# PostGraphile

Node.js tool that builds a GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL database schema, with a CLI, middleware and standalone schema modes.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/postgraphile/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://postgraphile.org/
- repository: https://github.com/graphile/crystal
- docs: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/
- pricing: https://postgraphile.org/pricing
- plugins: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/community-plugins
- x: https://twitter.com/GraphileHQ
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@graphile
- discord: https://discord.gg/graphile

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Benjie Gillam
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12935
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 155349
- contributors: 179
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://postgraphile.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/graphile/crystal (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://postgraphile.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/graphile/crystal (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/production (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/postgraphile/latest (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/graphile/crystal (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/usage-cli (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/deploying-docker (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/usage (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/community-plugins (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://postgraphile.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://postgraphile.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://postgraphile.org/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/graphile/crystal (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/graphile/crystal (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/postgraphile (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

PostGraphile builds a GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL database and lets developers customize and extend the generated schema with plugins. It is a Node.js tool with three modes: a command-line tool that starts a Node HTTP server, middleware inside an existing Node server, or a standalone GraphQL schema. The [production guide](https://postgraphile.org/postgraphile/5/production) lists deployment to Heroku, a virtual machine, a container or bare metal, and an official Docker image exists for standalone use without custom plugins. Community plugins are listed on the docs site.

## Worth knowing

PostGraphile Pro is a commercial plugin, available to sponsors and by licence, that the [pricing page](https://postgraphile.org/pricing) describes as an add-on for PostGraphile V4 Core. The Docker deployment guide carries a warning that it has not yet been tested with the current release line.

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