# samsarahq/thunder

⚡️ A Go framework for rapidly building powerful graphql services

Repository: https://github.com/samsarahq/thunder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thunder
Homepage: https://godoc.org/github.com/samsarahq/thunder
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: graphql, go, realtime, thunder
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-02-15T22:44:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3598, "days_push": 1295, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1571, forks 112 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.462561+00:00)

## What it is
Thunder is a Go framework for rapidly building GraphQL servers, featuring reflection-based schema generation from Go types, live queries with resolver invalidation over WebSockets, and query batching. It includes a lightweight sqlgen/livesql ORM for live-updating MySQL-backed queries.

## Use cases
- build a graphql server in go
- auto-generate graphql schema from go structs
- serve live-updating graphql queries over websockets
- batch graphql queries for performance
- expose mysql database tables as live graphql queries
- add pagination to a graphql api

## When to choose
- you are already using Thunder in an existing Go codebase
- you need live queries with automatic resolver invalidation in Go
- you want schemas generated from Go struct types with minimal boilerplate

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the repository is deprecated and unmaintained as of Feb 2023
- you need long-term support, security patches, or community updates
- you want an actively maintained Go GraphQL library

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphql, web-framework, orm, websocket, rpc
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: graphql-server, live-queries, query-batching, reflection-based-schema, deprecated, realtime, web-server

## Member repositories
- samsarahq/thunder (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.462561+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 2026-08-30T03:58:26.508349+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samsarahq/thunder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.462561+00:00, sha 922a0e336163)
  - homepage: https://godoc.org/github.com/samsarahq/thunder (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:11.995373+00:00, sha 57866ed48b2c)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:12.007025+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/samsarahq/thunder (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:12.004982+00:00, sha b812cab15e41)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/project (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:12.008908+00:00, sha d5ca00bb378b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.