# Apollo Server 3.0.0 introduces a modernized, extensible foundation

DevFeed: [Apollo Server 3.0.0 introduces a modernized, extensible foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/it-s-here-introducing-apollo-server-3-23431.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/its-here-introducing-apollo-server-3>)

Author: Vivek Ravishankar

Published: 2021-07-15T10:01:04Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [apollo-server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-server.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [Fastify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fastify.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [playground](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playground.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [ux-improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux-improvements.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo Server 3.0.0 introduces a modernized codebase and a more flexible, extensible foundation by removing hardcoded dependencies. It also makes Apollo Sandbox the suggested default querying tool and supports the latest Fastify version and Hapi.

## Source excerpt

When we released Apollo Server 2 in 2018, our goal was to make it the best-in-class GraphQL server by integrating many of the most useful GraphQL libraries available at the time. However, for backward compatibility reasons, this meant that Apollo Server 2 continued to include the 2018 versions of these libraries three years later. Apollo Server 3.0.0 changes that with a modernized codebase designed to serve as a scalable foundation for Apollo Server users well into the future.