GraphQL Kotlin VS apollo-android

Compare GraphQL Kotlin vs apollo-android and see what are their differences.

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GraphQL Kotlin apollo-android
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1,713 3,665
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7.9 9.7
3 days ago 7 days ago
Kotlin Kotlin
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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GraphQL Kotlin

Posts with mentions or reviews of GraphQL Kotlin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-03.
  • I am considering switching to TypeScript on a personal project
    3 projects | /r/Kotlin | 3 Nov 2021
    Their client framework officially supports ktor client https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/graphql-kotlin/tree/master/clients/graphql-kotlin-ktor-client while their schema generator seems to be just framework-independent jvm library https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/graphql-kotlin/tree/master/generator/graphql-kotlin-schema-generator And you could use their gradle plugin as described here https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/graphql-kotlin/tree/master/plugins/graphql-kotlin-gradle-plugin which would make the whole thing a breeze I guess :)
  • GraphQL Kotlin 4.0.0 is out!
    2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 20 Apr 2021
    GraphQL Kotlin consists of a number of libraries that aim to simplify the running of GraphQL servers and clients using Kotlin. It’s been over 10 months since the last major release of graphql-kotlin and after hundreds of commits and numerous pre-releases, we are pleased to announce the 4.0.0 release!

apollo-android

Posts with mentions or reviews of apollo-android. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.
  • Migrating Netflix to GraphQL Safely
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2023
    GraphQL queries are just HTTP POST queries with a JSON body. They're supported everywhere.

    If you want specialized tooling for them, Kotlin and Swift both have great strongly-typed GraphQL libraries.

    Apollo publishes libraries for both:

    - https://www.apollographql.com/docs/kotlin/

    - https://www.apollographql.com/docs/ios/

  • How to build a Snowflake API?
    10 projects | dev.to | 17 Jan 2023
    An example of a Snowflake API request using Java. This example uses Java’s built-in HttpClient and constructs JSON manually, so it doesn’t require additional dependencies; however, in production, you should use a library like Jackson for constructing JSON. Additionally, for stronger typing, you could use Apollo’s Kotlin-based GraphQL client.
  • Flutter vs Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (not a holywar)
    4 projects | /r/FlutterDev | 24 Jan 2022
    - found Flutter graphql is way ahead , even almost mature as Apollo for JS. apollo-kotlin is several miles behind, a lot of issues, absolutely inconvenient usage after graphql-flutter
  • GraphQL - Diving Deep
    47 projects | dev.to | 29 Jul 2021
    Apollo Client does have a good integration with these frameworks including React, iOS and Android — so, you might want to check that out
  • Any good java graphql client suggestions ?
    4 projects | /r/graphql | 7 Jul 2021
    Hi 👋Martin from https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-android here. Can you ellaborate more on "created schema files are not serialized" ? For Android app, I usually recommend separating the persistence layer and the network models so that they're not coupled. But maybe it's different from a microservice?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GraphQL Kotlin and apollo-android you can also consider the following projects:

ktor - Framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort

KGraphQL

graphql-ws - Coherent, zero-dependency, lazy, simple, GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol compliant server and client.

javalin - A simple and modern Java and Kotlin web framework [Moved to: https://github.com/javalin/javalin]

core - A Kotlin web framework

http4k - The Functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. http4k provides a simple and uniform way to serve, consume, and test HTTP services.

vaadin-on-kotlin - Writing full-stack statically-typed web apps on JVM at its simplest

hexagon - Hexagon is a microservices toolkit written in Kotlin. Its purpose is to ease the building of services (Web applications or APIs) that run inside a cloud platform.

skrape.it - A Kotlin-based testing/scraping/parsing library providing the ability to analyze and extract data from HTML (server & client-side rendered). It places particular emphasis on ease of use and a high level of readability by providing an intuitive DSL. It aims to be a testing lib, but can also be used to scrape websites in a convenient fashion.