Awesome Relay

URL: https://github.com/expede/awesome-relay#readme
Category: Themed Directories
Tags: awesome-lists, javascript, web-development

Description

Awesome Relay is a curated, community-maintained list of resources, libraries, and tools for building data-driven React applications with Facebook’s Relay framework and GraphQL. It follows the format and standards of the broader “Awesome” lists ecosystem.

Features

Structure & Scope

• Curated “Awesome” style list focused specifically on the Relay ecosystem.
• Organized Table of Contents for quick navigation across resource types.
• Covers both client-side and server-side aspects of building with Relay and GraphQL.

Learning Resources

• Documentation: Links to official and key third-party documentation for Relay and related tooling.
• FAQs: Frequently asked questions resources to clarify concepts and common issues around Relay.
• Tutorials: Step-by-step guides and learning materials for getting started and building apps with Relay.
• Overviews: High-level articles and talks explaining Relay’s architecture, concepts, and best practices.
• Example Implementations: Real-world and sample projects demonstrating Relay in practice, including:
  • relay-chat – example chat application using Relay.
  • koa-graphql-relay-example – Relay with a Koa/GraphQL backend.
  • koa-graphql – GraphQL server with Koa.
  • relay – core sample or reference implementations.
  • todomvc-relay-go – TodoMVC built with Relay and a Go backend.

Ecosystem: Libraries & Packages

Curated list of Relay- and GraphQL-related packages, including but not limited to:

• Core & Routing
  • graphql-relay-js – JavaScript helpers for building Relay-compliant GraphQL servers.
  • react-relay – Facebook’s official Relay bindings for React.
  • react-router – Routing library for React.
  • react-router-relay – Integration between React Router and Relay (appears multiple times in list, indicating centrality).
  • relay-nested-routes – Support for nested routes in a Relay/React Router setup.
  • isomorphic-relay-router – Tools for isomorphic/universal routing with Relay.
• Developer Experience & Patterns
  • relay-decorator – Decorator utilities to work with Relay containers.
  • recompose-relay – Integration between Recompose and Relay for composable React components.
• Schema & Data Layer
  • relay-local-schema – Utilities for using a local GraphQL schema with Relay.
  • sequelize-relay – Helpers for integrating Relay with Sequelize-based data models.
  • sequelize – SQL ORM often used alongside sequelize-relay.
  • relay-mongodb-connection – Connection helpers for MongoDB data sources in a Relay-style GraphQL schema.
• Network & Transport
  • relay-composite-network-layer – Custom or composable network layer utilities for Relay.
  • react-relay-network-layer – Network layer implementation for Relay.
  • relay-sink – Utilities related to sending/receiving Relay network traffic (sink abstraction).
• Platforms & Environment
  • react-native-relay – Relay bindings or helpers tailored for React Native.
• Tooling & Build
  • babel-plugin-flow-relay-query – Babel plugin to integrate Flow types and Relay queries.

Tooling

• Dedicated Tooling section highlighting supporting tools (e.g., relay-local-schema) to improve developer workflow, local development, and schema handling.

Starter Kits

• Section for Starter Kits that provide boilerplates or seed projects for quickly starting new Relay applications.

Relay-Specific Server Support

Collection of server-side libraries and examples that implement Relay-friendly GraphQL APIs, organized by language:

• Go

  • todomvc-relay-go – Example Go server implementing a Relay-compatible GraphQL API for a TodoMVC app.

• JavaScript

  • graphql-relay-js – Official JS reference implementation for GraphQL Relay server helpers.
  • react-relay – Client-side Relay bindings often used with JS-based servers.

• Python

  • graphql-relay-py – Relay helpers for Python GraphQL implementations.
  • graphql-py – Python GraphQL implementation that can support Relay patterns.
  • react-relay – Client usage documented in Python ecosystem examples.

• Ruby

  • graphql-relay-ruby – Relay helpers for Ruby GraphQL servers.
  • Rails subsection indicating Rails-specific integrations and examples.

• Scala

  • sangria-relay – Relay support within the Sangria GraphQL framework for Scala.

Testing

• Dedicated Testing section for tools, libraries, or guidance related to testing Relay-based applications (unit, integration, and end-to-end patterns).

Meta

• License: Repository includes a LICENSE file specifying open-source licensing terms.
• Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md describes contribution guidelines and how to add or update resources in the list.
• Integrated into the broader Awesome ecosystem via the Awesome badge and standards.

Pricing

• Not applicable. Awesome Relay is an open-source, curated list of resources and is free to use.