TypeScript ORMs: star history compared

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 Jul 2026

TypeScript ORMs — star history

FromTo

prisma/prisma
typeorm/typeorm
drizzle-team/drizzle-orm
sequelize/sequelize
knex/knex
mikro-orm/mikro-orm

Ranking

6 repositories

#	Repository	Stars	+90d	First star	Health
1	prisma/prisma	47,420	~62	2019	debt charts
2	typeorm/typeorm	36,611	~32	2016	debt charts
3	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	35,329	~182	2021	debt charts
4	sequelize/sequelize	30,378	~17	2011	debt charts
5	knex/knex	20,337	~24	2013	debt charts
6	mikro-orm/mikro-orm	9,147	~22	2018	debt charts

Decision matrix

Repository health compared

Live Postgres analysis · unavailable data stays labeled

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

:: Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signal	prisma/prisma	typeorm/typeorm	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	sequelize/sequelize	knex/knex	mikro-orm/mikro-orm
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.	◆47,420	36,611	35,329	30,378	20,337	9,147
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.	+62	+32	◆+182	+17	+24	+22
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.	No resolved package	No resolved package	No resolved package	No resolved package	No resolved package	No resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.	7.1 years	10 years	5.1 years	16 years	14 years	8.4 years

:: Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signal	prisma/prisma	typeorm/typeorm	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	sequelize/sequelize	knex/knex	mikro-orm/mikro-orm
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available

:: Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signal	prisma/prisma	typeorm/typeorm	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	sequelize/sequelize	knex/knex	mikro-orm/mikro-orm
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available

:: Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signal	prisma/prisma	typeorm/typeorm	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	sequelize/sequelize	knex/knex	mikro-orm/mikro-orm
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available

:: Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signal	prisma/prisma	typeorm/typeorm	drizzle-team/drizzle-orm	sequelize/sequelize	knex/knex	mikro-orm/mikro-orm
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available

Head to head

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prisma vs typeorm drizzle-orm vs prisma drizzle-orm vs typeorm

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 47,420 GitHub stars as of Jul 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 182 new stars, compared with about 62 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. When historical stargazer timestamps are available, gitdebt plots their cumulative series on shared axes and estimates trailing 90-day growth. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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