# gatsby-graphiql-explorer

> GraphiQL IDE with custom features for Gatsby users

Latest version **3.16.0** (published 2026-01-26) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install gatsby-graphiql-explorer
pnpm add gatsby-graphiql-explorer
yarn add gatsby-graphiql-explorer
bun add gatsby-graphiql-explorer
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.16.0 |
| Published | 2026-01-26 |
| First published | 2019-05-27 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=14.15.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 2.6 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 55942 |
| Author | Michal Piechowiak |
| Maintainers | pieh, kathmbeck, serhalp-netlify, mlgualtieri-gatsby, fk, tylerbarnes, daniellewgatsby |
| Keywords | gatsby, graphiql, gatsby-graphiql |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gatsby-graphiql-explorer
- Repository: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby
- Homepage: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-graphiql-explorer#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/gatsby-graphiql-explorer

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## Recent versions

- 3.16.0 (latest) — 2026-01-26
- 3.17.0-next.0 (next) — 2025-11-27
- 1.15.0 (latest-v3) — 2022-12-07
- 2.25.0 (latest-v4) — 2022-12-07
- 3.0.0-alpha-drupal-proxyurl.14 (drupal-proxyurl) — 2022-11-22
- 2.14.0-alpha-transformer-json.26 (alpha-transformer-json) — 2022-10-12
- 3.0.0-alpha-v5.d20221012t101120.57 (alpha-v5) — 2022-10-12
- 2.23.0-alpha-preview-gh-api.26 (preview-gh-api) — 2022-09-08
- 2.23.0-alpha-9689ff.25 (alpha-9689ff) — 2022-08-31
- 2.18.0-alpha-drupal-self-reference.18 (drupal-self-reference) — 2022-07-19
- 2.15.0-alpha-wp-image-cdn-auth.48 (wp-image-cdn-auth) — 2022-05-20
- 2.11.0-alpha-luda.57 (luda) — 2022-05-12
- 2.8.0-alpha-image-service.24 (image-service) — 2022-02-10
- 2.6.0-alpha-ts-jit.60 (alpha-ts-jit) — 2022-01-21
- 1.14.0-alpha-qe-sm.46 (alpha-qe-sm) — 2021-09-13
- … 255 more at https://npm.io/package/gatsby-graphiql-explorer/versions

## README

# gatsby-graphiql-explorer

A package to extend the default [GraphiQL](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql) IDE with useful features for Gatsby users.

When using `gatsby develop` it's accessible at `http://localhost:8000/___graphql`.

## Features

- [GraphiQL Explorer](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/tree/main/packages/graphiql-plugin-explorer) - an interactive explorer plugin to visually create and interact with the GraphQL schema
- [GraphiQL Exporter](https://github.com/OneGraph/graphiql-code-exporter) - generates ready-to-run code for your queries
- Button for [Refreshing Content](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/refreshing-content/)
- Support for implied fragments - whether provided by you, core or plugins. Autocompletion, validation & operation execution are all covered

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