# ardatan/graphql-mesh

🕸️ GraphQL Federation Framework for any API services such as REST, OpenAPI, Swagger, SOAP, gRPC and more...

Repository: https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-mesh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/graphql-mesh
Homepage: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: graphql, rest-api, grpc, soap, openapi, swagger, gateway, grpc-gateway, odata, thrift
Last push: 2026-08-24T17:29:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2424, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 188}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3512, forks 362 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.745057+00:00)

## What it is
GraphQL Mesh is a GraphQL federation framework and gateway that converts non-GraphQL API services (REST/OpenAPI, gRPC, SOAP, OData, Thrift, JSON Schema) and databases into a unified, fully-typed GraphQL schema. It can run as a deployed gateway, a federation subgraph/supergraph, or a local schema/SDK, with transforms for renaming, merging, filtering, and extending schemas.

## Use cases
- expose a REST or OpenAPI service as a GraphQL API
- build a GraphQL federation gateway over gRPC and SOAP backends
- combine multiple APIs into one unified GraphQL schema
- query MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Neo4j through GraphQL
- generate a typed SDK from existing API specifications
- add caching, rate limiting, and auth to a federated GraphQL layer

## When to choose
- you need a single GraphQL interface over heterogeneous APIs and protocols
- you want federation subgraphs or a supergraph from non-GraphQL services
- you need schema transformations like prefixing, filtering, or type merging across sources
- you want a configurable gateway with plugins for caching, rate limiting, and monitoring

## When to avoid
- your backend is already a single native GraphQL service with no aggregation needs
- you need a lightweight reverse proxy without schema translation
- your team has no GraphQL experience and a plain REST gateway would suffice

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: graphql, api-framework, http-server, middleware, rpc, caching, rate-limiting, auth, sdk
- domain: apis, web-development, backend, developer-tools, microservices, databases
- platform: cross-platform, cli, self-hosted, serverless
- tags: graphql-federation, api-gateway, schema-stitching, openapi, grpc, soap, odata, thrift, schema-transformation, typescript, nodejs, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- ardatan/graphql-mesh (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.745057+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 2026-08-29T18:35:39.430885+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:52.498640+00:00, sha 471d96fa6369)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:52.506351+00:00, sha 70f5d0389c74)
  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh/v1/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:52.508086+00:00, sha 9c0c3da05a5b)
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  - site_page: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh/docs/getting-started/combine-multiple-sources (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:52.515775+00:00, sha cdeb1131f81e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.