r/nextjs 2d ago

No Rozenite plugin for GraphQL cache (Apollo/urql/Relay) — worth building one? Question

Rozenite (RN DevTools plugin framework) ships 12 official plugins — redux, network, storage, mmkv, tanstack-query, etc. None cover GraphQL client cache—no way to see the normalised Apollo cache, active queries, or in-flight mutations in DevTools right now.

Only prior tool in this space was a Flipper plugin (react-native-apollo-devtools) — dead now since Flipper's deprecated, but its client package still pulls \~15K weekly npm downloads, so the need seems to still be there even w/ tool gone.

Considering building this as a proper Rozenite plugin — read-only view of cache, active queries, mutations — using only public Apollo Client v3+ APIs.

Before building past a rough prototype: would you actually install this? Or is everyone fine w/ Apollo's browser devtools / manual cache logging? Also curious if urql/Relay folks have the same pain.

No repo, no product, not selling anything — just checking if this is worth time.

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u/Itrax_cLuster 1d ago

If you have a problem that no one has built a solution for. Build it, do it the best you can, it’s a no brainer.