Graphcool is a brand that has been providing developers with an efficient and easy way to use GraphQL in their projects. However, they have recently sunsetted on July 1st, 2020. During their four-year journey, Graphcool has garnered over 59k users and a total of 234k projects, with popular companies like Twitter, Airbnb, Netlify, and Auth0 relying on their services.

Graphcool's mission was to enable developers to quickly implement GraphQL in their projects by providing a Backend-as-a-Service that included a fully-featured GraphQL API out of the box. They also dedicated themselves to educating developers about GraphQL, launching popular tutorials like Learn Apollo, Learn Relay, and How to GraphQL. Community has always been important to Graphcool, as seen in their active community Slack and their organization of Europe's first GraphQL conference, GraphQL Europe.

They have also played a significant role in advancing the local GraphQL community by organizing regular meetups in Berlin. However, as they grew, they realized that developers wanted more flexibility and control over their backend. This led to a pivot and the development of Prisma, the next-generation of database tools.

Prisma allows developers to retain control over their development stack while abstracting away the complexities of database workflows. Inspired by the systems used at companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Airbnb, Prisma democratizes the concept of a uniform data access layer. Although Prisma is not solely focused on GraphQL, they remain involved in the GraphQL community and continue to contribute to open source tools like Nexus.

Prisma is a versatile database toolkit that can be used in various contexts, including REST or gRPC APIs and serverless functions. With Prisma, Graphcool has evolved to provide developers with the flexibility and control they desire, transforming the way teams of all sizes approach data access. If you're looking for a next-generation ORM for TypeScript and Node.

js, Prisma is the ideal choice