The Prisma CLI: one binary for the ORM, Composer, and the Prisma Developer Platform.
| Metric | prisma | drizzle-orm |
|---|---|---|
Weekly downloads | 12.3M | 16.2M |
Monthly downloads | 60.5M | 76.5M |
Yearly downloads | 514.9M |
drizzle-orm leads with 76.5M monthly downloads — 1x more popular
| 410.8M |
GitHub stars | 21 | 36K |
Forks | 2 | 2K |
Open issues | 15 | 2041 |
Bundle (gzip) | — | 8.1kb |
License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
Latest release | Sep 14, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
drizzle-orm has a larger community with 36K GitHub stars (1706.7x more stars)
drizzle-orm is lighter at 8.1kb gzipped
prisma has fewer open issues (15 vs 2041)
drizzle-orm is the clear choice — it leads across most categories and is the more established option for most use cases.