Request Spec A terminating Apollo Link for Apollo Client that sends GraphQL multipart requests when variables contain files (FileList, File, or Blob), f… | 23 | 1053 | active |
| gqty-dev/gqty GQty is a TypeScript GraphQL client that automatically detects data requirements from your code, eliminating the need to hand-write GraphQL… | 77 | 1040 | active |
| The Rick and Morty API The Rick and Morty API is a free, open-source REST and GraphQL API serving canonical data about characters, locations, and episodes from th… | 62 | 1037 | stable |
| krotik/eliasdb EliasDB is a lightweight graph database written in Go that stores data as nodes connected by edges, with support for transactions, partitio… | 64 | 1036 | active |
| yahoo/elide Elide is a Java library that generates model-driven JSON-API and GraphQL web services from JPA-annotated data models with minimal effort. I… | 87 | 1032 | active |
| aimeos/ai-admin-graphql A GraphQL API layer for the Aimeos e-commerce framework that exposes admin functionality. It allows building custom admin interfaces and to… | 76 | 1031 | active |
| graphql-nexus/nexus GraphQL Nexus is a declarative, code-first library for building strongly typed GraphQL schemas in TypeScript and JavaScript. It layers an e… | 23 | 3431 | maintenance |
| hasura/graphqurl graphqurl is a curl-like CLI for making GraphQL queries, mutations, and subscriptions, with schema-based autocomplete and schema export. It… | 32 | 3377 | maintenance |
| apollographql/apollo-tooling Apollo CLI for GraphQL client tooling, providing code generation and client-side schema operations for TypeScript, Swift, and Flow projects… | 66 | 3041 | maintenance |
| skevy/graphiql-app A lightweight Electron-based desktop wrapper around GraphiQL for editing and testing GraphQL queries and mutations. It provides a tabbed in… | 23 | 2971 | maintenance |
| notadd/notadd Notadd is an open-source microservice development architecture built on Nest.js, using TypeScript, GraphQL, TypeORM, gRPC, and Redis. It pr… | 10 | 2827 | maintenance |
| APIs-guru/graphql-faker A CLI tool that mocks GraphQL APIs with realistic faked data based on GraphQL SDL, using @fake, @examples, and @listLength directives with … | 32 | 2712 | maintenance |
| glennreyes/graphpack Graphpack is a zero-config CLI tool for building GraphQL servers, bundling webpack, Babel, nodemon, and Apollo Server under the hood. It pr… | 23 | 1973 | maintenance |
| mickhansen/graphql-sequelize A JavaScript library providing GraphQL resolver helpers and Relay connection support for Sequelize ORM models on MySQL and Postgres. It aut… | 23 | 1883 | maintenance |
| Graphcool/graphcool-framework An open-source backend development framework for building and deploying GraphQL APIs, centered on a GraphQL Database that auto-generates CR… | 10 | 1754 | maintenance |
| birkir/prime Prime is an open-source, self-hosted headless CMS with a GraphQL interface, built in TypeScript with React and TypeORM. It supports schema … | 23 | 1717 | maintenance |
| AvoRed Laravel E-commerce AvoRed is an open-source headless e-commerce platform built on Laravel, exposing a GraphQL API for products, orders, carts, and user manage… | 23 | 1546 | maintenance |
| stepci/garph Garph is a fullstack GraphQL framework for TypeScript that lets you build GraphQL APIs with a tRPC-style schema builder and no codegen. It … | 31 | 1312 | maintenance |
| grafbase/grafbase Grafbase is a high-performance GraphQL Federation Gateway (Rust router) plus CLI, acquired by The Guild in 2026. The cloud platform has bee… | 79 | 1228 | maintenance |
| apollographql/eslint-plugin-graphql An ESLint plugin that validates GraphQL query strings in JavaScript (tagged template literals) and .graphql files against a GraphQL schema.… | 67 | 1215 | maintenance |
| bradleyboy/tuql tuql is a Node.js CLI tool that automatically spins up a GraphQL server from a SQLite database or SQL dump file. It infers models and relat… | 32 | 1074 | maintenance |
| graphql/swapi-graphql A GraphQL schema and server that wraps the Star Wars API (SWAPI), exposing its data through a GraphQL endpoint. It is the official example … | 66 | 1063 | maintenance |
| bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet bitmagnet is a self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with a web UI, GraphQL API and Ser… | 59 | 4395 | experimental |
| iam4x/bobarr Bobarr is a self-hosted, Docker-based all-in-one movies and TV shows collection manager for BitTorrent users, serving as an alternative to … | 10 | 1711 | experimental |
| APIs-guru/graphql-lodash A TypeScript library that embeds lodash-style data transformation directives (@_) directly inside GraphQL queries, returning a transform fu… | 32 | 1231 | experimental |
| prisma/prisma1 Prisma 1 is a deprecated database toolkit providing an ORM with auto-generated type-safe clients, declarative migrations, and a GraphQL-bas… | 10 | 16377 | abandoned |
| Mailchimp Open Commerce Mailchimp Open Commerce (formerly Reaction Commerce) is an API-first, headless e-commerce platform built with Node.js, MongoDB, React, and … | 51 | 12402 | abandoned |
| graphql/graphql-playground GraphQL Playground is a graphical IDE for exploring and testing GraphQL APIs, featuring autocompletion, interactive docs, and real-time sub… | 10 | 8818 | abandoned |
| Vulcan Vulcan is a full-stack React+GraphQL framework built on Meteor, providing data loading, automatic form generation, email notifications, and… | 10 | 7892 | abandoned |
| graphql/express-graphql express-graphql is the original official reference implementation of a GraphQL HTTP server middleware for Express (and Connect/Restify). It… | 10 | 6249 | abandoned |
| este/este Este is a fullstack React/Next.js starter kit with TypeScript, GraphQL (Relay/Apollo), Prisma, and cross-platform mobile support via react-… | 10 | 5318 | abandoned |
| samdenty/gqless gqless is a TypeScript GraphQL client that lets you query GraphQL APIs by simply accessing typed objects, generating queries automatically … | 23 | 3656 | abandoned |
| mattkrick/meatier Meatier is a full-stack JavaScript web application framework that replicates Meteor's functionality using a modern, modular stack: RethinkD… | 32 | 3012 | abandoned |
| aws-samples/aws-serverless-airline-booking A sample serverless web application demonstrating flight search, booking, payment, and loyalty points on AWS, built with Lambda, AppSync Gr… | 23 | 2338 | abandoned |
| folkloreinc/laravel-graphql A Laravel 5/Lumen package that integrates Facebook's GraphQL, built on the webonyx/graphql-php implementation. It supports Eloquent models … | 10 | 1739 | abandoned |
| IBM/openapi-to-graphql A TypeScript library and CLI from IBM that translates REST APIs described by OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) or Swagger into GraphQL schemas a… | 10 | 1643 | abandoned |
| samsarahq/thunder Thunder is a Go framework for rapidly building GraphQL servers, featuring reflection-based schema generation from Go types, live queries wi… | 10 | 1570 | abandoned |
| WordExpress WordExpress is a stack for building WordPress-powered sites with Node, React, GraphQL, and Apollo, replacing the WordPress theme layer with… | 32 | 1547 | abandoned |
| apollographql/subscriptions-transport-ws A WebSocket client and server library for GraphQL subscriptions, originally the first TypeScript implementation of a WebSocket-based GraphQ… | 10 | 1504 | abandoned |
| replit/clui CLUI is a collection of JavaScript/TypeScript libraries from Replit for building command-driven interfaces with context-aware autocomplete.… | 10 | 1234 | abandoned |
| solidsnack/GraphpostgresQL GraphpostgresQL is a PL/pgSQL library that provides a GraphQL-like query interface to relational data in PostgreSQL. It uses table introspe… | 32 | 1086 | abandoned |
