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@neondatabase/serverless vs @libsql/client

Cloud SDKsPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@neondatabase/serverlessv1.1.0, 17 Apr 2026

node-postgres for serverless environments from neon.com

$ npm install @neondatabase/serverless
@libsql/clientv0.18.0, 2 Sept 2026

libSQL driver for TypeScript and JavaScript

$ npm install @libsql/client
Metric@neondatabase/serverless@libsql/clientDifference
Weekly downloads2,758,3842,038,993@neondatabase/serverless +35%
12-month download growth+290%+476%@libsql/client +185 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies05@libsql/client 5 more
Unpacked size422 kB153 kB@libsql/client 2.8x smaller
Latest release1.1.0, 17 Apr 20260.18.0, 2 Sept 2026@libsql/client 5 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months26@libsql/client 4 more
First published9 Nov 202212 Jan 2023@neondatabase/serverless 2 months earlier
GitHub stars549577@libsql/client +5%
Open issues28113@libsql/client 85 more
Open pull requests2816@neondatabase/serverless 12 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks939@libsql/client 4.3x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
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.

@neondatabase/serverless2.8m latest week@libsql/client2m 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.

@neondatabase/serverless

Major versions
  1. 0.1.39 Nov 2022
  2. 1.0.025 Mar 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.1.017 Apr 2026
  2. 1.0.230 Sept 2025
  3. 1.0.16 Jun 2025
  4. 1.0.025 Mar 2025
  5. 0.10.425 Nov 2024
78 releases in total, 2 in the last 12 months

@libsql/client

Major versions
  1. 0.0.012 Jan 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.18.02 Sept 2026
  2. 0.17.415 Jun 2026
  3. 0.17.323 Apr 2026
  4. 0.17.219 Mar 2026
  5. 0.17.119 Mar 2026
71 releases in total, 6 in the last 12 months
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@libsql/client

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@libsql/client

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  • Need no runtime dependencies@neondatabase/serverless (@neondatabase/serverless has 0, @libsql/client has 5)
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirement@neondatabase/serverless: >=19.0.0; @libsql/client: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent release@libsql/client (0.18.0 on 2 Sept 2026 vs 1.1.0 on 17 Apr 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloads@neondatabase/serverless (2.8m vs 2m)

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