# GraphQL.js

JavaScript implementation of the GraphQL specification, providing the parser, validator, executor and type system used to build GraphQL servers, clients and tools.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/
- repository: https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js
- docs: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/getting-started/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: GraphQL Contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm package

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 17
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 20343
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 69974082
- contributors: 216
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 412994
- dependentPackages: 16004

### Sources

- urls: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/ (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-09)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graphql/graphql-js/v17.1.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graphql/graphql-js/v17.1.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js/commits/0.1.1 (read 2026-11-09)
- category: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/ (read 2026-11-09)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js (read 2026-11-09)
- runtime: https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-09)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graphql/graphql-js/v17.1.0/package.json (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graphql/graphql-js/17.x.x/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/graphql (read 2026-11-09)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graphql/graphql-js/v17.1.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js/releases (read 2026-11-09)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js/releases (read 2026-11-09)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js (read 2026-11-09)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphql-js/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/graphql (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/graphql (read 2026-11-09)

## Notes

GraphQL.js is the official JavaScript implementation of the GraphQL specification. It supplies the parser, validator, executor and type system that a Node.js application uses to build a GraphQL server, client or tool. The package installs from npm, and the [documentation](https://www.graphql-js.org/docs/) describes its use.

The repository belongs to the graphql organization on GitHub, and the GraphQL Contributors maintain the code under the MIT license.

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