gqlgen
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gqlgen is ranked #6 of 33 in code generators on Inferse. It runs on Self-hosted. There is a free plan.
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- Project scaffolding
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- Custom templates
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- Schema-to-code generation
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- CLI available
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- Supported languages
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Facts
- Product
- gqlgen is a Go library for building GraphQL servers.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Approach
- It uses a schema-first approach based on GraphQL Schema Definition Language.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Type safety
- The project prioritizes type safety and says users should not see map[string]interface{} in its workflow.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Code generation
- gqlgen generates code from a GraphQL schema, including models and server runtime code.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Operations
- The feature comparison lists support for queries, mutations, and subscriptions.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Federation
- The feature comparison lists federation support, and the configuration documentation shows Apollo Federation enabled by default in its example configuration.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Custom models
- The getting-started guide shows how gqlgen can bind schema types to custom Go models and generate explicit field resolvers.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation includes recipes for Apollo Federation, authentication, CORS, Gin, and subscriptions.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation provides an authentication recipe that passes authentication details through context.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The getting-started guide runs the generated server with go run server.go and opens it at localhost:8080.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users who find bugs or unexpected behavior to raise an issue on GitHub.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The configuration documentation says gqlgen does not currently support user-configurable directives for scalar, enum, interface, or union types.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Large schemas
- The configuration documentation identifies type systems above 65,000 methods as very large and recommends function syntax for execution context as an option.gqlgen.com · 2 Oct 2026
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Sources
- gqlgen.com· checked 2 Oct 2026
- gqlgen.com/getting-started/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- gqlgen.com/feature-comparison/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- gqlgen.com/recipes/authentication/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- gqlgen.com/config/· checked 2 Oct 2026




