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Prisma ORM

The Prisma ORM: write your application in TypeScript with human-readable queries instead of SQL. Host your database on Prisma Postgres and your app on Prisma Compute.

Prisma ORM is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 48k stars. It is built with TypeScript and V8. Its last push was today.

Stars
48k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
7.10.1

Code on GitHub Website

Newer and better: Drizzle ORM instead of Prisma ORM. For new TypeScript projects, Drizzle ORM is the better default.

Judgement

What it is
Building block
What it does
A TypeScript ORM that generates a typed client from a schema file and handles migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, CockroachDB and MongoDB.
Adopt it when
You build a TypeScript backend and want typed queries and schema migrations from one schema file.
Watch out
Complex queries can be slow or need raw SQL, and the company steers users toward its paid Prisma Postgres and Compute hosting.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library and command line
Built with
TypeScript
How established
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release 7.10.1.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

TypeScriptV8

Follow it down: Prisma ORM → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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