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kysely vs sequelize-typescript

ORMs and query buildersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
kyselyv0.29.6, 16 Sept 2026

Type safe SQL query builder

$ npm install kysely
sequelize-typescriptv2.1.6, 24 Nov 2023

Decorators and some other features for sequelize

$ npm install sequelize-typescript
Metrickyselysequelize-typescriptDifference
Weekly downloads12,012,568373,948kysely 32.1x higher
12-month download growth+1153%+25%kysely +1128 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies01sequelize-typescript 1 more
Unpacked size1.6 MB211 kBsequelize-typescript 8.0x smaller
Latest release0.29.6, 16 Sept 20262.1.6, 24 Nov 2023kysely 2.8 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months170kysely 17 more
First published18 Feb 202115 Mar 2017sequelize-typescript 3.9 years earlier
GitHub stars14,2432,836kysely 5.0x higher
Open issues140232sequelize-typescript 92 more
Open pull requests3631kysely 5 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks2900kysely higher
TypeScript typesNoneBundledDiffers
Module formatESM onlyCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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 weeksequelize-typescript367.7k 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.

kysely

Major versions
  1. 0.1.018 Feb 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.29.616 Sept 2026
  2. 0.29.510 Aug 2026
  3. 0.29.417 Jul 2026
  4. 0.29.35 Jul 2026
  5. 0.29.216 May 2026
185 releases in total, 17 in the last 12 months

sequelize-typescript

Major versions
  1. 0.1.015 Mar 2017
  2. 1.0.021 Aug 2019
  3. 2.0.017 Jan 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.1.624 Nov 2023
  2. 2.1.517 Oct 2022
  3. 2.1.415 Oct 2022
  4. 2.1.316 Feb 2022
  5. 2.1.24 Jan 2022
40 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
kysely

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sequelize-typescript

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kysely

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sequelize-typescript

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  • Need no runtime dependencieskysely (kysely has 0, sequelize-typescript has 1)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (kysely: ESM only; sequelize-typescript: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()sequelize-typescript
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfsequelize-typescript (kysely: None; sequelize-typescript: Bundled)
  • Node.js version requirementkysely: >=22.0.0; sequelize-typescript: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasekysely (0.29.6 on 16 Sept 2026 vs 2.1.6 on 24 Nov 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadskysely (12m vs 373.9k)

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