PostGraphile
Builds a powerful, extensible and performant GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL schema in seconds
- Also known as
- postgraphile
What is PostGraphile?
PostGraphile automatically generates a secure and performant GraphQL API from your PostgreSQL database schema, leveraging PostgreSQL's built-in security and role-based access control.
What PostGraphile does
The capabilities that matter for graphql tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Role
- DB-to-GraphQL
- Primary language
- -
- Schema approach
- DB introspection
- Federation / subgraph composition
- -
- Real-time subscriptions
- ✓
- Response / edge caching
- -
- Typed code generation
- -
- Generates API from a database
- ✓
- Built-in authz / permissions
- ✓
- Official hosted offering
- -
- Self-hostable
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
PostGraphile alternatives
Other graphql tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- RelayThe GraphQL client that scales with you.low · 39%
- Strawberry GraphQLA modern GraphQL library for Pythonlow · 35%
- HasuraCreator of PromptQL, Data Delivery Network & GraphQL Enginelow · 31%
- GraphQL MeshUnify your API landscape with Mesh's federated architecture, integrating any API service into a cohesive graph.low · 38%
- WunderGraphGraphQL Federation, built to governmedium · 58%
- Apollo GraphQLThe API Orchestration Platform for AI Agents, Web, and Mobile Appslow · 37%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for PostGraphile, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Downloads | 65 | 26.00 | 1694.9 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 16.00 | 1073.9 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 78 | 5.00 | 387.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 13.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"role":"db_to_graphql","self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"introspection","db_introspection":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 99% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |