Package

kysely

Type safe SQL query builder

v0.29.6, 16 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneORMs and query builders TypeScript tooling

$ npm install kysely

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 12m; +1153% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 days ago; v0.29.6
GitHub stars: 14.2k; 446 forks
Open issues / PRs: 140 / 36
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 290

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.

12,012,568 downloads last week, 62,250,810 in the last month. The 12-month change of +1153% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 17185 in total
Latest version: 0.29.6, 16 Sept 20269 days ago
First published: 18 Feb 2021
Last push to GitHub: 23 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 140
Open pull requests: 36
Commits, last 52 weeks: 290
Dependents on npm: 932

Major versions

v0 first release 0.1.0, 18 Feb 2021

Recent releases

Version	Published
0.29.6	16 Sept 2026
0.29.5	10 Aug 2026
0.29.4	17 Jul 2026
0.29.3	5 Jul 2026
0.29.2	16 May 2026
0.29.1	15 May 2026
0.29.0	8 May 2026
0.28.17	3 May 2026
0.28.16	10 Apr 2026
0.28.15	31 Mar 2026
0.28.14	20 Mar 2026
0.28.13	18 Mar 2026
0.28.12	13 Mar 2026
0.28.11	31 Jan 2026

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=22.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 1.6 MB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install kysely

CDN

jsDelivr: 15.9m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kysely@0.29.6/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/kysely@0.29.6/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/kysely@0.29.6

Alternatives

All kysely 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	kysely vs @prisma/client
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	-
@mikro-orm/migrations TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Supports MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases as well as usage with vanilla JavaScript.	391.3k	-	5 days ago	ESM only	-
typeorm Data-Mapper ORM for TypeScript and ES2023+. Supports MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA, SQLite, MongoDB databases.	3.6m	-	23 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	kysely vs typeorm
typeorm-extension A library to create/drop database, simple seeding data sets, ...	124.3k	-	1 day ago	ESM only	-
sequelize-typescript Decorators and some other features for sequelize	373.9k	-	2 years ago	CommonJS	kysely vs sequelize-typescript

Comparisons

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

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