Is PokeList an Official Pokémon Pokédex, and How Is It Different from Other Pokédex Sites?

No. PokeList (pokemonlist.netlify.app) is not an official Pokémon Pokédex. It is a small, fan-built catalog site — the page describes itself as a "Pokemons list built with gatsby and graphql-pokemon endpoint" — and it presents Pokémon as a flat, scannable list rather than as a full reference database. It is useful when you want to look up a number, a name, or a couple of base stats quickly; it is not the place to go for movesets, evolution methods, abilities, or competitive data.

What PokeList actually is

The site is a single-purpose listing tool. Its visible content is a sequence of entries in National Pokédex order, each showing a name, a three-digit number, a type icon, and two numbers. The first entries in the excerpt read:

Two things are worth noting before you rely on it. First, the type column is rendered as a single emoji (👊) across every entry shown, including Grass, Fire, Water, and Flying Pokémon — so it does not function as a reliable type indicator in this rendering. Second, the two trailing numbers are not labeled anywhere in the visible content. They are consistent with base stat values (Bulbasaur's 45 HP / 49 Attack / 49 Defense / 65 Special Attack / 65 Special Defense / 45 Speed line up with the 7 and 70 pattern only loosely), so treat them as unlabeled figures rather than confirmed stat fields until you verify against a source that names them.

The site is built with Gatsby and pulls from a graphql-pokemon endpoint, which is a community GraphQL API, not an official Nintendo/Game Freak data service. That is the structural reason it cannot be an official Pokédex: the data pipeline is third-party.

How it differs from other Pokédex sites

The difference is scope, not just branding. A conventional Pokédex site is organized around depth per Pokémon; PokeList is organized around breadth of the list.

If your task is "what number is Pidgey" or "roughly how do the early Grass starters compare," the list format is faster than clicking through detail pages. If your task is "what does Charizard learn at level 60" or "what does Squirtle evolve into and when," PokeList will not answer it — the visible entries carry no move, evolution, or ability data.

When to use it, and when not to

Use PokeList when:

• You want to confirm a National Pokédex number or spelling of a name.
• You want a compact, scrollable view of the early-generation ordering.
• You are comparing the two displayed numbers across a run of entries and can cross-check what they mean elsewhere.

Skip it when:

• You need type matchups — the single-emoji type column is not dependable in the current rendering.
• You need moves, abilities, evolution chains, or competitive stats.
• You need to confirm data accuracy for anything consequential; an unlabeled community-sourced field is not a citation.

A practical check before trusting an entry

Pick one Pokémon you already know well — say, Squirtle at 007 with values 12 and 45. Compare those two numbers against a source that explicitly labels HP, Attack, Defense, and so on. If the mapping holds across two or three entries you know, you can use PokeList's numbers as a quick reference; if it does not, use the site only for names and numbers. This takes about a minute and tells you exactly how much weight the list can carry for your purpose.

The short version: PokeList is a lightweight fan catalog, not an official Pokédex, and it is at its best as an index — not as a reference.