99designs/gqlgen

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gqlgen is a Go library for building GraphQL servers using a schema-first approach with code generation. It generates type-safe resolvers and models from GraphQL Schema Definition Language files, avoiding untyped map[string]interface{} code.

Use cases

• build a graphql server in go
• generate type-safe graphql resolvers from a schema
• schema-first graphql api development
• implement graphql subscriptions in golang
• avoid n+1 queries with dataloader in graphql
• generate go models from graphql schema
• create a typed graphql api backend

When to choose

• you want a schema-first, type-safe GraphQL server in Go
• you prefer code generation over runtime reflection for GraphQL
• you need subscriptions, dataloader, or custom directives in a Go API
• you want to avoid map[string]interface{} in your GraphQL layer

When to avoid

• you prefer writing resolvers by hand without codegen
• your project is not in Go
• you need a schema-last (code-first) GraphQL approach
• you want a runtime-only GraphQL library with minimal build steps

Facets

library · maturity stable

graphql api-framework http-server web-development backend apis developer-tools go cross-platform schema-first dataloader subscriptions type-safety graphql-server go-generate codegen web-server

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