Package

knex

A batteries-included SQL query & schema builder for PostgresSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, MSSQL and SQLite3

v3.3.0, 26 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledORMs and query builders

$ npm install knex

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 3.8m; +74% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 14; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 months ago; v3.3.0
GitHub stars: 20.3k; 2.2k forks
Open issues / PRs: 580 / 174
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 129

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

3,782,333 downloads last week, 18,273,691 in the last month. The 12-month change of +74% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 12232 in total
Latest version: 3.3.0, 26 Jun 20262 months ago
First published: 1 May 2013
Last push to GitHub: 26 Jun 202690 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 580
Open pull requests: 174
Commits, last 52 weeks: 129
Dependents on npm: 4,922

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 6 Oct 2023
v2 first release 2.0.0, 21 Apr 2022
v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Jan 2022
v0 first release 0.0.0, 1 May 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.3.0	26 Jun 2026
3.2.10	2 May 2026
3.2.9	3 Apr 2026
3.2.8	30 Mar 2026
3.2.7	27 Mar 2026
3.2.6	25 Mar 2026
3.2.5	23 Mar 2026
3.2.4	23 Mar 2026
3.2.3	22 Mar 2026
3.2.2	22 Mar 2026
3.2.1	22 Mar 2026
3.2.0	22 Mar 2026
3.1.0	7 Dec 2023
3.0.1	6 Oct 2023

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=16
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 919 kB
Dependencies (14): esmtarndebuglodashgetoptsrechoirtildifyescaladecolorettecommanderinterpretresolve-fromget-package-typepg-connection-string
Peer dependencies (1): pg-query-stream

Install

npm install knex

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/knex@3.3.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/knex@3.3.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/knex@3.3.0

Alternatives

All knex alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@prisma/client 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.	11.8m	-	30 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	@prisma/client vs knex
kysely Type safe SQL query builder	12m	-	9 days ago	ESM only	kysely vs knex
sequelize Sequelize is a promise-based Node.js ORM tool for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift and Snowflake’s Data Cloud. It features solid transaction support, relations, eager and lazy loading, read replication and more.	2m	-	6 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
drizzle-kit Drizzle Kit is a CLI migrator tool for Drizzle ORM. It is probably the one and only tool that lets you completely automatically generate SQL migrations and covers ~95% of the common cases like deletions and renames by prompting user input. <https://github	13.6m	-	3 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
drizzle-zod Generate Zod schemas from Drizzle ORM schemas	2.2m	-	1 year ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
drizzle-seed A package to seed your database using Drizzle ORM	234.2k	-	1 year ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
sql-template-tag ES2015 tagged template string for preparing SQL statements, works with `pg`, `mysql`, `sqlite` and `oracledb`	62.6k	-	2 years ago	ESM only	-
kysely-postgres-js Kysely dialect for PostgreSQL using the Postgres.js client	129.6k	-	9 days ago	ESM only	-

Comparisons

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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