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GraphQL Yoga

GraphQL Yoga is a fully-featured, cross-platform GraphQL server built on top of graphql-js and maintained by The Guild. It supports all JavaScript environments including Node.js, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, and edge runtimes out of the box, with zero-configuration for subscriptions via server-sent events, file uploads, persisted documents, and WebSocket transport.

GraphQL Yoga publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include GraphQL, Server, JavaScript, TypeScript, and The Guild.

GraphQL Yoga’s developer surface includes documentation and 7 more developer resources.

20.5/100 emerging ▲ 8.8 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
1 APIs
GraphQLServerJavaScriptTypeScriptThe GuildOpen SourceSubscriptionsFederation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 10.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL Yoga Server

GraphQL Yoga is a self-hosted GraphQL server library — each deployment exposes its own GraphQL endpoint (default: /graphql). The library handles request parsing, execution, subs...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

GraphQL Yoga

GraphQL Yoga is a fully-featured, cross-platform GraphQL server from The Guild, built on top of graphql-js with an Envelop plugin system. It runs anywhere JavaScript runs — Node...

GRAPHQL

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Graphql Yoga Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: graphql-yoga
name: GraphQL Yoga
description: 'GraphQL Yoga is a fully-featured, cross-platform GraphQL server built on top of graphql-js and maintained by
  The Guild. It supports all JavaScript environments including Node.js, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, and edge runtimes out
  of the box, with zero-configuration for subscriptions via server-sent events, file uploads, persisted documents, and WebSocket
  transport.

  '
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/graphql-yoga.png
url: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server
baseURL: https://your-server.example.com/graphql
created: 2026-06-14
modified: 2026-06-14
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- GraphQL
- Server
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- The Guild
- Open Source
- Subscriptions
- Federation
apis:
- aid: graphql-yoga:graphql-yoga-server
  name: GraphQL Yoga Server
  description: 'GraphQL Yoga is a self-hosted GraphQL server library — each deployment exposes its own GraphQL endpoint (default:
    /graphql). The library handles request parsing, execution, subscriptions, file uploads, CORS, and plugin lifecycle for
    any GraphQL schema you provide.

    '
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Server
  humanURL: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server/docs
  baseURL: https://your-server.example.com/graphql
  properties:
  - url: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: graphql/graphql-yoga-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/graphql-yoga-domain-security.yml
- url: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server
  type: Website
- url: https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server/docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-guild-of-developers/
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-yoga
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: plans/graphql-yoga-plans.md
  type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/graphql-yoga-rate-limits.md
  type: RateLimits
- url: finops/graphql-yoga-finops.md
  type: FinOps
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com