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24 alternatives to Quell

The lightweight caching solution for GraphQL queries

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Quell launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Graphcool▲292

   The GraphQL backend for mobile & web developers

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   How to GraphQL▲377

   Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Scaphold 2.0▲207

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Qeraunos▲71

   An ultrafast, lightweight caching solution for GraphQL

   2023 · its alternatives →

5. 5FA
   FilterQL – A tiny query language for filtering structured data▲77

   Hey all, I just released v2.0.0 of FilterQL, a query language and TypeScript library. This version adds support for Operations, which allow you to transform the data after filtering. If you think this would be useful in a project you're working on, give it a try and let me know what you think!

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Scaphold▲87

   GraphQL-as-a-service.

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7GQ
   GraphQL Queries with React and GUN, the Graph Database▲37

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8GC
   GraphQL Client in the Terminal▲64

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   QueryJar▲79

   Your personal SQL Monkey

   2022 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    inQuery▲75

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

    2019 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GraphQL Playground▲195

    GraphQL IDE for better development workflows

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Graphcool Framework▲207

    GraphQL backend development framework

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13JJ
    JAQT – JavaScript Queries and Transformations▲100

    Hi all, I've made a javascript library to simplify searching/sorting/filtering in arrays of objects. Its inspired by both GraphQL and SQL, but implemented using javascript Proxies. Instead of creating a new language, its all just javascript. I've made it as part of an experimental database, which uses javascript as the query engine. The normal javascript map/reduce/sort functions are quite difficult to master for junior developers. JAQT is easier to explain, and can still be used in combination with any existing array functions. Please let me know what you think of the…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14GL
    GraphQL lib for real-time apps▲68

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15GJ
    Graphql-java – A complete Java implementation of the GraphQL spec▲65

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON Query▲152

    A tool to query JSON data structures

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17GF
    GraphQL for Postgres▲195

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Reindex▲161

    GraphQL backend as a service

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19GR
    Graphql2chartjs: Realtime Charts Made Easy with GraphQL and ChartJS▲96

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20GV
    GraphQL Voyager – Represent Any GraphQL API as an Interactive Graph▲163

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL World▲85

    A map of events & projects in the global GraphQL community

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    JQL by Mixpanel▲96

    A powerful new query language to analyze your data

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    GraphQL Yoga▲148

    The fully-featured GraphQL Server

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    GraphCL - a caching layer for GraphQL▲6

    GraphCL: 2x faster. 20% greener. 0 code change.

    Sep 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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