| derrickreimer/level Level is a team communication platform designed to reduce real-time interruptions and support deep work, built as a full-scale Elixir/Phoen… | 32 | 1010 | abandoned |
| Graffiti A discontinued Node.js library that converts existing models (e.g., Mongoose schemas) into a GraphQL schema and exposes it over HTTP via Ex… | 23 | 999 | abandoned |
| Hoppscotch Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem for building, testing, and documenting HTTP, REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket requests. … | 98 | 80634 | active |
| Nest Framework NestJS is a progressive Node.js framework built with TypeScript for creating efficient, scalable server‑side applications. It combines a mo… | 93 | 76710 | active |
| Payload Payload is an open‑source full‑stack framework built on Next.js that provides a TypeScript backend, admin UI, and headless CMS capabilities… | 93 | 44931 | active |
| Payload Payload is an open-source, MIT-licensed fullstack Next.js framework and headless CMS written in TypeScript. A single config instantly gener… | 93 | 44931 | stable |
| Directus Directus is an open-source backend application that wraps any SQL database into instant REST and GraphQL APIs, a no-code data studio, and a… | 99 | 38413 | active |
| Parse Platform Parse Server is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) that runs on Node.js with the Express framework, providing REST and GraphQL APIs… | 96 | 21398 | active |
| Mock Service Worker Mock Service Worker (MSW) is an API mocking library for JavaScript that intercepts HTTP, GraphQL, and WebSocket requests in browsers via th… | 95 | 18275 | stable |
| Stash Stash is a self-hosted web application written in Go that organizes, tags, and streams personal video and image collections through a brows… | 88 | 13034 | active |
| Tyk API Gateway Tyk Gateway is a cloud-native, open-source API Gateway written in Go that supports REST, GraphQL, TCP, and gRPC protocols. It provides rate… | 93 | 10840 | stable |
| evershopcommerce/evershop EverShop is an open-source, TypeScript-first e-commerce platform built with Node.js, React, and GraphQL, featuring a modular architecture w… | 94 | 10503 | active |
| GraphQL Yoga GraphQL Yoga is a batteries-included, spec-compliant GraphQL over HTTP server library for JavaScript/TypeScript, built on Envelop and Graph… | 99 | 8529 | stable |
| webiny/webiny-js Webiny is an open-source, self-hosted content platform built as a TypeScript framework that runs on AWS serverless infrastructure (Lambda, … | 97 | 8047 | active |
| Proxyman Proxyman is a native macOS HTTP(S) debugging proxy application that captures, inspects, and mocks HTTP/HTTPS and WebSocket traffic from bro… | 97 | 6991 | active |
| requestly/requestly Requestly API Client is a lightweight, Git-native desktop API client for designing, building, and testing REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and gRPC API… | 87 | 6759 | active |
| AidLux (AidLearning) AidLux (originally AidLearning) is an AIoT development platform that runs a native Ubuntu Linux environment with GUI, deep learning tooling… | 63 | 5812 | active |
| graphql-ruby graphql-ruby is a Ruby implementation of the GraphQL specification for building GraphQL server APIs in Ruby and Rails applications. It prov… | 68 | 5445 | stable |
| LoopBack LoopBack 4 is a highly extensible Node.js and TypeScript framework for building REST APIs and microservices, driven by OpenAPI specificatio… | 77 | 5101 | active |
| Statamic CMS Statamic is a flat-first, Laravel-powered content management system distributed as a Composer package that installs into an existing Larave… | 95 | 4906 | active |
| Aimeos Aimeos is a full-featured, open-source PHP e-commerce framework that integrates with Laravel, Symfony, and TYPO3 to build online shops, mar… | 76 | 4537 | stable |
| poem-web/poem Poem is a full-featured, easy-to-use web framework for Rust built on async/await, with crates for OpenAPI, gRPC, AWS Lambda, and MCP server… | 67 | 4445 | active |
