sequelizev6.37.8, 7 Mar 2026
Sequelize is a promise-based Node.js ORM tool for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift and Snowflake’s Data Cloud. It features solid transaction support, relations, eager and lazy loading, read replication and more.
$ npm install sequelize| Metric | drizzle-orm | sequelize | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 16,294,656 | 2,007,420 | drizzle-orm 8.1x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +710% | +5% | drizzle-orm +705 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 16 | sequelize 16 more |
| Unpacked size | 10.0 MB | 2.8 MB | sequelize 3.6x smaller |
| Latest release | 0.45.3, 21 Sept 2026 | 6.37.8, 7 Mar 2026 | drizzle-orm 7 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 | 1 | drizzle-orm 5 more |
| First published | 9 Sept 2021 | 3 May 2011 | sequelize 10.4 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 35,891 | 30,362 | drizzle-orm +18% |
| Open issues | 1,378 | 932 | drizzle-orm 446 more |
| Open pull requests | 688 | 160 | drizzle-orm 528 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 67 | 360 | sequelize 5.4x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Differs |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
drizzle-orm16.3m latest weeksequelize2m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
drizzle-orm
Major versions
- 0.9.09 Sept 2021
Last 5 releases
- 0.45.321 Sept 2026
- 0.45.227 Mar 2026
- 0.45.110 Dec 2025
- 0.45.04 Dec 2025
- 0.44.723 Oct 2025
210 releases in total, 6 in the last 12 months
sequelize
Major versions
- 0.4.13 May 2011
- 1.0.03 May 2011
- 2.0.010 Feb 2015
- 3.0.017 May 2015
- 4.0.07 Jun 2017
- 5.1.013 Mar 2019
- 6.1.024 Jun 2020
Last 5 releases
- 6.37.87 Mar 2026
- 6.37.728 Mar 2025
- 6.37.64 Mar 2025
- 6.37.525 Oct 2024
- 6.37.44 Oct 2024
517 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependenciesdrizzle-orm (drizzle-orm has 0, sequelize has 16)
- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementdrizzle-orm: none declared; sequelize: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasedrizzle-orm (0.45.3 on 21 Sept 2026 vs 6.37.8 on 7 Mar 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsdrizzle-orm (16.3m vs 2m)
- Licensedrizzle-orm: Apache-2.0; sequelize: MIT
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- drizzle-orm vs sequelize-typescriptNo search data
- drizzle-orm vs typeormNo search data
- drizzle-orm vs @typegoose/typegooseNo search data
- @prisma/client vs sequelizeNo search data
drizzle-orm: drizzle-orm npm registry, drizzle-orm npm downloads, drizzle-orm GitHub, drizzle-orm jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
sequelize: sequelize npm registry, sequelize npm downloads, sequelize GitHub, sequelize jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.