# 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
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Source summary:** GraphQL Server schema visualizer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:34:57+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- graphqlviz (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.0.1
## 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


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/graphqlviz.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/graphqlviz.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph