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TypeScript ORMs: star history compared

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prisma/prisma

Every generation of Node backend rediscovers the database layer. Sequelize and Knex carried the callback and promise eras, TypeORM rode the decorator wave, Prisma turned schema-first tooling into a product, and Drizzle's SQL-flavored minimalism is the current fast riser. The star curves here map almost perfectly onto how TypeScript itself matured — compare Drizzle's slope against Prisma's to see the current argument in one picture.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

TypeScript ORMs — star history
48k STARS16 YR 4 MOprisma/prisma48ktypeorm/typeorm37kdrizzle-team/drizzle-orm36ksequelize/sequelize30kknex/knex20kmikro-orm/mikro-orm9.3k

prisma/prisma: 47,671 stars on November 13, 2026. typeorm/typeorm: 36,671 stars on November 13, 2026. drizzle-team/drizzle-orm: 36,275 stars on November 13, 2026. sequelize/sequelize: 30,346 stars on November 12, 2026. knex/knex: 20,341 stars on November 10, 2026. mikro-orm/mikro-orm: 9,273 stars on November 12, 2026.

Star history for prisma/prisma
DateStars
June 22, 20191
July 31, 2019206
September 3, 2019454
October 7, 2019655
November 10, 2019883
December 13, 20191126
January 16, 20201427
February 19, 20201649
March 24, 20201915
April 26, 20202535
June 6, 20203181
July 10, 20203734
August 12, 20204221
September 15, 20204733
October 19, 20205259
November 22, 20205821
December 25, 20206435
January 28, 20217107
March 3, 20217830
April 6, 20218799
May 9, 202110122
June 12, 202112330
July 16, 202113780
August 19, 202114421
September 21, 202115086
October 25, 202115793
November 28, 202116490
January 1, 202217836
February 4, 202219006
March 9, 202219674
April 19, 202220628
May 23, 202221450
June 25, 202222188
July 29, 202222995
September 1, 202223719
October 5, 202224468
November 7, 202225142
December 11, 202225909
January 14, 202326631
February 17, 202327464
March 22, 202328251
April 25, 202329113
May 29, 202329904
July 2, 202330680
August 4, 202331352
September 7, 202331947
October 11, 202332510
November 14, 202333097
December 17, 202333712
January 20, 202434276
March 1, 202434940
April 3, 202435446
May 7, 202435931
June 10, 202436392
July 14, 202436794
August 17, 202437264
September 19, 202437694
October 23, 202438191
November 26, 202438644
December 30, 202439106
February 1, 202539808
March 7, 202540325
April 10, 202540767
May 14, 202541221
June 16, 202541574
July 20, 202541968
August 23, 202542681
September 26, 202543051
October 29, 202543393
December 2, 202543889
January 12, 202644350
February 14, 202644689
March 20, 202645011
April 23, 202645365
May 27, 202645628
June 29, 202645917
August 2, 202647113
September 5, 202647346
October 9, 202647524
November 13, 202647671
Star history for typeorm/typeorm
DateStars
February 29, 20161
October 10, 201662
December 6, 2016164
January 23, 20171089
March 11, 20171333
April 26, 20171694
June 11, 20171926
July 27, 20172235
September 12, 20172501
October 28, 20173111
December 22, 20173732
February 6, 20184129
March 24, 20184687
May 9, 20185557
June 25, 20186243
August 10, 20186878
September 25, 20187541
November 10, 20188228
December 26, 20189027
February 10, 201910007
March 28, 201910916
May 13, 201911776
June 29, 201912574
August 14, 201913295
September 29, 201914052
November 14, 201914749
December 30, 201915449
February 14, 202016115
March 31, 202016856
May 16, 202017646
July 11, 202018442
August 26, 202019131
October 11, 202019819
November 26, 202020522
January 11, 202121098
February 26, 202121722
April 14, 202122348
May 30, 202122897
July 15, 202123415
August 30, 202123957
October 15, 202124451
November 30, 202124928
January 15, 202225378
March 2, 202225985
April 18, 202226574
June 3, 202227053
July 19, 202227483
September 3, 202227914
October 19, 202228281
December 4, 202228617
January 29, 202329035
March 16, 202329572
May 1, 202329949
June 16, 202330337
August 1, 202330659
September 16, 202331026
November 1, 202331325
December 17, 202331614
February 2, 202431914
March 19, 202432171
May 4, 202432524
June 20, 202432783
August 5, 202433021
September 20, 202433251
November 6, 202433483
December 22, 202433972
February 10, 202534194
March 28, 202534525
May 13, 202534743
June 29, 202534965
August 24, 202535227
October 10, 202535432
November 26, 202535666
January 11, 202635871
February 28, 202636049
April 15, 202636207
June 3, 202636349
July 21, 202636465
September 17, 202636580
November 13, 202636671
Star history for drizzle-team/drizzle-orm
DateStars
October 8, 20211
November 29, 202236
January 7, 202372
January 30, 2023134
February 17, 2023247
March 8, 20231082
March 26, 20232464
April 13, 20233667
May 1, 20234571
May 19, 20235314
June 10, 20239245
June 28, 20239963
July 16, 202310557
August 3, 202311115
August 21, 202311656
September 8, 202312168
September 26, 202312768
October 14, 202313282
November 1, 202313748
November 19, 202314211
December 7, 202314661
December 25, 202314949
January 12, 202415522
January 30, 202416078
February 17, 202416480
March 6, 202417353
March 24, 202417940
April 11, 202418453
April 29, 202419009
May 17, 202419462
June 7, 202420130
June 25, 202420557
July 13, 202420953
July 31, 202421393
August 18, 202421760
September 5, 202422193
September 23, 202422597
October 11, 202422962
October 29, 202423323
November 16, 202423742
December 4, 202424110
December 22, 202424519
January 9, 202524826
January 27, 202525167
February 14, 202525546
March 4, 202525984
March 22, 202526361
April 9, 202526729
April 27, 202527097
May 15, 202527543
