# graphile-build > Build a GraphQL schema from plugins Latest version **5.2.0** (published 2026-10-30) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install graphile-build pnpm add graphile-build yarn add graphile-build bun add graphile-build ``` ## Health **Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active. Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo. Warnings: low downloads. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 5.2.0 | | Published | 2026-10-30 | | First published | 2017-08-01 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | ESM + CommonJS | | Node | >=22 | | Dependencies | 13 | | Unpacked size | 552 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) | | GitHub stars | 12934 | | Author | Benjie Gillam | | Maintainers | benjie | | Keywords | graphile, graphql, engine, apollo, graphqljs, plugin, build, extension, graphite | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/graphile-build - Repository: https://github.com/graphile/crystal - Homepage: https://graphile.org/graphile-build/ - Issues: https://github.com/graphile/crystal/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/graphile-build ## Dependencies (13) - [chalk](https://npm.io/package/chalk.md) ^4.1.2 - [debug](https://npm.io/package/debug.md) ^4.4.3 - [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.8.1 - [lodash](https://npm.io/package/lodash.md) ^4.18.1 - [semver](https://npm.io/package/semver.md) ^7.7.3 - [graphql](https://npm.io/package/graphql.md) ^16.9.0 - [pluralize](https://npm.io/package/pluralize.md) ^7.0.0 - [tamedevil](https://npm.io/package/tamedevil.md) ^0.1.2 - [@types/node](https://npm.io/package/@types/node.md) ^22.19.1 - [@types/semver](https://npm.io/package/@types/semver.md) ^7.7.1 - [graphile-config](https://npm.io/package/graphile-config.md) ^1.1.2 - [transliteration](https://npm.io/package/transliteration.md) ^2.3.5 - [@types/pluralize](https://npm.io/package/@types/pluralize.md) ^0.0.33 ## Alternatives - [apollo-link-http-common](https://npm.io/package/apollo-link-http-common.md) — 879.0K weekly downloads - [react-relay](https://npm.io/package/react-relay.md) — 336.8K weekly downloads - [relay-test-utils](https://npm.io/package/relay-test-utils.md) — 181.6K weekly downloads - [@vendure/core](https://npm.io/package/@vendure/core.md) — 14.8K weekly downloads - [@pnpm/deps.graph-sequencer](https://npm.io/package/@pnpm/deps.graph-sequencer.md) — 13.4K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 5.2.0 (latest) — 2026-10-30 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260928202932 (snapshot-next) — 2026-09-28 - 5.0.0-rc.6 (rc) — 2026-03-10 - 5.0.0-beta.39 (beta) — 2025-09-24 - 4.14.1 (next) — 2025-04-27 - 5.0.0-alpha.18 (alpha) — 2023-08-02 - 5.0.0-alpha.2 (prealpha) — 2023-05-03 - 4.4.0-beta.10 (nextnext) — 2019-04-14 - 4.3.2-beta.0 (ws) — 2019-02-19 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260925164249 — 2026-09-25 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260922224416 — 2026-09-22 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260919185130 — 2026-09-19 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260918085327 — 2026-09-18 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260910230054 — 2026-09-10 - 5.2.0-aardvark.next-20260907131448 — 2026-09-07 - … 199 more at https://npm.io/package/graphile-build/versions ## README # graphile-build [![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/benjie?color=ff69b4&label=github%20sponsors)](https://github.com/sponsors/benjie) [![Discord chat room](https://img.shields.io/discord/489127045289476126.svg)](http://discord.gg/graphile) [![Follow](https://img.shields.io/badge/BSky-@Graphile.org-006aff.svg)](https://bsky.app/profile/graphile.org) [![Follow](https://img.shields.io/badge/Mastodon-@Graphile.fosstodon.org-6364ff.svg)](https://fosstodon.org/@graphile) `graphile-build` provides a framework to build extensible GraphQL APIs by combining plugins. Each plugin typically has its own small purpose (such as implementing the [`Node` interface][global-object-identification], adding `query: Query` to mutation payloads, or watching an external source for schema changes) and by combining these plugins together you get a large, powerful, and manageable GraphQL schema. Plugins enable you to make broad changes to your GraphQL schema with minimal code, and because you're changing your schema in broad ways it helps to guarantee consistency. Graphile Build has strong built-in support for [Gra*fast*](https://grafast.org) so you can make an exceptionally performant auto-generated (or generator-assisted) GraphQL API. [PostGraphile](https://github.com/graphile/postgraphile) uses Graphile Build and Gra*fast* to produce an extremely high performance standards-compliant GraphQL API with minimal fuss. The separate [`graphile-build-pg` module](../graphile-build-pg/README.md) contains the plugins that are specific to PostgreSQL support (`graphile-build` itself does not know nor care about databases). ## Crowd-funded open-source software To help us develop this software sustainably, we ask all individuals and businesses that use it to help support its ongoing maintenance and development via sponsorship. ### [Click here to find out more about sponsors and sponsorship.](https://www.graphile.org/sponsor/) And please give some love to our featured sponsors 🤩:
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