graphql-inspector VS graphql-cli

merge-graphql-schemas will be added to the existing Schema management tools already created by The Guild (GraphQL-Toolkit, GraphQL Modules, GraphQL Inspector and graphql-code-generator)

GraphQL CLI 4.1 has been updated to use the latest versions of GraphQL Code Generator and GraphQL Inspector, which are included as recommended, best practice workflows for developing production-ready GraphQL applications.

It's an entirely open-sourced and community driven tool to help you improve and maintain your GraphQL stack. It comes with a CLI, GitHub Application and GitHub Action. You can read more on our website.

GraphQL Inspector

The new version of GraphQL Inspector comes with schema change notifications. We had it in plans for almost a year now and we're very excited to finally roll it out!

First, we are aiming for a new schema registry package. We plan on using GraphQL Inspector to check for breaking changes on individual services and the schema gateway as a whole. And thanks to GraphQL Mesh, that process will work for any type of service schema, not just GraphQL!

If you want to validate your schema as and when you push to Version control to maintain sanity, setup something like GraphQL Inspector locally and in your CI/CD pipelines to maintain your sanity. If you use the Apollo ecosystem, it comes inbuilt in the Apollo Studio or the CLI tools which it gives you.

The other case is useful when we want to work on the frontend without being affected by the internet connection. In this case, the schema has to be the same as the live one. We can easily get the same schema from the backend by downloading it with the help of some tools, like graphql-cli{target=_blank} or get-graphql-schema{target=_blank}.

GraphQL CLI is your one-stop shop for developing full-stack GraphQL applications in Node.js. With GraphQL CLI you can create and run a new GraphQL application in just a few seconds! Just declare your GraphQL schema and you can perform code generation, schema validation, introspection and more through intuitive CLI commands.

We’ve already merged configurations from GCG, GraphQL Inspector, GraphQL CLI — and are looking to learn and integrate with GraphiQL, AppSync, Apollo, Gatsby, VS-Code extensions, Relay and the GraphQL team at Facebook and any GraphQL tool creators

GraphQL CLI is a popular command-line tool providing various tools for creating and maintaining GraphQL based applications

Using the GraphQL CLI and the GraphQL Code Generator generating types for a graphcms is really handy.