# apollographql/apollo-tooling

✏️ Apollo CLI for client tooling (Mostly replaced by Rover)

Repository: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-tooling
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apollo-tooling
Homepage: https://apollographql.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: graphql, swift, typescript, flow, code-generation
Last push: 2026-08-19T20:54:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3673, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3042, forks 460 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.389054+00:00)

## What it is
Apollo CLI for GraphQL client tooling, providing code generation and client-side schema operations for TypeScript, Swift, and Flow projects. It has been mostly replaced by Apollo's Rover CLI.

## Use cases
- generate typed GraphQL client code from a schema
- generate Swift code for Apollo iOS from GraphQL operations
- generate TypeScript types for GraphQL queries
- download a GraphQL schema for client-side codegen
- run client-side GraphQL operations against a schema
- migrate legacy Apollo client tooling workflows

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing project already using the Apollo client CLI
- generating Swift or TypeScript client code with Apollo's legacy toolchain
- you need the specific apollo client:codegen workflows not yet ported to Rover

## When to avoid
- starting a new GraphQL project - use Rover or the Apollo GraphQL extension instead
- server-side schema management, publishing, or checks - Rover handles those
- you need actively developed features or support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, graphql, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, apis
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: graphql, apollo, code-generation, client-tooling, typescript, swift, deprecated-in-favor-of-rover, codegen, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- apollographql/apollo-tooling (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.389054+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 2026-08-30T07:29:13.153735+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.