June 5, 202527940
June 23, 202528239
July 11, 202528563
July 29, 202528887
August 16, 202529173
September 3, 202529538
September 21, 202529855
October 9, 202530133
October 27, 202530432
November 14, 202530735
December 2, 202531042
December 20, 202531445
January 7, 202631743
January 25, 202632031
February 12, 202632344
March 2, 202632643
March 20, 202633033
April 7, 202633378
April 25, 202633715
May 13, 202634083
June 4, 202634430
June 22, 202634668
July 10, 202634896
July 28, 202635103
August 15, 202635324
September 2, 202635529
September 20, 202635733
October 8, 202635914
October 26, 202636113
November 13, 202636275
Star history for sequelize/sequelize
DateStars
July 22, 2010318
November 14, 2010403
April 6, 2011486
October 28, 2011569
January 17, 2013639
April 22, 2013782
July 22, 2013917
October 4, 20131048
December 15, 20131229
February 25, 20141451
May 13, 20141714
July 21, 20141919
September 24, 20142202
November 28, 20142488
February 1, 20152752
April 5, 20153068
June 8, 20153447
August 10, 20153799
October 12, 20154236
December 14, 20154703
February 15, 20165160
April 17, 20165618
June 19, 20166101
August 20, 20166577
October 22, 20167029
December 23, 20167537
February 24, 20178067
April 27, 20178681
June 29, 20179348
August 30, 201710011
November 13, 201710901
January 15, 201811643
March 19, 201812459
May 20, 201813205
July 22, 201813959
September 22, 201814676
November 24, 201815322
January 25, 201915980
March 29, 201916694
May 30, 201917407
August 1, 201918161
October 3, 201918674
December 6, 201919219
February 6, 202019718
April 9, 202020194
June 10, 202020733
August 14, 202021258
October 15, 202021682
December 18, 202022055
February 19, 202122439
May 5, 202122947
July 7, 202123269
September 8, 202123698
November 9, 202124011
January 12, 202224364
March 16, 202224708
May 19, 202225036
July 21, 202225390
September 23, 202225723
November 24, 202226064
January 26, 202326359
March 29, 202326712
May 31, 202327037
August 1, 202327286
October 4, 202327659
December 8, 202327902
February 8, 202428168
April 13, 202428389
June 15, 202428599
August 21, 202428808
November 4, 202429056
January 8, 202529234
March 14, 202529420
May 22, 202529592
July 31, 202529737
October 14, 202529871
January 1, 202630022
March 31, 202630140
July 10, 202630246
November 12, 202630346
Star history for knex/knex
DateStars
February 21, 20131
October 7, 2013117
January 12, 2014256
April 17, 2014338
July 9, 2014565
September 12, 2014704
November 15, 2014833
January 20, 2015960
March 29, 20151101
June 2, 20151247
August 12, 20151462
October 11, 20151687
December 8, 20151899
February 4, 20162173
April 5, 20162398
June 1, 20162678
August 1, 20162911
September 30, 20163128
November 25, 20163370
January 19, 20173631
March 16, 20173892
May 11, 20174190
July 7, 20174500
September 1, 20174762
October 29, 20175076
December 24, 20175401
February 18, 20185739
April 15, 20186181
June 10, 20186554
August 5, 20186961
October 11, 20187379
December 5, 20187817
January 30, 20198164
March 27, 20198585
May 22, 20198975
July 17, 20199412
September 11, 20199826
November 5, 201910140
December 31, 201910493
February 25, 202010788
April 21, 202011385
June 16, 202011770
August 11, 202012058
October 5, 202012345
November 30, 202012626
January 25, 202112918
March 22, 202113209
May 17, 202113520
July 14, 202113773
September 9, 202114016
November 15, 202114303
January 11, 202214570
March 10, 202214842
May 6, 202215153
July 3, 202215466
August 27, 202215777
October 22, 202216039
December 17, 202216309
February 11, 202316551
April 8, 202316891
June 5, 202317108
July 30, 202317348
September 27, 202317576
November 23, 202317801
January 21, 202417998
March 17, 202418197
May 14, 202418440
July 10, 202418622
September 10, 202418827
November 6, 202419012
January 18, 202519240
March 20, 202519402
May 20, 202519564
July 22, 202519690
September 23, 202519802
November 28, 202519932
February 11, 202620047
April 23, 202620156
July 12, 202620256
November 10, 202620341
Star history for mikro-orm/mikro-orm
DateStars
June 14, 20181
May 3, 201988
July 3, 2019157
August 30, 2019206
October 11, 2019274
November 20, 2019366
January 2, 2020430
February 9, 2020503
March 12, 2020613
April 13, 2020721
May 28, 2020850
June 30, 2020964
August 2, 20201129
September 2, 20201477
October 5, 20201723
November 6, 20201923
December 10, 20202040
January 10, 20212164
February 15, 20212297
March 20, 20212480
April 21, 20212631
May 24, 20212822
June 27, 20212952
July 30, 20213067
September 2, 20213222
October 5, 20213310
November 10, 20213446
December 11, 20213562
January 12, 20223666
February 13, 20223877
March 24, 20224051
April 27, 20224159
May 29, 20224283
July 1, 20224408
August 2, 20224532
September 3, 20224684
October 7, 20224793
November 8, 20224935
December 11, 20225056
January 15, 20235151
February 16, 20235255
March 21, 20235376
April 22, 20235490
May 25, 20235681
June 26, 20235846
July 30, 20235967
August 30, 20236070
October 3, 20236204
November 7, 20236289
December 12, 20236392
January 20, 20246529
February 21, 20246667
March 25, 20246786
April 26, 20246912
May 29, 20247026
July 3, 20247118
August 4, 20247275
September 5, 20247378
October 8, 20247471
November 10, 20247586
December 14, 20247690
January 16, 20257763
February 20, 20257865
March 23, 20257962
April 26, 20258054
June 1, 20258136
July 5, 20258204
August 12, 20258285
September 20, 20258388
October 26, 20258453
December 6, 20258595
January 13, 20268656
February 16, 20268740
March 20, 20268849
April 27, 20268949
June 4, 20269009
July 12, 20269069
August 17, 20269133
September 24, 20269206
November 12, 20269273

