Drizzle ORM
Drizzle ORM is a modern, TypeScript-first Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) and SQL query builder designed for Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes. It emphasizes compile-time type safety, exceptional performance, and a flexible, SQL-like API, allowing developers to interact with relational…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2022
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Drizzle ORM was created to solve the prevalent issues of type safety, performance, and developer experience in database interactions within the TypeScript/JavaScript ecosystem. Traditional ORMs often suffer from runtime type errors, significant performance overhead, and 'magic' abstractions that obscure underlying SQL. Drizzle aims to provide an ultra-lightweight, type-safe, and highly performant alternative that offers the benefits of an ORM while retaining the power and familiarity of SQL.
- Platforms
- Node.js, V8 runtime (e.g., Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers), Web (via WebAssembly for SQLite)