graphql

RedwoodGraphQL is part of the RedwoodJS family of open-source projects, a full-stack web framework for building React-based applications. The README is in transition: it announces RedwoodSDK, a newer React framework that runs on Cloudflare and starts as a Vite plugin, offering server-side rendering, React Server Components, server functions, streaming and realtime support, and direct integration with Cloudflare services such as Workers, D1, Durable Objects, R2, and Queues. The rest describes RedwoodJS itself: a stable release nicknamed Arapahoe and an upcoming version called Bighorn.

A Redwood application is a React frontend that talks to a custom GraphQL API, where GraphQL is a query language for fetching data and running mutations. The API uses Prisma, a database toolkit, to read and write the database. The framework is pre-wired with testing through Jest, logging through Pino, a UI catalog with Storybook, and single-command setup for authentication (such as Auth0) and CSS frameworks (such as Tailwind CSS). The optional GraphQL stack uses GraphQL Yoga, Envelop, and Apollo Client. The whole thing is written in TypeScript, giving type safety from the router to the database, though you can write your app in plain JavaScript. The same code can deploy to serverless platforms like Netlify and Vercel or to traditional server and container hosts like AWS and Render.

You would pick Redwood when you want an opinionated, batteries-included setup so you can spend time on your product instead of choosing tools, whether for a prototype, a hackathon, or a growing startup. The Bighorn epoch leans into React Server Components for deciding whether code runs on the server or the client.