# Install graphqlviz with Homebrew

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

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:graphqlviz
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install graphqlviz
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:graphqlviz
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/graphqlviz>
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Source summary:** GraphQL Server schema visualizer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/graphqlviz/-/graphqlviz-4.0.1.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:34:57+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- graphqlviz (cli)
- graphqlviz (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz>
- <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz#readme>
- <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz/releases>
- <https://www.npmjs.com/package/graphqlviz>


## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** graphqlviz
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [graphql-inspector](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphql-inspector/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [graphqxl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphqxl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [graphqurl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphqurl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [graphql-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphql-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [httpie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httpie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools.
- [httpyac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httpyac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [rover](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rover/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphql.
- [ain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/graphqlviz.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/graphqlviz.yml)


## Sources

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