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Prisma vs Drizzle ORM vs TypeORM
A side-by-side look at how actively Prisma, Drizzle ORM and TypeORM are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Prisma is the most-starred of the 3, with 48k stars — about 1.3× Drizzle ORM's 36k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Prisma recorded the most commits (8.3k), against 65 for Drizzle ORM.
- Prisma has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 10k.
- Relative to its popularity, TypeORM carries the lightest open-issue load: 12.4 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 54.0 for Prisma.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Prisma Active | Drizzle ORM Active | TypeORM Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 48k | 36k | 37k |
| Forks | 2.5k | 1.7k | 6.7k |
| Contributors | 32 | 136 | 1.3k |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 8.3k | 65 | 473 |
| Open issues | 2.6k | 1.4k | 456 |
| Open pull requests | 162 | 703 | 225 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 10k | 1.1k | 4.0k |
| Watchers | 328 | 90 | 342 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v0.17.0 (Aug 2026) | drizzle-kit@0.31.11 (Sep 2026) | 1.1.1 (Sep 2026) |
| Main language | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Created | Jun 2019 | Jun 2021 | Feb 2016 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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