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GraphQL API projects on GitHub
GraphQL API engines and backend platforms.
As of , the most-starred GraphQL API projects on GitHub are graphql-engine (32.1K stars), saleor (23.4K stars) and parse-server (21.4K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 GraphQL API repositories with 103.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was graphql-engine, with +1 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16
+1graphql-engine
hasura/graphql-engine · ★ 32.1KHasura is an open source engine that instantly generates realtime GraphQL (and REST) APIs over your databases, with fine-grained access control and the ability to trigger webhooks on database events.
+1saleor
saleor/saleor · ★ 23.4KSaleor Core is the backend of Saleor, an open-source headless e-commerce platform written in Python. It powers catalog, cart, checkout, orders and payments, all exposed through a single GraphQL API.
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5 projects · by stars
- 32.1K
#1 · hasura/graphql-enginegraphql-engine
Hasura is an open source engine that instantly generates realtime GraphQL (and REST) APIs over your databases, with fine-grained access control and the ability to trigger webhooks on database events.
- 23.4K
#2 · saleor/saleorsaleor
Saleor Core is the backend of Saleor, an open-source headless e-commerce platform written in Python. It powers catalog, cart, checkout, orders and payments, all exposed through a single GraphQL API.
- 21.4K
#3 · parse-community/parse-serverparse-server
Parse Server is an open source, self-hosted backend: you deploy it to any infrastructure that runs Node.js, standalone or inside an Express app, and it gives your application a ready-made API layer over a database so you don't build that plumbing yourself.
- 4

apollo-server
14Kapollographql/apollo-server · TypeScriptApollo Server is an open-source, spec-compliant GraphQL server for Node.js that lets you build a production-ready, self-documenting GraphQL API from any data source, either standalone or plugged into frameworks like Express, Connect, Hapi, or Koa.
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crystal
12.9Kgraphile/crystal · TypeScriptGraphile's Crystal monorepo bundles their GraphQL-related packages, headlined by Grafast (a planning and execution engine for GraphQL.js) and PostGraphile (which auto-generates a high-performance GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL database), plus many supporting libraries.
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