PGlite
Run PostgreSQL in the browser or Node.js via WebAssembly with no external dependencies.
Databases, ORMs and clients npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
27
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in databases, orms and clients
#22 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
23.3M
npm, last 7 days, @electric-sql/pglite
GitHub stars
16.1K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How PGlite is used
PGlite is a dependency in 27 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #22 of 30 in databases, orms and clients. The most used alternative there is Prisma. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (74.1%), Vitest (59.3%), Drizzle ORM (48.1%).
Often used with PGlite
| Zod | 74.1% of PGlite projects · 4.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 59.3% of PGlite projects · 4.9× more than average |
| Drizzle ORM | 48.1% of PGlite projects · 18.9× more than average |
| Drizzle Kit | 44.4% of PGlite projects · 18.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 48.1% of PGlite projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 40.7% of PGlite projects · 4.6× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 51.9% of PGlite projects · 3.1× more than average |
| TypeScript | 92.6% of PGlite projects · 1.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PGlite as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @electric-sql/pglite |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (16), Next.js (10), Python (1) |
| Example projects | nirholas/three.ws, Uniswap/smallocator, NathanAB/statuslin.es, solal3105/grandsprojets |
Alternatives to PGlite
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma npm Modern ORM with intuitive schema, migrations, and type-safe database queries. |
381 (3.0%) | 19M | 23 | Apache-2.0 |
| pg npm PostgreSQL client for Node.js with pure JavaScript and libpq API compatibility. |
372 (2.9%) | 63.4M | 13.2K | MIT |
| Drizzle ORM npm TypeScript ORM for SQL databases with type safety and zero-runtime overhead. |
323 (2.5%) | 27.2M | 36K | Apache-2.0 |
| Drizzle Kit npm CLI migration tool for Drizzle ORM that auto-generates SQL migrations intelligently. |
309 (2.4%) | 22.3M | 36K | MIT |
| SQLAlchemy pypi Python SQL toolkit and object-relational mapper for database abstraction. |
250 (2.0%) | 85.7M | 12.2K | — |
| better-sqlite3 npm Fastest and simplest SQLite library for Node.js with synchronous API. |
162 (1.3%) | 11.3M | 7,513 | MIT |
| psycopg2 pypi Popular PostgreSQL adapter for Python with full database access and query execution. |
143 (1.1%) | 50.7M | 3,656 | LGPL with exceptions |
| Mongoose npm MongoDB object modeling library providing schema validation and query building. |
142 (1.1%) | 6.6M | 27.5K | MIT |