@prisma/clientv7.10.0, 25 Aug 2026
Prisma Client is an auto-generated, type-safe and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js that's tailored to your data. Supports PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite & MongoDB databases.
$ npm install @prisma/client| Metric | kysely | @prisma/client | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 12,012,568 | 11,810,728 | kysely +2% |
| 12-month download growth | +1153% | +235% | kysely +918 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | @prisma/client 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 1.6 MB | 71.0 MB | kysely 43.1x smaller |
| Latest release | 0.29.6, 16 Sept 2026 | 7.10.0, 25 Aug 2026 | kysely 22 days more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 17 | 23 | @prisma/client 6 more |
| First published | 18 Feb 2021 | 15 Jan 2020 | @prisma/client 13 months earlier |
| GitHub stars | 14,243 | 47,673 | @prisma/client 3.3x higher |
| Open issues | 140 | 2,519 | @prisma/client 2,379 more |
| Open pull requests | 36 | 139 | @prisma/client 103 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 290 | 8,283 | @prisma/client 28.6x higher |
| TypeScript types | None | Bundled | Differs |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | 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.
kysely12m latest week@prisma/client11.8m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
kysely
Major versions
- 0.1.018 Feb 2021
Last 5 releases
- 0.29.616 Sept 2026
- 0.29.510 Aug 2026
- 0.29.417 Jul 2026
- 0.29.35 Jul 2026
- 0.29.216 May 2026
185 releases in total, 17 in the last 12 months
@prisma/client
Major versions
- 2.0.09 Jun 2020
- 3.0.17 Sept 2021
- 4.0.028 Jun 2022
- 5.0.011 Jul 2023
- 6.0.028 Nov 2024
- 7.0.019 Nov 2025
Last 5 releases
- 7.10.025 Aug 2026
- 7.9.127 Jul 2026
- 7.9.020 Jul 2026
- 7.8.022 Apr 2026
- 7.7.07 Apr 2026
201 releases in total, 23 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependencieskysely (kysely has 0, @prisma/client has 1)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry points@prisma/client (kysely: ESM only; @prisma/client: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()@prisma/client
- Need TypeScript types in the package itself@prisma/client (kysely: None; @prisma/client: Bundled)
- Node.js version requirementkysely: >=22.0.0; @prisma/client: ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasekysely (0.29.6 on 16 Sept 2026 vs 7.10.0 on 25 Aug 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadskysely (12m vs 11.8m)
- Licensekysely: MIT; @prisma/client: Apache-2.0
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