Welcome to Guides

Need help or guidance using Houdini? You are in the right place!

This section contains posts that cover fundamental principles to help you build your projects.

• Release Notes - A summary of the updates for every major and minor version
• F.A.Q. - Answers to common questions such as “Why Houdini?”
• Plugin Directory - A list of plugins you can add to your houdini project
• Working with GraphQL - An overview of the different ways you can leverage GraphQL
• Setting up Your Project - Instructions for setting up your project
• Pagination - An overview of Houdini’s support for loading long lists of data
• Loading States - An overview of the strategies you can use when building loading states.
• Caching Data - A summary of Houdini’s caching behavior
• Authentication - An overview of Houdini’s session and authentication infrastructure
• Uploading Files - A guide on handling file uploads via mutations
• Persisted Queries - A guide on persisted queries (including APQ)
• Typescript - An overview of the TypeScript API
• Svelte 5 Runes - A guide to using Houdini with Svelte 5 Runes
• Contributing Guide - A guide written for people looking to contribute to Houdini
• Architecture - An overview of Houdini’s architecture for people building plugins

Our goal is for you to experience a new level of ease and efficiency in your application’s data handling. Do not hesitate to give us any feedback if something was confusing or felt weird.