Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to GraphQL

A query language for your API

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GraphQL launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   GraphQL World▲85

   A map of events & projects in the global GraphQL community

   2017 · graphql-world.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Explore GraphQL▲230

   GraphQL benefits, success stories, guides, and more

   2017 · graphql.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Graphcool▲43

   The GraphQL backend for mobile & web developers

   2018 · graph.cool · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Graphcool▲292

   The GraphQL backend for mobile & web developers

   2017 · graph.cool · its alternatives →

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   How to GraphQL▲376

   Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development

   2017 · howtographql.com · its alternatives →

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   Scaphold 2.0▲207

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2017 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →

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   GraphQL Docs▲122

   One-click documentation for GraphQL APIs

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   GraphQL Playground▲195

   GraphQL IDE for better development workflows

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   The Road to GraphQL▲122

   Your journey to master pragmatic GraphQL in JavaScript

   2018 · robinwieruch.de · its alternatives →

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    Reindex▲161

    GraphQL backend as a service

    2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

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    Try FaunaDB's GraphQL API▲42

    2019 · fauna.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL Editor 5.0▲165

    Building a GraphQL API just got a lot easier

    2021 · graphqleditor.com · its alternatives →

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    CloudGraph▲122

    The GraphQL API for AWS

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL Voyager – Represent Any GraphQL API as an Interactive Graph▲163

    🛰️ Represent any GraphQL API as an interactive graph - APIs-guru/graphql-voyager

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learning GraphQL and Relay▲78

    Build data-driven React applications with GraphQL and Relay

    2017 · packtpub.com · its alternatives →

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    Curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL▲246

    curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL. Also a dead-simple universal javascript GraphQL client. - hasura/graphqurl

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tolq▲66

    Easy API translation for your business

    2016 · tolq.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL: ▲5

    The Future of Enterprise Software and API Development

    2019 · cmarix.com · its alternatives →

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    Grafbase▲192

    Unify the data layer with GraphQL

    2023 · grafbase.com · its alternatives →

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    New GraphQL API for WordPress▲65

    Interact with all your data in WordPress using GraphQL - Release GraphQL API v0.9! 🎉🥳🚀🔥🙏 · GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL Yoga▲148

    The fully-featured GraphQL Server

    2022 · the-guild.dev · its alternatives →

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    Quell▲71

    The lightweight caching solution for GraphQL queries

    2023 · quell.dev · its alternatives →

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    Build dApp front-ends using GraphQL▲74

    ⛓ Cleargraph is a GraphQL runtime for decentralized applications - dsys/cleargraph

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    IrisQL▲82

    GraphQL schema made easy

    2020 · its alternatives →

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