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Altair GraphQL Client is an IDE for running and debugging GraphQL queries, mutations, and subscriptions.
Free planWebExtensionLinux
Best GraphQL Tools in 2026
GraphQL work can involve exploring APIs, generating client code, testing operations, or managing schemas, and the tools here address those varied needs. Compared on API explorer, client code generation, operation testing, and schema registry, the entries give you several ways to assess workflow coverage. Deployment model and server languages can help you judge technical fit, while free-plan availability and…
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Apollo Client is an open-source GraphQL state management library for JavaScript.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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Hasura GraphQL Engine creates a data API over connected databases, so developers can expose data without writing handlers, schemas, or resolvers.
Free planWebAPILinux
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GraphQL Hive
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.7From $20 a month - 5
PostGraphile
PostGraphile creates GraphQL APIs backed mainly by PostgreSQL, for uses such as SaaS backends and internal business tools.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.7From $25 a month - 6
WunderGraph Cosmo
WunderGraph Cosmo is an open-source GraphQL Federation platform for platform teams.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.7From $499 a month - 76.5Free plan
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Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate is a free, MIT-licensed GraphQL server for .NET that runs on ASP.NET Core and builds a typed GraphQL schema from C# types and resolvers.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 9
GraphQL Ruby
GraphQL Ruby is an open-source Ruby gem for adding a GraphQL API to Ruby or Rails applications.
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.3From $1,100 a year - 10
Lighthouse
Lighthouse is a free framework for serving GraphQL from an existing Laravel application.
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 11
Relay
Relay is a free GraphQL client for React that combines the data needs of components into optimized queries that can be prepared in advance.
AndroidiOSWeb6.2 - 12
Ariadne
Ariadne is a free, open-source Python library for building GraphQL APIs with schemas defined in GraphQL Schema Definition Language (SDL).
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 13
GraphQL Kotlin
GraphQL Kotlin is a free collection of libraries built on graphql-java for running GraphQL clients and servers in Kotlin.
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 14
GraphQL.js
GraphQL.js is the official JavaScript implementation of the GraphQL specification, provided as a free, MIT-licensed library for self-hosted projects.
Free planWebAPI6.0Free plan - 15
Netflix DGS
Netflix DGS is a free, open-source GraphQL server framework for Spring Boot, intended to help build GraphQL services in Java or Kotlin.
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 16
Amazon AppSync
Amazon AppSync is a cloud service that connects applications to events, data and AI models through GraphQL and publish-subscribe APIs.
WebAPI5.8$1 usage-based - 17
Graphene
Graphene is a free Python library for building GraphQL APIs with a code-first workflow.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 185.7Free plan
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GraphQL Java
GraphQL Java is a Java implementation of GraphQL for building GraphQL services on the JVM.
Free planAPISelf-hosted5.7Free plan - 20
Strawberry GraphQL
Strawberry GraphQL is a free, MIT-licensed Python library for building GraphQL APIs, intended for self-hosted deployment.
Free planAPISelf-hosted5.7Free plan - 21
async-graphql
async-graphql is a free, open-source Rust library for running a self-hosted GraphQL server.
Self-hosted5.4 - 22
urql
urql is a free, self-hosted GraphQL client for React, Preact, Vue, Solid, Svelte, or plain JavaScript applications.
WebAPIExtension5.4 - 23
Sangria
Sangria is a free, self-hosted Scala implementation of GraphQL for developers building GraphQL servers and endpoints.
APISelf-hosted5.2 - 24
Mercurius
Mercurius is a GraphQL adapter for Fastify used to implement GraphQL servers and gateways.
APISelf-hosted5.0 - 254.7