How each series was read

  • prisma/prisma

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • typeorm/typeorm

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • drizzle-team/drizzle-orm

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • sequelize/sequelize

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • knex/knex

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • mikro-orm/mikro-orm

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

TypeScript ORMs ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1prisma/prisma47,671~4972019debt charts
2typeorm/typeorm36,671~1582016debt charts
3drizzle-team/drizzle-orm36,275~9512021debt charts
4sequelize/sequelize30,348~782010debt charts
5knex/knex20,340~662013debt charts
6mikro-orm/mikro-orm9,273~1502018debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalprisma/prismatypeorm/typeormdrizzle-team/drizzle-ormsequelize/sequelizeknex/knexmikro-orm/mikro-orm
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 47,67136,67136,27530,34820,3409,273
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+497+158Best result in this row: +951+78+66+150
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.7.4 years11 years5.4 years16 years14 years8.7 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalprisma/prismatypeorm/typeormdrizzle-team/drizzle-ormsequelize/sequelizeknex/knexmikro-orm/mikro-orm
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalprisma/prismatypeorm/typeormdrizzle-team/drizzle-ormsequelize/sequelizeknex/knexmikro-orm/mikro-orm
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalprisma/prismatypeorm/typeormdrizzle-team/drizzle-ormsequelize/sequelizeknex/knexmikro-orm/mikro-orm
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalprisma/prismatypeorm/typeormdrizzle-team/drizzle-ormsequelize/sequelizeknex/knexmikro-orm/mikro-orm
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these typescript orms has the most GitHub stars?

prisma/prisma is the most-starred of the typescript orms gitdebt compares, with 47,671 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2019.

Which of these typescript orms is growing the fastest?

drizzle-team/drizzle-orm added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 951 new stars, compared with about 497 for the category leader prisma/prisma. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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