---
id: graphql-core
version: "3.2.11"
license: MIT license
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# graphql-core — GraphQL implementation for Python, a port of GraphQL.js, the JavaScript reference implementation for GraphQL.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install graphql-core
uv add graphql-core
poetry add graphql-core

## Description

# GraphQL-core 3

GraphQL-core 3 is a Python 3.7+ port of [GraphQL.js](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js),
the JavaScript reference implementation for [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/),
a query language for APIs created by Facebook.

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The current version 3.2.11 of GraphQL-core is up-to-date with GraphQL.js version 16.14.1.

An extensive test suite with over 2500 unit tests and 100% coverage comprises a
replication of the complete test suite of GraphQL.js, making sure this port is
reliable and compatible with GraphQL.js.

Note that for various reasons, GraphQL-core does not use SemVer like GraphQL.js.
Changes in the major version of GraphQL.js are reflected...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

GraphQL-core is a Python implementation of the GraphQL query language specification, providing tools to build type schemas and execute queries against them with support for both synchronous and asynchronous resolvers.

Verdict: A production-ready, actively maintained GraphQL implementation with zero known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Well-suited as a foundation for GraphQL APIs in Python, though the documentation notes that minor version changes may include breaking API changes—use version pinning like `~= 3.2.0` when depending on it.

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