Prisma
Modern ORM with intuitive schema, migrations, and type-safe database queries.
Databases, ORMs and clients npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
381
3.0% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in databases, orms and clients
#1 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
19M
npm, last 7 days, prisma
GitHub stars
23
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Prisma is used
Prisma is a dependency in 381 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.0%), #1 of 30 in databases, orms and clients. The most used alternative there is pg. Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (78.2%), Zod (62.5%), Tailwind Merge (57.7%).
Often used with Prisma
| Next.js | 78.2% of Prisma projects · 3.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 62.5% of Prisma projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 57.7% of Prisma projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 81.6% of Prisma projects · 2.4× more than average |
| clsx | 59.1% of Prisma projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 52.2% of Prisma projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Lucide React | 61.4% of Prisma projects · 3.1× more than average |
| ESLint | 80.8% of Prisma projects · 2.1× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 4.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 3.8% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 4.8% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 5.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 5.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Prisma as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install prisma |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | prisma, @prisma/client, @prisma/adapter-pg, @prisma/extension-accelerate, @prisma/adapter-neon, @prisma/adapter-better-sqlite3, @prisma/adapter-libsql, @prisma/adapter-mariadb |
| Main stacks | Next.js (291), TypeScript / JavaScript (87), Python (1), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | veithly/BountyBoard, kovrichard/catalyst, NeurProjects/neur-app, amelioro/ameliorate, EricTechPro/match-me |
Alternatives to Prisma
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Neon Serverless Driver npm PostgreSQL driver optimized for serverless environments from Neon. |
126 (1.0%) | 4.5M | 552 | MIT |