Sequelize CLI
Command-line interface for Sequelize ORM migrations and database management.
Databases, ORMs and clients npm MIT
How Sequelize CLI is used
Sequelize CLI joined the catalog on its public numbers (538,980 downloads a week on npm and 2,556 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 6 public GitHub projects of our scan, 1 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is Drizzle Kit (242 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Sequelize (100.0%), dotenv (83.3%), nodemon (83.3%).
Sequelize CLI popularity over time
Gid Score 38: downloads 58, use in agent projects 10, GitHub stars 27, downloads trend 52 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Sequelize CLI
| Sequelize | 100.0% of Sequelize CLI projects · 1241.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 83.3% of Sequelize CLI projects · 5.4× more than average |
| nodemon | 83.3% of Sequelize CLI projects · 55.0× more than average |
| pg | 66.7% of Sequelize CLI projects · 14.2× more than average |
| Express | 50.0% of Sequelize CLI projects · 7.4× more than average |
| node-fetch | 50.0% of Sequelize CLI projects · 29.8× more than average |
| uuid | 50.0% of Sequelize CLI projects · 10.6× more than average |
| cron | 33.3% of Sequelize CLI projects · 344.9× more than average |
How Sequelize CLI is funded
Open Collective: Sequelize
| Received, last 12 months | $4,061 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $4,378 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $23,801 |
| Raised since the start | $44,390 · $20,589 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $246 · $290 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -64% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 5 |
Top company backers all time, 11 companies in total
| Ashby | $15,500 since Jul 2022 |
|---|---|
| Neon Serverless Postgres | $3,600 since Nov 2023 |
| Sanity | $3,000 since Nov 2024 |
| Retool | $1,300 since Dec 2021 |
| Osome | $1,000 since Feb 2022 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Oct 2021. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 1 more tool in our catalog: Sequelize.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund Sequelize CLI
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install sequelize-cli |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (6) |
| Example projects | paul-schaaf/solbot, Hackbyrd/orbital-express |
Alternatives to Sequelize CLI
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Sequelize CLI are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drizzle Kit npm CLI migration tool for Drizzle ORM that auto-generates SQL migrations intelligently. |
79 | 242 (5.0%) | 15.3M | 36.1K | MIT |
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