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drizzle-orm vs typeorm

ORMs and query buildersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
drizzle-ormv0.45.3, 21 Sept 2026

Drizzle ORM package for SQL databases

$ npm install drizzle-orm
typeormv1.1.1, 1 Sept 2026

Data-Mapper ORM for TypeScript and ES2023+. Supports MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA, SQLite, MongoDB databases.

$ npm install typeorm
Metricdrizzle-ormtypeormDifference
Weekly downloads16,294,6563,557,322drizzle-orm 4.6x higher
12-month download growth+710%+55%drizzle-orm +655 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies010typeorm 10 more
Unpacked size10.0 MB20.7 MBdrizzle-orm 2.1x smaller
Latest release0.45.3, 21 Sept 20261.1.1, 1 Sept 2026drizzle-orm 20 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months67typeorm 1 more
First published9 Sept 202119 Apr 2016typeorm 5.4 years earlier
GitHub stars35,89136,658typeorm +2%
Open issues1,378450drizzle-orm 928 more
Open pull requests688221drizzle-orm 467 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks67476typeorm 7.1x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseApache-2.0MITDiffers

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 weektypeorm3.6m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

drizzle-orm

Major versions
  1. 0.9.09 Sept 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.45.321 Sept 2026
  2. 0.45.227 Mar 2026
  3. 0.45.110 Dec 2025
  4. 0.45.04 Dec 2025
  5. 0.44.723 Oct 2025
210 releases in total, 6 in the last 12 months

typeorm

Major versions
  1. 0.0.119 Apr 2016
  2. 1.0.019 May 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.1.11 Sept 2026
  2. 0.3.3113 Jul 2026
  3. 1.1.013 Jul 2026
  4. 1.0.019 May 2026
  5. 0.3.3018 May 2026
114 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months
drizzle-orm

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typeorm

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesdrizzle-orm (drizzle-orm has 0, typeorm has 10)
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementdrizzle-orm: none declared; typeorm: ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasedrizzle-orm (0.45.3 on 21 Sept 2026 vs 1.1.1 on 1 Sept 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsdrizzle-orm (16.3m vs 3.6m)
  • Licensedrizzle-orm: Apache-2.0; typeorm: MIT

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