| erxes Erxes is an open-source, self-hostable 'Experience Operating System' (XOS) that unifies customer messaging, sales pipelines, marketing, ope… | 95 | 4094 | active |
| Parse Platform A standalone web dashboard for managing Parse Server applications, including a data browser, app configuration, and a GraphQL Playground. I… | 93 | 3808 | active |
| ardatan/graphql-mesh GraphQL Mesh is a GraphQL federation framework and gateway that converts non-GraphQL API services (REST/OpenAPI, gRPC, SOAP, OData, Thrift,… | 95 | 3511 | active |
| palemoky/chinese-poetry-api A high-performance Go-based API service serving nearly 400,000 classical Chinese poems (Tang, Song, Yuan, etc.) with both REST and GraphQL … | 74 | 2930 | active |
| flawiddsouza/Restfox Restfox is an offline-first, minimalistic HTTP and WebSocket testing client available as a web app (PWA) and desktop application. It suppor… | 77 | 2772 | active |
| golevelup/nestjs A monorepo of NestJS modules and utilities from golevelup, including RabbitMQ integration (RPC and pub/sub), Hasura event handlers, Stripe … | 94 | 2749 | active |
| KrakenD KrakenD Community Edition is an open-source, stateless, high-performance API Gateway written in Go that aggregates, transforms, secures, an… | 99 | 2691 | stable |
| API Platform API Platform is a full-stack PHP framework built on Symfony (and Laravel) for creating API-first projects with hypermedia REST or GraphQL A… | 94 | 2577 | stable |
| Ash Framework Ash is a declarative, extensible application framework for Elixir that lets you model your domain as typed resources and derive APIs, persi… | 95 | 2538 | active |
| Squidex/squidex Squidex is an open-source (MIT) headless CMS and content management hub built with ASP.NET Core and CQRS, exposing content and assets throu… | 93 | 2507 | active |
| Supabase CLI Supabase is an open‑source Postgres development platform that provides a hosted database, authentication, auto‑generated REST and GraphQL A… | 95 | 2438 | active |
| learnhouse/learnhouse LearnHouse is a next-generation open-source learning management system (LMS) for creating, sharing, and selling educational content. It com… | 100 | 2404 | active |
| authorizerdev/authorizer Authorizer is an open-source, self-hosted authentication and authorization server written in Go, providing OAuth2/OIDC, SAML SSO, MFA, soci… | 97 | 2107 | active |
| platformatic/platformatic Platformatic Watt is an open-source Node.js application server that runs any Node.js application (in any framework) inside worker threads, … | 94 | 2099 | active |
| Microcks Microcks is an open source, cloud native platform for API mocking and testing that turns OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, gRPC, GraphQL, Postman and Soap… | 94 | 2044 | active |
| FoalTS/foal Foal (FoalTS) is a full-featured, TypeScript-based Node.js web framework that bundles a CLI, ORM (TypeORM), authentication, testing tools, … | 89 | 1936 | active |
| Daptin Daptin is a self-hosted Go application server that turns declarative schema definitions into permission-aware JSON:API and GraphQL CRUD bac… | 99 | 1898 | active |
| camlworks/dream Dream is a tidy, feature-complete web framework for OCaml and ReasonML with a flat, one-module API. It supports WebSockets, GraphQL, HTTP/2… | 87 | 1888 | active |
| ever-co/ever-demand Ever Demand is an open-source, real-time on-demand commerce platform for building single-store shops, multi-vendor marketplaces, and on-dem… | 66 | 1867 | active |
| VoidenHQ/voiden Voiden is an offline, Git-native API workspace built with Electron and TypeScript that lets developers design, test, and document APIs in p… | 85 | 1861 | active |
| babyfish-ct/jimmer Jimmer is a modern ORM framework for the JVM supporting both Java and Kotlin, built around immutable entities and type-safe query DSLs. It … | 94 | 1672 | active |