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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 Sep 2026

TypeScript ORMs — star history
46k STARS15 YR 7 MOprisma/prisma46ktypeorm/typeorm38kdrizzle-team/drizzle-orm30ksequelize/sequelize33kknex/knex21kmikro-orm/mikro-orm9.1k

prisma/prisma: 46,486 stars on September 14, 2026. typeorm/typeorm: 38,490 stars on September 10, 2026. drizzle-team/drizzle-orm: 30,182 stars on September 14, 2026. sequelize/sequelize: 33,426 stars on July 26, 2026. knex/knex: 21,401 stars on June 16, 2026. mikro-orm/mikro-orm: 9,064 stars on September 13, 2026.

Star history for prisma/prisma
DateStars
June 22, 20191
July 31, 2019234
August 31, 2019476
October 2, 2019724
November 2, 2019923
December 3, 20191175
January 4, 20201510
February 4, 20201791
March 6, 20202023
April 7, 20202582
May 14, 20203217
June 15, 20203894
July 16, 20204375
August 16, 20204873
September 18, 20205452
October 19, 20205994
November 19, 20206576
December 21, 20207260
January 21, 20217934
February 21, 20218652
March 25, 20219592
April 25, 202110886
May 29, 202111823
June 30, 202115028
July 31, 202115966
September 3, 202116545
October 5, 202117300
November 11, 202117757
December 12, 202118463
January 13, 202220179
February 19, 202221375
March 23, 202222004
April 23, 202222826
May 24, 202223652
June 25, 202224379
July 26, 202225125
August 26, 202225872
September 27, 202226509
October 28, 202227271
November 28, 202227943
December 30, 202228722
January 30, 202329509
March 2, 202330306
April 3, 202331079
May 4, 202331881
June 4, 202332616
July 6, 202333381
August 6, 202334038
September 6, 202334602
October 8, 202335162
November 14, 202335832
December 16, 202336460
January 16, 202437002
February 16, 202437531
March 19, 202438099
April 19, 202438579
May 20, 202439041
June 21, 202439495
July 22, 202439966
August 22, 202440382
September 23, 202440869
October 24, 202441372
November 24, 202441802
December 26, 202442286
January 26, 202542967
February 26, 202543463
March 30, 202543878
April 30, 202544296
May 31, 202544634
July 2, 202544882
August 8, 202545370
September 9, 202545556
October 17, 202545740
November 18, 202545896
December 20, 202546072
January 21, 202646193
February 21, 202646290
April 2, 202646371
May 14, 202646442
September 14, 202646486
Star history for typeorm/typeorm
DateStars
February 29, 20161
September 28, 201662
November 25, 2016151
January 9, 20171178
February 22, 20171447
April 6, 20171845
May 19, 20172119
July 3, 20172431
August 15, 20172746
September 27, 20173055
November 18, 20173925
December 31, 20174408
February 12, 20184893
March 27, 20185472
May 10, 20186301
June 22, 20186943
August 4, 20187563
September 17, 20188212
October 30, 20188845
December 12, 20189565
January 24, 201910420
March 8, 201911417
April 20, 201912299
June 2, 201913240
July 16, 201914045
August 28, 201914823
October 10, 201915580
November 22, 201916325
January 4, 202017067
February 16, 202017778
April 8, 202018770
May 21, 202019598
July 3, 202020296
August 16, 202020980
September 29, 202021714
November 11, 202022430
December 24, 202023101
February 5, 202123753
March 20, 202124345
May 2, 202124976
June 18, 202125527
July 31, 202126109
September 14, 202126652
November 2, 202127011
December 15, 202127503
January 27, 202227990
March 11, 202228589
April 24, 202229206
June 6, 202229665
July 19, 202230069
September 9, 202230598
October 22, 202230964
December 4, 202231300
January 16, 202331640
February 28, 202332044
April 12, 202332529
May 26, 202332923
July 8, 202333264
August 20, 202333623
October 2, 202333929
November 15, 202334234
December 29, 202334499
February 10, 202434801
March 25, 202435068
May 7, 202435416
June 19, 202435673
August 1, 202435944
September 13, 202436187
October 26, 202436440
December 8, 202436823
January 29, 202537169
March 13, 202537452
April 26, 202537678
June 12, 202537845
July 29, 202537991
September 10, 202538108
November 4, 202538233
December 27, 202538341
February 22, 202638428
September 10, 202638490
Star history for drizzle-team/drizzle-orm
DateStars
September 9, 20211
August 31, 202226
December 11, 202259
