nuwave/lighthouse

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Lighthouse is a GraphQL server framework that integrates with Laravel applications, letting you define your API schema using the GraphQL Schema Definition Language with server-side directives. It is optimized for Eloquent, generating efficient database queries from your existing models out of the box.

Use cases

• serve a graphql api from a laravel app
• build a graphql server on top of eloquent models
• define a graphql schema with sdl and directives
• add pagination and validation to graphql queries
• implement graphql subscriptions and federation in laravel
• migrate a rest laravel api to graphql

When to choose

• you have a Laravel or Lumen application and want to expose a GraphQL API
• you prefer SDL-first schema definition with directive-based behavior
• you want optimized Eloquent queries generated automatically from GraphQL queries
• you need features like pagination, validation, auth, subscriptions, and federation out of the box

When to avoid

• your project is not built on Laravel/Lumen
• you prefer a code-first GraphQL schema approach rather than SDL
• you need a GraphQL server in a non-PHP stack
• you want a framework-agnostic GraphQL library

Facets

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graphql web-framework api-framework orm middleware routing web-development backend apis databases php self-hosted laravel eloquent sdl-first schema-directives pagination federation subscriptions lumen web-server

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