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24 alternatives to GraphQL Designer

Prototype a fullstack CRUD implementation of GraphQL & React

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GraphQL Designer launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
GraphQL Playground▲195
GraphQL IDE for better development workflows
2017 · its alternatives →
2
How to GraphQL▲377
Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development
2017 · its alternatives →
3PB
Prototype – build GraphQL backends without code▲18
Hi HN, We're Rishabh, Aashish, and Noah, the creators of ProtoType: a platform for building GraphQL backends. You can check it out here: https://www.useprototype.com We were fed up with creating the same sort of APIs over and over again when building web applications so we built this tool for ourselves. As we're all in university, we showed it around to our friends and they enjoyed using it to kickstart their projects. After that, we thought we'd host it on a website and allow anybody to use it! ProtoType is different from similar GraphQL backend builders such as 8base in that it…
2019 · its alternatives →
4
The Road to GraphQL▲122
Your journey to master pragmatic GraphQL in JavaScript
2018 · its alternatives →
5
Solid▲640
AI that builds real web apps
2025 · trysolid.com · its alternatives →
6
GraphQL Editor▲156
Online GraphQL IDE, visualize your GraphQL Schema
2019 · its alternatives →
7
SpectaQL▲80
Auto-generate documentation for your GraphQL API
2022 · its alternatives →
8
Bedrock▲257
Full-stack Next.js & GraphQL boilerplate for SaaS products
2021 · its alternatives →
9
Graphcool Framework▲207
GraphQL backend development framework
2017 · its alternatives →
10
LUCID▲95
Visualize GraphQL dataflow, React components & state changes
2019 · its alternatives →
11SA
SpectaQL – auto-generate GraphQL API documentation▲51
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
12HF
Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres▲382
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Learning GraphQL and Relay▲78
Build data-driven React applications with GraphQL and Relay
2017 · its alternatives →
14
Protographql▲5
A prototyping tool to build and visualize GraphQL schemas.
2019 · its alternatives →
15CA
Create apps from GraphQL APIs without writing code▲75
2020 · graphiteapps.com · its alternatives →
16
Reindex▲161
GraphQL backend as a service
2016 · its alternatives →
17GQ
GraphQL Queries with React and GUN, the Graph Database▲37
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
Uniform GraphQL▲65
GraphQL APIs in TypeScript with complete e2e type safety
2021 · its alternatives →
19
Fullstack GraphQL Book 📖▲22
An open source, hands-on guide to GraphQL, Node and React
2018 · its alternatives →
20CA
ChartDB Agent – Cursor for DB schema design▲130
Last year we launched ChartDB OSS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972238) - an open-source tool that generates ER diagrams from your database (via query/sql/dbml) without needing direct DB access. Now we’re launching the ChartDB Agent. It helps you design databases from scratch or make schema changes with natural language. You can: - Generate schemas by simply describing them in plain English - Brainstorm new tables, columns, and relationships with AI - Iterate visually in a diagram (ERD) - Deterministically export SQL script Try it out here -…
Oct 2025 · app.chartdb.io · its alternatives →
21
IrisQL▲82
GraphQL schema made easy
2020 · its alternatives →
22
GraphQL Yoga▲148
The fully-featured GraphQL Server
2022 · its alternatives →
23TC
TQL – Codegen-free and typesafe GraphQL operations in TypeScript▲11
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
24TT
TypeScript to GraphQL conversion tool with type inference▲90
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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