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Install graphqlviz with Homebrew

GraphQL Server schema visualizer. Version 4.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install graphqlviz

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overview

Package summary

GraphQL Server schema visualizer

Commands and aliases

  • graphqlviz

history

Project history and usage

graphqlviz is a small GraphQL schema visualizer that renders Graphviz DOT output from a GraphQL endpoint, schema JSON file, or schema SDL file.

Project history

The project is intentionally narrow: its README describes a GraphQL Server CLI visualizer adapted from an original web interface. The repository contains a compact JavaScript CLI rather than a broader GraphQL platform.

Adoption history

Adoption appears to be niche and developer-tool focused. Its value comes from fitting into the existing Graphviz command-line ecosystem: `graphqlviz` writes DOT, and users pipe that into `dot` to produce PNG or other graph formats.

How it is used

Typical usage is `graphqlviz [url] | dot -Tpng -o graph.png`. The CLI can also read `schema.json` or `schema.graphql`, pass an Authorization header, print the introspection result, and apply theme overrides.

Why package nerds care

graphqlviz is package-manager trivia in the good sense: a tiny bridge between GraphQL introspection and the decades-old Graphviz rendering toolchain. It is useful when a schema diagram is needed quickly and a full GraphQL registry or UI is too much.

Timeline

  • Repository era: graphqlviz was published as a JavaScript CLI around a compact GitHub repository with tagged npm releases.
  • Package era: npm and Homebrew packaging made the `graphqlviz` executable available outside direct repository checkout.

Related projects

  • Graphviz supplies the `dot` renderer used for final graph output.
  • GraphQL Inspector and GraphQL Voyager are adjacent schema-understanding tools, though graphqlviz is much smaller and DOT-focused.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
graphqlvizcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.0.1
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:graphqlviz
Version4.0.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/graphqlviz
Homepagehttps://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/graphqlviz/-/graphqlviz-4.0.1.tgz
Last updated2026-06-13T23:34:57+02:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegraphqlviz
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • graphql-inspectorShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
  • graphqxlShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
  • graphqurlShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
  • graphql-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphql.
  • httpieShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools.
  • httpyacShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment