# gqlgen

Go library for building GraphQL servers from a GraphQL schema, with Go code generated from it.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/gqlgen/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-09
Listed since: 2026-11-09

## Record

### Links

- home: https://gqlgen.com
- repository: https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen
- docs: https://gqlgen.com/getting-started/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: 99designs
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- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
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### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
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### Rendering and deploy

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- installMethod: go get -tool (Go tool dependency)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10768
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- contributors: 420
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- dependentRepos: 3167
- dependentPackages: 2651

### Sources

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## Notes

gqlgen generates Go code for a GraphQL server from a schema written in the GraphQL schema definition language. The README describes the approach as schema first: the developer defines the API in the schema, and the generated code calls resolvers that the developer implements.

A project adds gqlgen as a Go tool dependency, runs its init command to create the project layout, and regenerates the code from the schema with its generate command. The getting-started tutorial walks through these steps.

## Worth knowing

Field resolvers run concurrently in separate goroutines. The worker_limit setting in the configuration sets how many run at once.

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