# grafbase/grafbase

[Acquired by The Guild] The Grafbase GraphQL Federation Gateway

Repository: https://github.com/grafbase/grafbase
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/grafbase
Homepage: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/blog/acquired-grafbase
Language: Rust
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: graphql, rust, webassembly, api, federation, graphql-federation, enterprise-graphql, ai, mcp, model-context-protocol
Last push: 2026-07-01T18:16:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1927, "days_push": 63, "days_rel": 114, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 145}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1230, forks 74 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.760602+00:00)

## What it is
Grafbase is a high-performance GraphQL Federation Gateway (Rust router) plus CLI, acquired by The Guild in 2026. The cloud platform has been sunsetted and the gateway/CLI are in maintenance mode, to be archived by end of May 2026 in favor of Hive Router and Hive Gateway.

## Use cases
- federate multiple graphql subgraphs behind a single gateway
- route graphql requests across distributed microservices
- expose an mcp server for graphql apis
- run a high-performance rust graphql router
- migrate an existing grafbase gateway to hive router

## When to choose
- you already run Grafbase Gateway and need security fixes until migration
- you want a federation-compatible router while evaluating Hive Router or Hive Gateway

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new graphql federation project - use Hive Router or Hive Gateway instead
- you need the Grafbase cloud platform, dashboard, or schema registry - these are sunsetted
- you need long-term maintained software - the repo will be archived by May 2026

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphql, api-gateway, rpc, middleware, mcp
- domain: apis, backend, web-development, developer-tools, large-language-models
- platform: rust, wasm, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: graphql-federation, api-gateway, router, subgraphs, the-guild, sunset, cli, schema-registry, docker

## Member repositories
- grafbase/grafbase (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.760602+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 2026-08-30T06:15:01.928702+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/grafbase/grafbase (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.760602+00:00, sha 0ce373ce20a3)
  - homepage: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/blog/acquired-grafbase (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.905355+00:00, sha 7faa9312ae8f)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.916622+00:00, sha 4662181f0e31)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/docs/logger (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.918461+00:00, sha 564c44476571)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/docs/new-laboratory (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.920519+00:00, sha e9a2ab76a940)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.924239+00:00, sha 4c4f11519fb9)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/grafbase (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.925911+00:00, sha ecfbbcafd1c4)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.914194+00:00, sha 917e2060c46d)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/blog/hive-gateway-v2 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:22:26.922376+00:00, sha 716efcf555a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.