# Strawberry GraphQL vs urql

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Strawberry GraphQL

| Attribute | Strawberry GraphQL | urql |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.2 (66% (medium)) | 59.9 (51% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 76 | 3 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 325 | 57,619 |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,722 | 8,980 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,448,848 | 1,178,429 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source Python library for constructing GraphQL servers using Python's type hints and dataclasses to define schemas. It provides async support, federation capabilities, real-time subscriptions, and integrations with popular web frameworks. It is indexed under GraphQL Tools.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What is Strawberry GraphQL?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Strawberry GraphQL is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"Is Strawberry GraphQL free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Strawberry GraphQL supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What platforms does Strawberry GraphQL support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Strawberry GraphQL can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"Can Strawberry GraphQL be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Strawberry GraphQL, including Django, FastAPI, Flask, Aiohttp, Chalice, Channels, Litestar and Quart, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What does Strawberry GraphQL integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Strawberry GraphQL is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry","question":"Is Strawberry GraphQL open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A JavaScript GraphQL client that integrates with popular frameworks like React and Vue. The library is designed to be lightweight with optional features for caching and optimization. It is indexed under GraphQL Tools.","source":"https://urql.dev","question":"What is urql?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"urql is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://urql.dev","question":"Is urql free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to urql. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://urql.dev","question":"What platforms does urql support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. urql is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/urql-graphql/urql","question":"Is urql open source?","confidence":0.99}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | A GraphQL server library for Python that uses type annotations to define schemas, with support for async/await, federation, and integrations with web frameworks like FastAPI and Django. | A framework-agnostic GraphQL client library that works with React, Preact, Vue, Solid, and Svelte, featuring flexible caching and a highly customizable API. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"server","language":"Python","federation":true,"managed_cloud":false,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"code_first","type_generation":true}` | `{"role":"client","caching":true,"language":"TypeScript","subscriptions":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Django"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"Flask"},{"name":"Aiohttp"},{"name":"Chalice"},{"name":"Channels"},{"name":"Litestar"},{"name":"Quart"},{"name":"Sanic"},{"name":"Starlette"},{"name":"SQLAlchemy","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Next.js","native":true,"category":"frontend","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pydantic","native":true,"category":"validation","direction":"outbound"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Python | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://strawberry.rocks","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:24:54.298Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source (MIT license)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://urql.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:40:56.515Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 1 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 7 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":9,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=strawberry-graphql&per_page=100","last_12m":7,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40urql%2Fcore&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (GraphQL Tools)

| Capability | Strawberry GraphQL | urql |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | Server | Client |
| Primary language | Python | TypeScript |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema approach | Code-first | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Federation / subgraph composition | ✓ | - |
| **Realtime** |  |  |
| Real-time subscriptions | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Response / edge caching | - | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| Typed code generation | ✓ | - |
| **Automation** |  |  |
| Generates API from a database | - | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Built-in authz / permissions | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Official hosted offering | ✗ | - |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:12:44.989Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*