Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Axolotl – GraphQL Type Safe Server Engine Idea launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Scaphold 2.0▲207

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2017 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reindex▲161

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

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   GraphQL Yoga▲148

   The fully-featured GraphQL Server

   2022 · the-guild.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4GA
   GraphQL+-, a Variant of GraphQL for Graph DBs▲7

   2016 · wiki.dgraph.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Uniform GraphQL▲65

   GraphQL APIs in TypeScript with complete e2e type safety

   2021 · uniform-graphql.whatsgood.dog · its alternatives →

6. 6GA
   GraphQL360 – A 360 Degree Tour API Built with GraphQL▲9

   2018 · graphql360.com · its alternatives →

7. 7GT
   Graphbox – the easiest way to create a GraphQL API▲7

   2019 · graphbox.app · its alternatives →

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   Decentralized Graph Database for Node.js and Browsers▲14

   An open source cybersecurity protocol for syncing decentralized graph data. - amark/gun

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9SS
   Shaman, Self-Serve, Cloud Hosted Apached Druid▲6

   2017 · shaman-ui.zero-x.co · its alternatives →

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    Druid.js – a lightweight API framework for Node.js and Graphql apps▲7

    The "shapeshifting" API framework for Node.js+Graphql applications - alidcast/druid.js

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11UP
    Unbounded – Programmable NoSQL Data store▲5

    2020 · unbounded.cloud · its alternatives →

12. 12SC
    Space Cloud – GraphQL Compatible Firebase▲5

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TS
    The Safeweb Engine (A new cybersecurity platform)▲5

    2016 · tucloud.com · its alternatives →

14. 14JA
    Jongo, a RESTful JDBC Interface Server▲7

    2011 · code.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15ET
    engine262 - the self-hosted JavaScript engine▲5

    2019 · engine262.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Nuster – A HTTP/2 web cache accelerator▲8

    A high performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy - jiangwenyuan/nuster

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17RA
    Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

    2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

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    Hasura GraphQL Engine▲5

    GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TQL – Codegen-free and typesafe GraphQL operations in TypeScript▲11

    A GraphQL query builder for TypeScript. Avoid the pain of codegen. - timkendall/tql

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    High performance event Sourced GraphQL API in Golang▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21DL
    Database Lab – thin Postgres clones for faster development and testing▲7

    2020 · postgres.ai · its alternatives →

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    Curveball, a microframework in TypeScript with AWS Lambda support▲7

    2020 · evertpot.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    JavaScript library for robust peer-to-peer browser networks with WebRTC▲7

    A robust, minimal-server-interaction API for peer routing in the browser - Elijah-Bodden/Membrane

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TA
    TinySSE, an SSE server programmable with Lua▲5

    2025 · tinysse.com · its alternatives →

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