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24 alternatives to GraphQL Playground

GraphQL IDE for better development workflows

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GraphQL Playground launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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GraphQL Editor▲156
Online GraphQL IDE, visualize your GraphQL Schema
2019 · graphqleditor.com · its alternatives →
2
How to GraphQL▲376
Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development
2017 · howtographql.com · its alternatives →
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GraphQL Playground for Nodal and PostgreSQL – try it out▲11
2016 · graph.nodaljs.com · its alternatives →
4
Graphcool▲292
The GraphQL backend for mobile & web developers
2017 · graph.cool · its alternatives →
5
GraphCMS▲264
The GraphQL CMS
2017 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →
6
The New GraphCMS▲294
Original GraphQL CMS, reimagined ✨
2018 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →
7
SQL Playground▲128
Powerful online SQL sandbox
2024 · sqlplayground.app · its alternatives →
8
AI Playground by Vercel Labs▲249
Hey, Jared Palmer (creator of this playground) here. Really excited to ship this. I’ve been building this over the past few weeks to compare LLMs from different providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, etc. At Vercel, I manage our Frameworks division (including Next.js, Svelte, and Turbo) and wanted to also dogfood some of the latest features in a slightly larger application. This playground takes a lot of inspiration from https://nat.dev and is built on Tailwind, ui.shadcn.com, and some upcoming Vercel products we’re announcing soon. We’re going to continue adding models to…
2023 · play.vercel.ai · its alternatives →
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Prisma▲522
Build a GraphQL server with any database
2018 · prisma.io · its alternatives →
10
Scaphold 2.0▲207
GraphQL backend as a service
2017 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →
11
Slash GraphQL - by Dgraph Labs▲151
Launch your GraphQL backend in one click
2020 · docs.dgraph.io · its alternatives →
12
GraphCMS▲310
The original GraphQL CMS, evolved.
2020 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →
13
GraphQL Yoga▲148
The fully-featured GraphQL Server
2022 · the-guild.dev · its alternatives →
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Graph Playground - Make Graphs/Networks and run Algorithms▲57
2017 · mikedombo.github.io · its alternatives →
15
Graphql-java – A complete Java implementation of the GraphQL spec▲65
Contribute to andimarek/graphql-java development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
The Road to GraphQL▲122
Your journey to master pragmatic GraphQL in JavaScript
2018 · robinwieruch.de · its alternatives →
17
Wing Playground▲253
Iterate on cloud apps in milliseconds, not minutes
2024 · winglang.io · its alternatives →
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GraphQL World▲85
A map of events & projects in the global GraphQL community
2017 · graphql-world.com · its alternatives →
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Create apps from GraphQL APIs without writing code▲75
Create apps from the world's data.
2020 · graphiteapps.com · its alternatives →
20
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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GraphQL Editor 5.0▲165
Building a GraphQL API just got a lot easier
2021 · graphqleditor.com · its alternatives →
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Graphcool Framework▲207
GraphQL backend development framework
2017 · graph.cool · its alternatives →
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Postgres Playground▲161
Hands-on tutorials to learn Postgres
2022 · crunchydata.com · its alternatives →
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Reindex▲161
GraphQL backend as a service
2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

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