# Apollo Client

The industry-leading GraphQL client for TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular, and more. Apollo Client delivers powerful caching, intuitive APIs, and comprehensive developer tools to accelerate your app development.

Repository: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apollo-client
Homepage: https://apollographql.com/client
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: graphql, graphql-client, typescript, apollo-client, apollographql
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:00:28+00:00
Link (homepage): https://apollographql.com/client
Link (site_page): https://www.apollographql.com/docs
Link (site_page): https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/platform
Link (site_page): https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/connectors
Link (site_page): https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/schema-design

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3841, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 73}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19811, forks 2876 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:29.275001+00:00)

## What it is
Apollo Client is a comprehensive GraphQL client library for TypeScript and JavaScript, with first-class support for React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and more. It provides intelligent zero-config caching, declarative data fetching APIs, local state management, and developer tools for building data-driven applications.

## Use cases
- fetch and cache GraphQL data in a React app
- manage client-side local state alongside server data
- add GraphQL queries and mutations to a Vue or Angular application
- implement pagination for infinite scrolling lists
- server-side render a React app with GraphQL data
- handle GraphQL subscriptions over websockets
- build a fullstack app with a GraphQL API and typed client

## When to choose
- your frontend consumes a GraphQL API and needs normalized caching
- you want typed queries and mutations with full TypeScript support
- you need local state management integrated with server data
- you use React (including Suspense and React 19 features) or another major framework
- you want mature tooling like devtools, mocking, and persisted queries

## When to avoid
- your backend exposes only REST APIs with no GraphQL layer
- you want a minimal fetch layer without caching or state management
- your project is a small script where a plain fetch call suffices
- you need a GraphQL server rather than a client

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: graphql-client, graphql, caching, state-management, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: graphql, react, vue, angular, typescript, data-fetching, cache, suspense, ssr, apollo, javascript, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- apollographql/apollo-client (main) score 94
- apollographql/react-apollo (frontend) score 10
- apollographql/graphql-tag (sdk) score 80
- apollographql/apollo-client-devtools (plugin) score 92
- apollographql/apollo-link (sdk) score 10
- apollographql/apollo-cache-persist (plugin) score 65
- apollographql/apollo-link-state (plugin) score 10
- apollographql/fullstack-tutorial (examples) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.275001+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:59:26.133989+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.275001+00:00, sha 7da7e0f1c008)
  - homepage: https://apollographql.com/client (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.463083+00:00, sha d2f99fcba354)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.475730+00:00, sha 364c62c8f651)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/platform (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.477644+00:00, sha 37075c61d8dc)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/connectors (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.479487+00:00, sha 1f61a62ae86b)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/schema-design (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.481338+00:00, sha f47664f9ba05)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/rover (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.483217+00:00, sha 1186ae807cee)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/routing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.485077+00:00, sha e446bd6a11e6)
  - site_page: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-operator (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.486956+00:00, sha 22bed19bd33c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/graphql-tag (fetched 2026-08-29T08:01:06.488795+00:00, sha 5e2fe3d19601)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.