January 14, 202392
January 31, 2023157
February 16, 2023271
March 6, 2023433
March 22, 20232319
April 7, 20233379
April 23, 20233973
May 12, 20234938
May 28, 20235821
June 13, 20239122
June 29, 20239746
July 15, 202310275
July 31, 202310790
August 16, 202311272
September 1, 202311710
September 17, 202312271
October 3, 202312767
October 19, 202313213
November 4, 202313648
November 20, 202314097
December 6, 202314462
December 22, 202314765
January 7, 202415115
January 23, 202415784
February 8, 202416150
February 24, 202416544
March 12, 202417413
March 31, 202418021
April 16, 202418506
May 2, 202418994
May 18, 202419394
June 3, 202419906
June 19, 202420367
July 5, 202420710
July 21, 202421090
August 6, 202421482
August 22, 202421826
September 7, 202422214
September 23, 202422571
October 9, 202422875
October 25, 202423205
November 10, 202423549
November 26, 202423886
December 12, 202424205
December 28, 202424541
January 13, 202524826
January 29, 202525134
February 17, 202525527
March 6, 202525928
March 22, 202526244
April 7, 202526556
April 23, 202526866
May 9, 202527260
May 25, 202527534
June 10, 202527711
June 26, 202527893
July 12, 202528073
July 28, 202528238
August 13, 202528399
August 29, 202528585
September 14, 202528748
September 30, 202528880
October 21, 202529010
November 6, 202529133
November 22, 202529236
December 8, 202529341
December 24, 202529482
January 12, 202629622
January 28, 202629706
February 13, 202629802
March 1, 202629874
March 17, 202629942
April 3, 202629999
April 19, 202630064
May 9, 202630117
June 1, 202630151
September 14, 202630182
Star history for sequelize/sequelize
DateStars
February 13, 20111
July 11, 201191
December 17, 2011179
October 14, 2012296
January 7, 2013395
March 20, 2013555
June 2, 2013708
August 17, 2013852
October 21, 20131006
December 23, 20131219
March 8, 20141528
May 7, 20141764
July 10, 20142009
September 10, 20142319
November 11, 20142636
January 12, 20152926
March 13, 20153306
May 14, 20153661
July 14, 20154096
September 14, 20154527
November 14, 20155091
January 14, 20165569
March 15, 20166144
May 14, 20166680
July 14, 20167245
September 13, 20167788
November 12, 20168276
January 12, 20178862
March 13, 20179501
May 13, 201710179
July 25, 201711106
September 23, 201711881
November 23, 201712751
January 23, 201813540
March 24, 201814448
May 25, 201815238
July 24, 201816009
September 23, 201816717
November 23, 201817388
January 22, 201918007
March 24, 201918777
May 23, 201919605
July 23, 201920378
September 22, 201921007
November 21, 201921569
January 21, 202022162
March 21, 202022678
May 21, 202023314
July 21, 202023884
September 20, 202024373
December 2, 202024893
February 1, 202125320
April 3, 202125762
June 6, 202126161
August 6, 202126607
October 10, 202126944
December 18, 202127293
February 16, 202227652
April 18, 202227988
June 17, 202228350
August 18, 202228715
October 18, 202229073
December 17, 202229408
February 17, 202329730
April 18, 202330075
June 19, 202330392
August 19, 202330665
October 19, 202331011
December 21, 202331255
February 20, 202431555
May 6, 202431833
July 7, 202432090
September 6, 202432328
November 7, 202432577
January 9, 202532761
March 14, 202532961
May 19, 202533123
August 4, 202533233
November 24, 202533346
July 26, 202633426
Star history for knex/knex
DateStars
January 9, 20131
September 24, 2013124
December 16, 2013279
March 13, 2014362
May 22, 2014458
July 29, 2014735
September 22, 2014852
November 24, 20141004
January 24, 20151146
March 28, 20151294
June 6, 20151473
August 4, 20151696
September 29, 20151927
November 22, 20152151
January 16, 20162413
March 11, 20162678
May 6, 20162955
June 29, 20163221
August 24, 20163463
October 19, 20163709
December 12, 20163980
February 3, 20174270
March 29, 20174555
May 21, 20174888
July 14, 20175234
September 5, 20175522
October 31, 20175879
December 24, 20176244
February 16, 20186628
April 11, 20187073
June 16, 20187529
August 9, 20187934
October 1, 20188260
November 24, 20188647
January 16, 20199016
March 11, 20199441
May 3, 20199869
June 26, 201910288
August 18, 201910807
October 11, 201911161
