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Install altair-graphql-client with Homebrew Cask
GraphQL client. Version 8.5.9 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with winget: winget install --id altair-graphql.altair -e.
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GraphQL client
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Project history and usage
Altair GraphQL Client is a cross-platform GraphQL IDE for composing queries, mutations, and subscriptions; inspecting schemas; managing environments and headers; and debugging GraphQL servers.
Project history
Altair was created as a free, open-source GraphQL IDE. The project is written in TypeScript with an Angular interface, while its desktop distributions use Electron.
The application evolved from basic GraphQL query execution into a broader debugging environment with schema exploration, environments, collections, scripts, subscriptions, file uploads, plugins, and collaboration-oriented export features.
Adoption history
Altair expanded beyond its desktop application to browser extensions, a web application, embeddable packages, and Linux packaging. Official documentation lists desktop support for macOS, Windows, and Linux and specifically documents installation through Homebrew Cask and Snap.
How it is used
Users provide a GraphQL endpoint, headers or authorization data, variables, and an operation, then inspect the response and schema documentation. Environments support switching values between local, staging, and production services.
Collections, query history, import/export, pre-request and post-request scripts, subscriptions, automatic schema refresh, and file uploads support repeated API-development and debugging workflows.
Why package nerds care
Altair is notable to package users because it packages a full GraphQL workflow as a cross-platform desktop IDE while remaining usable as a browser extension, web app, or embedded component. Its Homebrew Cask gives macOS developers a reproducible installation and upgrade path.
Timeline
- By 2026: Altair was distributed as desktop applications, browser extensions, a web application, Snap package, and Homebrew Cask.
- 2026: The supplied cask record packages Altair GraphQL Client 8.5.9 for macOS.
Related projects
- GraphQL.js supports several GraphQL operations inside Altair.
- Angular provides the application framework.
- Electron packages the desktop clients.
- The GraphQL multipart request specification underlies Altair's file-upload support.
Sources
- https://altairgraphql.dev/
- https://altairgraphql.dev/docs/
- https://altairgraphql.dev/docs/features/
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page generated2026-09-19
manager version8.5.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/imolorhe/altair
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/imolorhe/altairnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:altair-graphql-client |
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| Version | 8.5.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/altair-graphql-client |
| Homepage | https://altairgraphql.dev/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/imolorhe/altair |
| Upstream docs | https://altairgraphql.dev/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/imolorhe/altair/releases/download/v8.5.9/altair_8.5.9_arm64_mac.zip |
| SHA-256 | 5dbf5a58be50922965bc30d5ed5dc38ee3607b89b01c3777827aeab8a27d7d3c |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | altair-graphql-client |
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| Disabled | no |
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winget95%
altair-graphql.altair
winget install --id altair-graphql.altair -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Altair Graphql Client
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