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Top 23 GraphQL Open-Source Projects
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Project mention: API Testing Tools Worth Knowing in 2026 - Alternatives to Postman | dev.to | 2026-06-29
Hoppscotch: https://hoppscotch.io
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AppSignal
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Strapi
🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.
Instead of rendering pages on the server, a headless CMS operates solely as a database and editing dashboard. The content is entered into the editor interface and stored as raw data. Consequently, your frontend application fetches this data via APIs (GraphQL or REST) and compiles it into static files. Popular headless providers like Contentful or Strapi allow you to send this content to any device or framework, including React, Astro, mobile apps, or smart screens. As a result, developers can build bespoke interfaces using modern frontend tools while editors manage content in a familiar dashboard.
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Project mention: 15 merged IME fixes: the recurring ways Japanese typing breaks web apps | dev.to | 2026-10-06
twentyhq/twenty #22270: chat-thread input and attachment rename input.
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Project mention: React Server Components without Next.js - what are the real alternatives today? | dev.to | 2026-02-03
Gatsby supports React Server Components in its SSR mode. The implementation is stable, but the scope is narrow. Gatsby primarily targets content-heavy and hybrid static use cases. While RSC can be used for dynamic server rendering, the framework is not optimized for deeply interactive applications built around server components. For certain classes of sites, this is acceptable. For general-purpose applications, it is limiting.
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This is precisely the Formatter's role: to settle this kind of debate, once and for all. With Prettier (or an equivalent), a configuration file is all it takes to close the subject:
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TanStack Query
🤖 Powerful asynchronous state management, server-state utilities and data fetching for the web. TS/JS, React Query, Solid Query, Svelte Query and Vue Query.
That cache/query layer is exactly what TanStack Query provides - and its Angular adapter is excellent and (yes) already signal-based. query.data(), query.isPending() are signals; no manual subscriptions. So let me get the obvious question out of the way:
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payload
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Project mention: 15 merged IME fixes: the recurring ways Japanese typing breaks web apps | dev.to | 2026-10-06payloadcms/payload #17138: SearchInput searched on the confirm Enter.
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SaaSHub
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insomnia
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
Project mention: Postman Alternatives in 2026: I Tested Bruno, Apidog, Insomnia, and Elva on the Same Workflow | dev.to | 2026-10-09Links: Website · Docs · Git Sync · Pricing
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Directus
The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.
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Refine
A React Framework for building internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.
portal-template-default is a 574-file React scaffold: React 19 with TypeScript, Vite, Refine as the data layer, Tailwind CSS 4, shadcn/ui (about 60 components), lucide, vitest, Playwright.
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Hasura
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
Project mention: Pressure-testing Ota on Hasura: raw Kubernetes manifests and honest kubectl proof | dev.to | 2026-07-28Hasura exposed a useful execution-governance boundary: raw Kubernetes manifests without Helm or Compose owning the operational path.
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Project mention: Web3 Growth Stack Explained: Tools, KPIs & Strategies for Onchain Growth | dev.to | 2026-03-23
Hey: Focuses on building privacy-centric social experiences.
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react-admin
A frontend Framework for single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material Design
Project mention: Friday Links #30 — JavaScript Updates, Tools, and Inspiration | dev.to | 2025-10-17React Admin v5.12.0, TanStack Router 1.133, React Hook Form v7.65.0, Pixijs v8.14.0
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At Saleor, where I act as a CTO, we spend a significant part of our engineering effort embracing the different failure states and making sure the unhappy paths are covered as well as the happy ones.
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RxDB
The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in - https://rxdb.info/
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Project mention: AI Coding: Building a 1-Hour App Clone Is Easy. Shipping It Is the Work | dev.to | 2026-03-18
If you’re coming from the Parse ecosystem, it may help to know that Parse itself is a long-running open source backend framework. You can start from the official Parse Platform site, or go deeper with the community’s Parse Server repository. Our own developer docs are organized around that reality. If you want implementation-level guides, start with our SashiDo Documentation.
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Project mention: Why the performance of GraphQL and React Server Components: What Matters | dev.to | 2026-05-05
⭐ graphql/graphql-js — 20,314 stars, 2,046 forks
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apollo-client
The industry-leading GraphQL client for TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular, and more. Apollo Client delivers powerful caching, intuitive APIs, and comprehensive developer tools to accelerate your app development.
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yaak
The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬
Project mention: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-13Yaak [1] is a local-first desktop API client (Postman alternative) and I've been building MCP workflows around growth lately.
I already have one for product that takes in a bunch of sources (feedback, PRs, my own tasks, etc) and makes it trivial for an agent to guide me through the day's tasks. Now I'm doing the same thing for growth by taking in web/social triggers, web analytics, and other signals to spin up marketing tasks. We'll see how it goes!
[1] https://yaak.app
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Project mention: React Server Components without Next.js - what are the real alternatives today? | dev.to | 2026-02-03
RedwoodJS introduced React Server Components in its Bighorn release line. The implementation is currently marked as canary or experimental. Redwood integrates RSC into its router and build pipeline and aims to make server components the default in the future. However, key pieces such as full SSR parity, authentication integration, and generator support are still in progress. This makes Redwood a reasonable choice for experimentation, but not yet a safe default for production systems that depend heavily on RSC.
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dagger
Automation engine to build, test and ship any codebase. Runs locally, in CI, or directly in the cloud (by dagger)
Dagger local CI that uses containers
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source GraphQL projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoppscotch | 80,591 |
| 2 | Strapi | 73,291 |
| 3 | Twenty | 58,139 |
| 4 | Gatsby | 55,937 |
| 5 | prettier | 52,374 |
| 6 | TanStack Query | 50,425 |
| 7 | payload | 45,273 |
| 8 | insomnia | 40,032 |
| 9 | Directus | 38,525 |
| 10 | Refine | 35,863 |
| 11 | Hasura | 32,125 |
| 12 | pentagi | 30,390 |
| 13 | hey.xyz | 29,350 |
| 14 | react-admin | 26,966 |
| 15 | Saleor | 23,428 |
| 16 | RxDB | 23,403 |
| 17 | parse-server | 21,399 |
| 18 | graphql-js | 20,339 |
| 19 | apollo-client | 19,798 |
| 20 | yaak | 19,300 |
| 21 | graphql | 17,588 |
| 22 | graphiql | 16,914 |
| 23 | dagger | 16,335 |
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