99designs

    99designs/gqlgen

    go generate based graphql server library

    10.8K stars
    1.3K forks
    119 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 17 days ago, with 420 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Generates type-safe GraphQL servers in Go using a schema-first approach with code generation.
    • Eliminates manual boilerplate by generating resolvers and models, ensuring type safety without using map[string]interface{}.
    • Use for building scalable, type-safe GraphQL APIs in Go with automatic code generation from schema definitions.
    • Use for integrating GraphQL subscriptions and dataloaders efficiently in Go backend services.
    • Use for customizing GraphQL models and resolvers to optimize nested or recursive data fetching in Go applications.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    gqlgen is a Go library for building GraphQL servers without any fuss.

    Still not convinced enough to use gqlgen? Compare gqlgen with other Go graphql implementations

    If you think you've found a bug, or something isn't behaving the way you think it should, please raise an issue on GitHub.

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    Forks

    1.3K+15

    Open issues

    411+25

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