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graphql
Full-stack React framework with GraphQL API and Prisma, now succeeded by RedwoodSDK
- Stars
- 17.6k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Dec 2025
- Last release
- Oct 2025
- Language
- TypeScript
17,519 on 21 Apr 202617,589 on 10 Nov 2026
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Checked on GitHub.
Overview
RedwoodJS is an opinionated TypeScript web framework: a React frontend (Vite) talks to a GraphQL API (GraphQL Yoga, Envelop) that uses Prisma for the database. Jest, Storybook and Pino logging are included, and auth and CSS frameworks are added by CLI command. The README redirects new work to RedwoodSDK, a Cloudflare-focused framework, and lists the Bighorn epoch (React Server Components) as unreleased.
Who it is for: TypeScript developers building full-stack React apps with a GraphQL API
Strengths
- Integrated stack: React, Vite, GraphQL Yoga, Prisma, Jest, Storybook and Pino
- Deploys to serverless hosts (Netlify, Vercel) or servers and containers (AWS, Render)
- Auth providers such as Auth0 and Tailwind CSS are each added with one command
- TypeScript throughout, with JavaScript also supported
Weaknesses
- No AI features; it is a general web framework, not an AI starter
- README points new development to RedwoodSDK, so this repo is the older line
- Bighorn epoch with React Server Components has no production release
- Opinionated stack with GraphQL and Prisma; swapping parts is not described
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Node.js, Prisma-supported database
Quick answers
Is graphql open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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