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GraphQL IDE Monorepo

Security Notice: All versions of graphiql < 1.4.7 are vulnerable to an
XSS attack in cases where the GraphQL server to which the GraphiQL web app
connects is not trusted. Learn more
in the graphiql security docs directory

Looking for the GraphiQL Docs?: This is the
root of the monorepo! The full GraphiQL docs are located at
packages/graphiql








Overview

GraphiQL is the reference implementation of this monorepo, GraphQL IDE, an
official project under the GraphQL Foundation. The code uses the permissive MIT
license.
Whether you want a simple GraphiQL IDE instance for your server, or a more
advanced web or desktop GraphQL IDE experience for your framework or plugin, or
you want to build an IDE extension or plugin, you’ve come to the right place!
The purpose of this monorepo is to give the GraphQL Community:

  • a to-specification official language service (see:
    API Docs)
  • a comprehensive LSP server and CLI service for use with IDEs
  • a codemirror mode
  • a monaco mode (in the works)
  • an example of how to use this ecosystem with GraphiQL.
  • examples of how to implement or extend GraphiQL.

graphiql






/ˈɡrafək(ə)l/ A graphical interactive in-browser GraphQL IDE.
Try the live demo. We also have
a demo using our latest netlify build for
the main branch.
The GraphiQL IDE, implemented in React, currently using
GraphQL mode for CodeMirror &
GraphQL Language Service.
Learn more about
GraphiQL in packages/graphiql/README.md

monaco-graphql





Provides monaco editor with a powerful, schema-driven graphql language mode.
See the webpack example for a plain
javascript demo using GitHub API

codemirror-graphql






Provides CodeMirror with a parser mode for GraphQL along with a live linter and
typeahead hinter powered by your GraphQL Schema

graphql-language-service




Provides language services for
graphql-language-service-server
codemirror-graphql and
monaco-graphql. Previously published separately as
the now-retired graphql-language-service-interface,
graphql-language-service-parser, graphql-language-service-utils and
graphql-language-service-types.

graphql-language-service-server




Provides language services for LSP-based IDE extensions

graphql-language-service-server-cli




Provides a CLI for the language service server

Browser & Runtime Support

Many of these packages need to work in multiple environments.
By default, all typescript packages target es6.
graphql-language-service-server and graphql-language-service-cli are made
for the node runtime, so they target es2017
codemirror-graphql and the graphiql browser bundle use the
.browserslistrc, which targets modern browsers to keep
bundle size small and keep the language services performant where async/await is
used, and especially to avoid the requirement of regenerator-runtime or
special babel configuration.

.browserslistrc:

last 2 versions
Firefox ESR
not dead
not IE 11
not ios 10
maintained node versions

To be clear, we do not support Internet Explorer or older versions of
evergreen browsers.

Development

To get setup for local development of this monorepo, refer to
DEVELOPMENT.md

Contributing to this repo

This is an open source project, and we welcome contributions. Please see
CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute.
This repository is managed by EasyCLA. Project participants must sign the free
GraphQL Specification Membership agreement
before making a contribution. You only need to do this one time, and it can be
signed by
individual contributors or
their employers.
To initiate the signature process please open a PR against this repo. The
EasyCLA bot will block the merge if we still need a membership agreement from
you.
Please note that EasyCLA is configured to accept commits from certain GitHub
bots. These are approved on an exception basis once we are confident that any
content they create is either unlikely to consist of copyrightable content or
else was written by someone who has already signed the CLA (e.g., a project
maintainer). The bots that have currently been approved as exceptions are:

  • github-actions (exclusively for the changesets Action)

You can find
detailed information here.
If you have issues, please email
operations@graphql.org.

Maintainers

Maintainers of this repository regularly review PRs and issues and help advance
the GraphiQL roadmap

Alumni

Without these amazing past maintainers, where would we be?!

  • @leebyron – original author of all libraries
  • @asiandrummer – original creator of
    GraphiQL
  • @wincent – early co-author and maintainer
  • @lostplan – maintained the language service
    ecosystem until about 2017
  • @IvanGoncharov – maintainer and
    transitional mentor to @acao and others
  • @orta – has helped with so many parts of the
    project over the years, and provided the original redesign!
  • @divyenduz – the original creator of
    vscode-graphql, and contributor to much of the ecosystem. Thanks Divy!

Active

Maintainers who are currently active (to varying degrees, please contact us via
our discord channels!):

  • @imolorhe
  • @yoshiakis
  • @urigo
  • @timsuchanek
  • @thomasheyenbrock
  • @n1ru4l
  • @acao
  • @stonexer
  • @B2o5T
  • @dotansimha
  • @saihaj
  • @jonathanawesome
  • @cshaver

Thank you graphql community for all the help & support! I did it all for you,
and I couldn’t have done it without you ❤️ – @acao

Fielding Proposals!

The door is open for proposals for the new GraphiQL Plugin API, and other ideas
on how to make the rest of the IDE ecosystem more performant, scalable,
interoperable and extensible. Feel free to open a PR to create a document in the
/proposals/ directory. Eventually we hope to move these to a repo that serves
this purpose.

Community

  • Discord

    Most discussion outside of GitHub happens on the GraphQL
    Discord Server
  • Twitter@GraphiQL and
    #GraphiQL
  • GitHub – Create feature requests, discussions issues and bugs above
  • Working Group – Yes, you’re invited! Monthly planning/decision making
    meetings, and working sessions every two weeks on zoom!
    Learn more.