Package

apollo-server-core

Core engine for Apollo GraphQL server

v3.13.0, 14 Nov 2023MITCommonJSTypes: BundledGraphQL

$ npm install apollo-server-core

Deprecated on npm

The `apollo-server-core` package is part of Apollo Server v2 and v3, which are now end-of-life (as of October 22nd 2023 and October 22nd 2024, respectively). This package's functionality is now found in the `@apollo/server` package. See https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/previous-versions/ for more details.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 619.5k; -26% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 23; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 years ago; v3.13.0
GitHub stars: 14k; 2k forks
Open issues / PRs: 59 / 29
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 47

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

619,545 downloads last week, 3,139,306 in the last month. The 12-month change of -26% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 0156 in total
Latest version: 3.13.0, 14 Nov 20232 years ago
First published: 17 Jul 2017
Last push to GitHub: 25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 59
Open pull requests: 29
Commits, last 52 weeks: 47
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Jul 2021
v2 first release 2.0.0, 19 Jul 2018
v1 first release 1.0.2, 17 Jul 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.13.0	14 Nov 2023
3.12.1	30 Aug 2023
2.26.2	30 Aug 2023
3.12.0	2 Mar 2023
3.11.1	3 Nov 2022
3.11.0	2 Nov 2022
3.10.4	31 Oct 2022
2.26.1	20 Oct 2022
3.10.3	7 Oct 2022
3.10.2	26 Aug 2022
2.26.0	18 Aug 2022
3.10.1	10 Aug 2022
3.10.0	11 Jul 2022
3.9.0	15 Jun 2022

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=12.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 941 kB
Dependencies (23): uuidsha.jsloglevellru-cacheasync-retrygraphql-tagwhatwg-mimetypeapollo-datasourceapollo-server-env@graphql-tools/mock@josephg/resolvableapollo-server-types@apollo/utils.loggerapollo-server-errors@graphql-tools/schemanode-abort-controllerapollo-reporting-protobufapollo-server-plugin-basefast-json-stable-stringify@apollo/utils.keyvaluecache@apollographql/apollo-tools@apollo/utils.usagereporting@apollographql/graphql-playground-html
Peer dependencies (1): graphql

Install

npm install apollo-server-core

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/apollo-server-core@3.13.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/apollo-server-core@3.13.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/apollo-server-core@3.13.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
vue-apollo Use Apollo and GraphQL with Vue.js	47.3k	-	2 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@graphql-yoga/node This package has been deprecated in favor of [https://npmjs.org/](https://npmjs.com/package/graphql-yoga)	23.3k	-	3 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@graphql-yoga/common This package has been deprecated in favor of [https://npmjs.org/](https://npmjs.com/package/graphql-yoga)	18.5k	-	3 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@vue/apollo-util Apollo GraphQL for Vue - Utilities	6.9k	-	1 year ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
graphql-upload Middleware and a scalar Upload to add support for GraphQL multipart requests (file uploads via queries and mutations) to various Node.js GraphQL servers.	405k	-	1 month ago	CommonJS	-
graphql-config The easiest way to configure your development environment with your GraphQL schema (supported by most tools, editors & IDEs)	5.8m	-	9 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@envelop/core This is the core package for Envelop. You can find a complete documentation here: https://github.com/graphql-hive/envelop	5.5m	-	8 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@vue/apollo-composable Apollo GraphQL for Vue Composition API	89.3k	-	1 year ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated.