Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GraphQL

The top open-source alternatives to GraphQL are gRPC, Next.js, and React. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

gRPC Landing Page
1

gRPC

Application and Data, Languages & Frameworks, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and Service Discovery
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 86 social mentions
Next.js Landing Page
2

Next.js

A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 919 social mentions
React Landing Page
3

React

A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 775 social mentions
Hibernate Landing Page
4

Hibernate

Hibernate an open source Java persistence framework project.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Development 14 social mentions
SQLAlchemy Landing Page
5

SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Databases #Digital Drawing And Painting #Backend Development 2 social mentions
Nest.js Landing Page
6

Nest.js

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, reliable and scalable server-side applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #JavaScript Framework 182 social mentions
Sequelize Landing Page
7

Sequelize

Provides access to a MySQL database by mapping database entries to objects and vice-versa.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development #Web Frameworks #Tool 44 social mentions
ExpressJS Landing Page
8

ExpressJS

Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JavaScript Framework #Node.js Framework #Web Frameworks 424 social mentions
FastAPI Landing Page
9

FastAPI

FastAPI is an Open Source, modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Developer Tools #API Tools #Python Programming 233 social mentions
PouchDB Landing Page
10

PouchDB

Open-source JavaScript database inspired by Apache CouchDB that's designed to run well within the browser
Pricing:
- Open Source
#NoSQL Databases #Databases #Key-Value Database 21 social mentions
Supabase Landing Page
11

Supabase

An open source Firebase alternative
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Realtime Backend / API #Backend As A Service 428 social mentions
Eureka Landing Page
12

Eureka

Eureka is a contact center and enterprise performance through speech analytics that immediately reveals insights from automated analysis of communications including calls, chat, email, texts, social media, surveys and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy