graffle-js/graffle

Health v2 · maintenance only

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6116 stars · 310 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Graffle is a minimal, extensible, type-safe GraphQL client for JavaScript and TypeScript, formerly known as graphql-request. It supports multiple transports (HTTP and in-memory), a type-inferred document builder, custom scalar codecs, and a powerful extension ecosystem.

Use cases

• query a graphql api from javascript
• send typed graphql requests from typescript
• execute graphql documents against an in-memory schema
• add custom scalar encoding and decoding to a graphql client
• replace graphql-request with a maintained client
• build type-safe graphql documents without writing gql strings
• handle schema-modelled errors in graphql responses
• add opentelemetry tracing or file uploads to graphql requests

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, type-safe GraphQL client that runs in Node, browsers, and other JS runtimes
• you need full TypeScript inference for GraphQL documents and results
• you want to test GraphQL operations against in-memory schemas with the same client interface
• you need extensibility via hooks, extensions, and custom scalar codecs

When to avoid

• you need a full GraphQL code generator or ORM-like schema-to-SDK workflow
• your project requires a long-term stable release, since Graffle is still in pre-release
• you work outside the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem

Facets

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graphql-client http-client type-system middleware web-development frontend backend apis developer-tools browser cross-platform bun graphql type-safe document-builder multi-transport extensible custom-scalars pre-release nodejs typescript deno

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