December 3, 201911515
January 26, 202011862
March 20, 202012199
May 13, 202012892
July 6, 202013251
August 31, 202013589
October 23, 202013865
December 16, 202014185
February 7, 202114490
April 3, 202114805
June 11, 202115141
August 3, 202115405
September 29, 202115665
December 3, 202115889
January 27, 202216167
March 22, 202216440
May 15, 202216745
July 9, 202217018
September 1, 202217327
October 24, 202217586
December 17, 202217842
February 9, 202318082
April 4, 202318397
May 28, 202318611
July 22, 202318840
September 14, 202319057
November 8, 202319299
January 3, 202419483
February 25, 202419662
April 19, 202419895
June 25, 202420146
August 23, 202420328
October 17, 202420541
December 11, 202420715
February 8, 202520873
April 10, 202521019
June 14, 202521154
August 31, 202521240
November 26, 202521327
June 16, 202621401
Star history for mikro-orm/mikro-orm
DateStars
June 10, 20181
April 26, 201976
June 10, 2019158
July 30, 2019219
September 17, 2019268
October 23, 2019335
November 30, 2019440
January 4, 2020502
February 10, 2020584
March 11, 2020710
April 15, 2020848
May 15, 2020967
June 17, 20201074
July 17, 20201206
August 15, 20201537
September 13, 20201804
October 13, 20202041
November 11, 20202221
December 11, 20202348
January 10, 20212480
February 8, 20212610
March 8, 20212792
April 7, 20212915
May 7, 20213047
June 8, 20213233
July 7, 20213369
August 8, 20213477
September 10, 20213629
October 11, 20213728
November 18, 20213851
December 22, 20213995
January 21, 20224106
February 19, 20224312
March 20, 20224439
April 18, 20224553
May 18, 20224665
June 16, 20224787
July 16, 20224931
August 14, 20225063
September 12, 20225200
October 12, 20225295
November 10, 20225425
December 8, 20225525
January 7, 20235628
February 5, 20235722
March 5, 20235825
April 4, 20235929
May 4, 20236079
June 1, 20236256
July 1, 20236385
August 7, 20236518
September 6, 20236601
October 6, 20236738
November 7, 20236819
December 6, 20236908
January 5, 20246992
February 3, 20247114
March 3, 20247255
April 3, 20247361
May 2, 20247475
June 2, 20247593
July 3, 20247679
July 31, 20247833
August 30, 20247935
September 29, 20248024
October 29, 20248115
November 29, 20248207
December 29, 20248295
February 1, 20258372
March 3, 20258468
April 7, 20258574
May 14, 20258645
June 16, 20258706
July 22, 20258764
August 28, 20258824
October 4, 20258879
November 26, 20258947
January 7, 20268988
March 11, 20269026
September 13, 20269064

How each series was read

  • prisma/prisma

    Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 2026

  • typeorm/typeorm

    Historical star data · Covers through September 10, 2026

  • drizzle-team/drizzle-orm

    Historical star data · Covers through September 14, 2026

  • sequelize/sequelize

    Historical star data · Covers through July 26, 2026

  • knex/knex

    Historical star data · Covers through June 16, 2026

  • mikro-orm/mikro-orm

    Historical star data · Covers through September 13, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

TypeScript ORMs ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1prisma/prisma47,608~232019debt charts
2typeorm/typeorm36,652~102016debt charts
3drizzle-team/drizzle-orm35,772~242021debt charts
4sequelize/sequelize30,364~172011debt charts
5knex/knex20,340~242013debt charts
6mikro-orm/mikro-orm9,222~132018debt 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: 47,60836,65235,77230,36420,3409,222
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+23+10+24+17+24+13
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.7.2 years11 years5.2 years16 years14 years8.5 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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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 47,608 GitHub stars as of Sep 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 24 new stars, compared with about 23 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 either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — 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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