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GraphQL Code Generator

Plugin-based command-line tool that generates typed code from a GraphQL schema and its operations.

GraphQL Code Generator is a command-line tool that generates code from a GraphQL schema and the operations written against it. Its project site describes it as a way to generate anything from a GraphQL schema, and the project maintains a plugin directory. A project installs it as a dependency with npm, and the tool runs on Node.js in development and CI.

The project’s site presents it as part of The Guild’s Hive ecosystem. Dotan Simha holds the copyright line in the license.

Worth knowing

The docs say the tool loads plugins with require, which can fail in a monorepo when dependencies are hoisted.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Dotan Simha4
Maintained by
Individual4
Owned by
The Guild1
First release
20167

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Dev only1
Install with
npm3

Releases

Current major version
88
Last release
2026-11-078

Adoption

GitHub stars
11,2652
npm downloads a week
10,691,16910
Contributors
4349

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-09: links, Owned by, Runs as
    the-guild.dev/graphql/codegen/
  2. 2026-11-09: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator
  3. 2026-11-09: links, Install with
    the-guild.dev/graphql/codegen/docs/getting-started/installation
  4. 2026-11-09: Maintainer, Maintained by, License model
    github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/blob/master/LICENSE
  5. 2026-11-09: Runtime, Minimum runtime
    registry.npmjs.org/@graphql-codegen/cli/latest
  6. 2026-11-09: Categories, links
    github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/blob/master/README.md
  7. 2026-11-09: First release
    api.github.com/repos/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/releases?per_page=100
  8. 2026-11-09: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/releases/latest
  9. 2026-11-09: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/contributors?per_page=1
  10. 2026-11-09: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/@graphql-codegen/cli

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