v5.3.0

What's New

Bug Fixes

• Fix explorer panel blanking on field click and after query execution
• Fix theme inconsistency between wrapper UI and GraphiQL core
• Fix stale data when cloning tabs
• Default theme changed to light

UI Polish

• Dark theme colors aligned with GraphiQL core (same hsl(219, 29%) family)
• Settings and confirm dialogs restyle to match GraphiQL's native dialog appearance
• Removed dead CodeMirror CSS selectors

App Icon

• Replaced with transparent PNG for proper macOS icon rendering
• Added SVG source for future editing

Download

• GraphiQL Desktop-5.2.3-arm64.dmg — macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

macOS 15+ (Sequoia): Run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GraphiQL\ Desktop.app
Older macOS: Right-click → Open → Open

GraphiQL Desktop v5.2.3

GraphiQL Desktop v5.2.3

Patch release — fixes settings not persisting across restarts.

Fixes

• Global settings now persist — Theme (system/light/dark) and inner settings visibility are now saved to disk, surviving app restarts
• Generalized file-backed storage — Shared createFileStorage() helper so any Zustand store can use durable file persistence with one line
• Migration — Automatically migrates tabs-data.json from v5.2.2 to the new naming convention

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• GraphiQL Desktop-5.2.3-arm64.dmg — macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

macOS 15+ (Sequoia): Run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GraphiQL\ Desktop.app
Older macOS: Right-click → Open → Open

GraphiQL Desktop v5.2.2

GraphiQL Desktop v5.2.2

Major upgrade aligning with GraphiQL core v5.

What's New

• GraphiQL v5 + Monaco Editor — Upgraded from GraphiQL v3 (CodeMirror) to v5 (Monaco), with full GraphQL language support, autocomplete, and syntax highlighting
• Global Settings Panel — Theme (system/light/dark) and inner settings visibility are now global, accessible from the tab bar gear icon
• Drag-and-Drop Tabs — Reorder endpoint tabs by dragging, plus double-click to rename
• Close Confirmation — Non-empty tabs prompt for confirmation before closing
• Header Inheritance — New inner query tabs automatically inherit headers from the previous tab
• Query History Plugin — Built-in query history now enabled

Critical Fix

• Data Persistence — Fixed a critical issue where all user data (tabs, queries, headers) was lost on app quit. Chromium's localStorage in Electron does not reliably flush to disk. Replaced with file-backed IPC persistence (tabs-data.json in app userData directory) that guarantees data survives across restarts.

Dependency Upgrades

Package	Before	After
graphiql	3.0.10	5.2.2
@graphiql/plugin-explorer	3.0.1	5.1.1
@graphiql/toolkit	0.9.1	0.11.3
vite	5.0.10	6.3.4
electron-builder	24.9.1	26.8.1

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• GraphiQL Desktop-5.2.2-arm64.dmg — macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

macOS 15+ (Sequoia): Run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GraphiQL\ Desktop.app
Older macOS: Right-click → Open → Open

GraphiQL Desktop v1.0.1

GraphiQL Desktop v1.0.1

What's New

• 🎨 Custom App Icon - New branded icon for the app

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• GraphiQL Desktop-1.0.1-arm64.dmg - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

macOS 15+ (Sequoia): Run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GraphiQL\ Desktop.app
Older macOS: Right-click → Open → Open

GraphiQL Desktop v1.0.0

GraphiQL Desktop v1.0.0

A modern desktop wrapper for GraphiQL.

Features

• Multi-endpoint tabs with isolated query storage
• Context menu: Clone, Rename, Move tabs
• Fixed text selection (no window dragging)
• Headers persist on refresh
• macOS traffic light integration

Download

• GraphiQL Desktop-1.0.0-arm64.dmg - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

Note: This app is unsigned. On first launch, right-click → Open → Open.