PostGraphile
Instantly create a GraphQL API from your PostgreSQL schema.
Overview
PostGraphile introspects your PostgreSQL database and automatically generates a powerful, secure, and standards-compliant GraphQL API. It's known for its performance, extensibility, and adherence to PostgreSQL's security model. By leveraging database features like Row-Level Security, it provides a robust and efficient way to expose your data via GraphQL. It can be used as a standalone server or as a library in an existing Node.js application.
✨ Key Features
- Automatic GraphQL API generation from PostgreSQL
- High performance
- Extensible with plugins
- Follows database permissions (RLS)
- Real-time updates via GraphQL subscriptions
- Open-source
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Performance: often cited as being faster than alternatives due to its query-building strategy.
- Deep PostgreSQL integration: leverages database features like RLS for security.
- Highly extensible plugin system.
Unique Value: Provides the fastest and most efficient way to create a secure, standards-compliant GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL database, leveraging the power of the database itself for performance and security.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Generating a full-featured GraphQL API for a complex PostgreSQL schema in minutes.
- Using PostgreSQL roles and row-level security to control data access through the GraphQL API.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Projects that do not use PostgreSQL.
- Organizations that need to federate or stitch together many different types of data sources (REST, gRPC, etc.).
🏆 Alternatives
Compared to Hasura, it is often seen as more extensible and performant for pure-PostgreSQL use cases, but Hasura supports more data sources.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
💰 Pricing
Free tier: The core PostGraphile library is open source and free.
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