PostGraphile
Ranked 6 of 6 backend services by recommenders
Recommended for generating GraphQL APIs from PostgreSQL databases, getting out of the way and automating tedious work. One critic reports trouble with testing and ergonomics.
Recommended for generating GraphQL APIs from PostgreSQL databases, getting out of the way and automating tedious work. One critic reports trouble with testing and ergonomics.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Automates tedious GraphQL API work
“It really lives up to its goal of getting out of the way and automating the tedium.”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Postgraphile v5 Released” Used in client projects
“Almost all my client projects are using Postgraphile”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Postgraphile v5 Released” Long-awaited v5 release welcomed
“Great news and a long time coming!”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Postgraphile v5 Released” Seen as the way forward
“postgraphile is probably the way”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “GraphQL: The enterprise honeymoon is over”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Trouble with testing and ergonomics
“had trouble with testing and ergonomics”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PocketBase | 67 | 12 | 85% | 9 | — | Approved |
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| PostgREST | 12 | 3 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Sheet Ninja | 11 | 12 | 48% | 3 | — | — |
| PostGraphileThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“had trouble with testing and ergonomics”
“It really lives up to its goal of getting out of the way and automating the tedium.”
“Almost all my client projects are using Postgraphile”
“Great news and a long time coming!”
“postgraphile is probably the way”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.