Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It includes a JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js, migrations and a modern GUI to view and edit the data in your database. You can use Prisma in new projects or add it to an existing one.
Prisma is a next-generation ORM that consists of these tools:
Prisma Client can be used in any Node.js or TypeScript backend application (including serverless applications and microservices). This can be a REST API, a GraphQL API a gRPC API, or anything else that needs a database.
If you need a database to use with Prisma ORM, check out Prisma Postgres or if you are looking for our MCP Server, head here.
The fastest way to get started with Prisma is by following the Quickstart (5 min).
The Quickstart is based on a preconfigured SQLite database. You can also get started with your own database (PostgreSQL and MySQL) by following one of these guides:
Prisma has a large and supportive community of enthusiastic application developers. You can join us on Discord and here on GitHub.
If you have a security issue to report, please contact us at security@prisma.io.
You can ask questions and initiate discussions about Prisma-related topics in the prisma repository on GitHub.
If you see an error message or run into an issue, please make sure to create a bug report! You can find best practices for creating bug reports (like including additional debugging output) in the docs.
If Prisma currently doesn't have a certain feature, be sure to check out the roadmap to see if this is already planned for the future.
If the feature on the roadmap is linked to a GitHub issue, please make sure to leave a +1 on the issue and ideally a comment with your thoughts about the feature!
Refer to our contribution guidelines and Code of Conduct for contributors.
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Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It includes a JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js, migrations and a modern GUI to view and edit the data in your database. You can use Prisma in new projects or add it to an existing one.
The npm package prisma receives a total of 6,474,767 weekly downloads. As such, prisma popularity was classified as popular.
We found that prisma demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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