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GraphiQL vs GraphQL Playground: What are the differences?
What is GraphiQL? An in-browser IDE for exploring GraphQL. An in-browser IDE for exploring GraphQL.
What is GraphQL Playground? 🎮 GraphQL IDE for better development workflows (GraphQL Subscriptions, interactive docs & collaboration). GraphQL IDE for better development workflows (GraphQL Subscriptions, interactive docs & collaboration).
GraphiQL and GraphQL Playground can be primarily classified as "Database" tools.
GraphiQL and GraphQL Playground are both open source tools. GraphiQL with 8.67K GitHub stars and 845 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than GraphQL Playground with 4.69K GitHub stars and 308 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, GraphiQL has a broader approval, being mentioned in 10 company stacks & 10 developers stacks; compared to GraphQL Playground, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of GraphiQL
- Install by npm5
- In-browser IDE5
- Graphql1
- Editor Theme1