# Powerful new GraphQL tools for Apollo Federation

DevFeed: [Powerful new GraphQL tools for Apollo Federation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/powerful-new-graphql-tools-for-apollo-federation-23482.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/powerful-new-graphql-tools-for-apollo-federation>)

Author: Peggy Rayzis

Published: 2021-04-06T08:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [VS Code Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vscode-extension.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [apollo-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-federation.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo announces free tools for Apollo Federation, including improvements to Apollo Studio, the open-source Rust CLI Rover, and the open-source Workbench VS Code extension.

## Source excerpt

It's been two years since we launched Apollo Federation. What started as a spec has blossomed into a community of developers who share a desire to bring the joy of GraphQL to more teams at their company. Over 12 community projects in 9 languages--along with multiple database vendors--have implemented federation as the industry standard for composing graphs together.