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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.

    47.7K stars
    2.6K forks
    296 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 29 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #19 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 5, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript supporting multiple databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, and more.
    • Delivers auto-generated, type-safe database queries with seamless schema migrations and an intuitive GUI for data management.
    • Use for building type-safe REST or GraphQL APIs with complex relational data models in Node.js or TypeScript backends.
    • Use for managing database schema migrations and versioning declaratively in development and production environments.
    • Use for interactive database exploration and editing via Prisma Studio's graphical interface during development.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Prisma ORM is a next-generation ORM that consists of these tools:

    Prisma Client can be used in any Node.js or TypeScript backend application (including serverless applications and microservices). This can be a REST API, a GraphQL API, a gRPC API, or anything else that needs a database.

    If you need a database to use with Prisma ORM, check out Prisma Postgres or if you are looking for our MCP Server, head here.

    Excerpt from the prisma/orm README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

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    Open issues

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