ORMs and clients
We asked developers if they heard of, used, and to rate 21 ORMs and client libraries for this year's survey.
Awareness
Have you heard of, used, are using ...?
Prisma is the most well known, most used, and most currently in use ORM, but Supabase (while not a standalone ORM) is right behind with their client libraries.
#
Heard of
Used
Currently using
Preference
If you started a new project would you use ...?
Suprisingly, the top result % of "would use" for this category for this wasn't Prisma, but the relative newcomer, Drizzle. Not as many people had heard of it though, so Prisma took the top spot for most likely to use followed closely by Supabase.
%
Would use
Might use
Would not
Opinion
How would you rate them?
The top rated ORM this year was Supabase, again the newcomer Drizzle surprised expectations and finished second in star ratings ahead of Prisma.
Tools with less than 5 ratings are not shown
State
How happy are you with the state of ORMs?
Most respondents are neutral to happy with the state of databases this year, with an average rating of 6.70/ 10.
