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8 packages that do the same job as typeorm: drizzle-orm, drizzle-kit, kysely, @prisma/client, drizzle-zod, @mikro-orm/migrations, drizzle-seed, @mikro-orm/seeder. Figures below are from npm, GitHub and Bundlephobia.

Data as of 25 Sept 2026

typeorm and 8 alternatives compared

PackageWeekly downloads12-month changeGzipDependenciesLast releaseModuleTypesRuntimes
typeorm
This package
3.6m+55%-1023 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-orm16.3m+710%-03 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-kit13.6m+754%-43 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
kysely12m+1153%-09 days agoESM onlyNone-
@prisma/client11.8m+235%-130 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-zod2.2m+212%-01 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
@mikro-orm/migrations391.3k--15 days agoESM onlyBundled-
drizzle-seed234.2k+246%-11 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
@mikro-orm/seeder116.1k--05 days agoESM onlyBundled-

12-month change compares the average of the last 4 weeks of downloads with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series. Gzip size is for the whole package (Bundlephobia). Runtimes are taken from each package's own documentation; "-" means not recorded.

drizzle-orm

Drizzle ORM package for SQL databases

Compared with typeorm

  • 4.6x more weekly downloads (16.3m vs 3.6m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 10
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 21 Sept 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • About the same number of GitHub stars (35.9k vs 36.7k)
drizzle-orm package pagedrizzle-orm vs typeorm

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

Compared with typeorm

  • 3.8x more weekly downloads (13.6m vs 3.6m)
  • 4 dependencies vs 10
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 21 Sept 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • About the same number of GitHub stars (35.9k vs 36.7k)
drizzle-kit package page

kysely

Type safe SQL query builder

Compared with typeorm

  • 3.4x more weekly downloads (12m vs 3.6m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 10
  • ESM only vs ESM + CommonJS
  • No types vs bundled types
  • Declares Node.js >=22.0.0 vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 16 Sept 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • 2.6x fewer GitHub stars (14.2k vs 36.7k)
kysely package pagekysely vs typeorm

@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.

Compared with typeorm

  • 3.3x more weekly downloads (11.8m vs 3.6m)
  • 1 dependency vs 10
  • Declares Node.js ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0 vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 25 Aug 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • 1.3x more GitHub stars (47.7k vs 36.7k)
@prisma/client package page@prisma/client vs typeorm

drizzle-zod

Generate Zod schemas from Drizzle ORM schemas

Compared with typeorm

  • 1.6x fewer weekly downloads (2.2m vs 3.6m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 10
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 6 Aug 2025 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • About the same number of GitHub stars (35.9k vs 36.7k)
drizzle-zod package page

@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.

Compared with typeorm

  • 9.1x fewer weekly downloads (391.3k vs 3.6m)
  • 1 dependency vs 10
  • ESM only vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Declares Node.js >= 22.17.0 vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 19 Sept 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • 4.0x fewer GitHub stars (9.2k vs 36.7k)
@mikro-orm/migrations package page

drizzle-seed

A package to seed your database using Drizzle ORM

Compared with typeorm

  • 15x fewer weekly downloads (234.2k vs 3.6m)
  • 1 dependency vs 10
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 29 Jan 2025 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • About the same number of GitHub stars (35.9k vs 36.7k)
drizzle-seed package page

@mikro-orm/seeder

Seeder package for MikroORM.

Compared with typeorm

  • 31x fewer weekly downloads (116.1k vs 3.6m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 10
  • ESM only vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Declares Node.js >= 22.17.0 vs Node.js ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24.11.0
  • Last release 19 Sept 2026 vs 1 Sept 2026
  • 4.0x fewer GitHub stars (9.2k vs 36.7k)
@mikro-orm/seeder package page
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, Bundlephobia. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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