Prisma

Prisma is the ORM that developers actually enjoy using. It takes the tedious parts of database work—writing SQL, managing migrations, keeping TypeScript types in sync—and makes them pleasant. For Node.js and TypeScript projects, it's become the default choice. The schema file is the heart of Prisma. You define your models, relationships, and constraints in a readable syntax. From that schema, Prisma generates a type-safe client tailored to your data model. Your IDE knows exactly what fields exist, what types they are, and what queries are valid. Migrations are handled intelligently. Change your schema, run prisma migrate dev, and Prisma generates the SQL migration, applies it, and regenerates the client. You can inspect the generated SQL, customize it if needed, and version control everything. Prisma Client provides a query API that feels natural in JavaScript. Filtering, sorting, pagination, relations—everything composes intuitively. Complex queries that would require raw SQL in other ORMs work through the normal API. The queries are translated to efficient SQL, and you can inspect exactly what's being run. Prisma Studio is a visual database browser that you get for free. View and edit data, explore relationships, and debug issues without leaving your development environment. It's particularly helpful during development and debugging. The ecosystem has grown to include Prisma Accelerate for connection pooling and caching, and Prisma Pulse for real-time database subscriptions. These solve problems that traditionally required separate infrastructure. Prisma supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB, and CockroachDB. For teams working with relational databases in TypeScript, it's hard to justify choosing anything else.