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oracledb vs slonik

Database clients and driversPackage data 25 Sept 2026

The two packages

oracledbv7.0.1, 15 Jul 2026

A Node.js module for Oracle Database access from JavaScript and TypeScript

$ npm install oracledb
slonikv49.10.10, 21 Sept 2026

A Node.js PostgreSQL client with strict types, detailed logging and assertions.

$ npm install slonik

At a glance

MetricoracledbslonikDifference
Weekly downloads568,644112,022oracledb 5.1x higher
12-month download growth+175%+13%oracledb +162 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies014slonik 14 more
Unpacked size3.7 MB994 kBslonik 3.8x smaller
Latest release7.0.1, 15 Jul 202649.10.10, 21 Sept 2026slonik 2 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months3--
First published29 Jan 2015--
GitHub stars2,3694,942slonik 2.1x higher
Open issues271oracledb 26 more
Open pull requests10oracledb 1 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks118258slonik 2.2x higher
TypeScript typesNoneBundledDiffers
Module formatCommonJSESM onlyDiffers
Runtimes---
License(Apache-2.0 OR UPL-1.0)BSD-3-ClauseDiffers

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.

Downloads over 52 weeks

oracledb568.6k latest weekslonik94.4k 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.

Release history

oracledb

Major versions
  1. 0.2.429 Jan 2015
  2. 1.0.017 Aug 2015
  3. 2.0.1428 Nov 2017
  4. 3.0.01 Oct 2018
  5. 4.0.025 Jul 2019
  6. 5.0.029 Jun 2020
  7. 6.0.024 May 2023
  8. 7.0.01 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 7.0.115 Jul 2026
  2. 7.0.01 Jun 2026
  3. 6.10.016 Oct 2025
  4. 6.9.018 Jul 2025
  5. 6.8.027 Feb 2025
67 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months

slonik

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched

API style

oracledb

-

slonik

-

Notes

oracledb

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slonik

-

Which one fits

  • Need no runtime dependenciesoracledb (oracledb has 0, slonik has 14)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (oracledb: CommonJS; slonik: ESM only)
  • Need to load it with require()oracledb
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfslonik (oracledb: None; slonik: Bundled)
  • Node.js version requirementoracledb: >=14.17; slonik: >=24 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseslonik (49.10.10 on 21 Sept 2026 vs 7.0.1 on 15 Jul 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsoracledb (568.6k vs 112k)
  • Licenseoracledb: (Apache-2.0 OR UPL-1.0); slonik: BSD-3-Clause

Each line is generated from the data above.

Sources

oracledb: oracledb npm registry, oracledb npm downloads, oracledb GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
slonik: slonik npm registry, slonik npm downloads, slonik GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.