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24 alternatives to opticQL

Schema visualizer and Performance Testing tool for GraphQL

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. opticQL launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Prisma▲521

   Build a GraphQL server with any database

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   IrisQL▲82

   GraphQL schema made easy

   2020 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   How to GraphQL▲377

   Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GraphQL Playground▲195

   GraphQL IDE for better development workflows

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GraphQL Editor▲156

   Online GraphQL IDE, visualize your GraphQL Schema

   2019 · its alternatives →

6. 6GF
   GraphQL for Postgres▲195

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7VS
   Visual SQL▲512

   2020 · chartio.com · its alternatives →

8. 8GS
   GraphQL schema visualizer▲9

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   GraphQL Inspector▲107

   Bulletproof your GraphQL API

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NovaQL▲2

    GraphQL schema visualizer.

    2019 · its alternatives →

11. 11GJ
    Graphql-java – A complete Java implementation of the GraphQL spec▲65

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hubql▲109

    Turn data models and APIs into diagrams and documentation

    2023 · its alternatives →

13. 13VG
    Visual GraphQL Editor – Draw Your GraphQL Schemas▲16

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Scaphold 2.0▲207

    GraphQL backend as a service

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SpectaQL▲80

    Auto-generate documentation for your GraphQL API

    2022 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    inQuery▲75

    An open source, free GraphQL monitoring tool for Node.js

    2019 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    QuellQL▲84

    Quell provides a caching solution for GraphQL

    2021 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hubql CLI▲119

    Create data schema visualizations from your terminal

    2024 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    GraphQL Yoga▲148

    The fully-featured GraphQL Server

    2022 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Trace▲85

    A lightweight GraphQL query performance monitoring dev tool

    2021 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    GraphQL One Stop Shop▲11

    GraphQL tool wi/ntegrated code editor & schema visualization

    2023 · its alternatives →

22. 22VG
    Visual GraphQL Editor OSS▲36

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    GraphQL Modules▲11

    Feature based GraphQL Modules at scale

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Scaphold▲87

    GraphQL-as-a-service.

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →