# Hot Chocolate

GraphQL server for .NET that builds a GraphQL schema from C# classes and runs on ASP.NET Core.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://chillicream.com
- repository: https://github.com/ChilliCream/graphql-platform
- docs: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate
- pricing: https://chillicream.com/pricing
- x: https://x.com/Chilli_Cream
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChilliCream

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ChilliCream Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 8
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: dotnet new template

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 16
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5768
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 325
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: 59

### Sources

- urls: https://chillicream.com (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform (read 2026-11-09)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChilliCream/graphql-platform/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- hqCountry: https://chillicream.com/legal/terms-of-service (read 2026-11-09)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform (read 2026-11-09)
- category: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate.md (read 2026-11-09)
- headlessApi: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate.md (read 2026-11-09)
- databases: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate/fetching-data/integrations/mongodb (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate/get-started-with-graphql-in-net-core (read 2026-11-09)
- runtime: https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/hotchocolate.aspnetcore/16.7.3/hotchocolate.aspnetcore.nuspec (read 2026-11-09)
- runtimeMin: https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/hotchocolate.aspnetcore/16.7.3/hotchocolate.aspnetcore.nuspec (read 2026-11-09)
- firstRelease: https://api.nuget.org/v3/registration5-semver1/hotchocolate.aspnetcore/index.json (read 2026-11-09)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform (read 2026-11-09)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChilliCream/graphql-platform/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform/releases (read 2026-11-09)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.nuget.org/v3/registration5-semver1/hotchocolate.aspnetcore/index.json (read 2026-11-09)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform (read 2026-11-09)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ChilliCream/graphql-platform/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/nuget.org/packages/HotChocolate.AspNetCore (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://chillicream.com (read 2026-11-09)

## Notes

Hot Chocolate is a GraphQL server for .NET that builds a GraphQL schema from C# classes. In implementation-first mode, a source generator turns attributed classes into schema types. In code-first mode, the schema is described with a fluent type descriptor API. The server runs on ASP.NET Core and returns results over HTTP, WebSocket and Server-Sent Events. The [getting-started guide](https://chillicream.com/docs/hotchocolate/get-started-with-graphql-in-net-core) creates a project from the Hot Chocolate templates. ChilliCream Inc. maintains it in the graphql-platform repository, alongside Strawberry Shake, Fusion, Nitro and Mocha.

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